Impact of Organisational Culture, Politics, and Power on Individual and Team Behaviour

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
P1 Discuss how organisational culture, politics & power affect individual & team behaviour
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M1 Critical analysis on organisational power, culture and politics that influence individual or
team performances......................................................................................................................6
P2 Evaluating content & process theories of motivation to achieve business objectives or
goals............................................................................................................................................7
M2 Critical Analysis of organisational behaviour through effective application of behavioural
motivation theory, concept and models......................................................................................9
D1 Critical evaluation on relationship between motivational theories and company politics,
power and culture........................................................................................................................9
P3 Determining factors behind formation of effective and ineffective teams within
organisational context.................................................................................................................9
M3 Analysis of effective and ineffective teams with application of appropriate theories for
group development....................................................................................................................12
M4 Evaluation of organisational behaviour concept or philosophies that influence behaviour
in different business situations..................................................................................................14
D2 Critical evaluation on various team development theories, concepts an philosophies that
influence organisational behaviour at workplace to improve business performances..............14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is study of human behaviour in order to meet objectives. In this
competitive market, it is essential to focus on environment so that goals as well as objectives in
proper manner. Main aim of this report is to understand the importance of organisational
behaviour in business. Lidl, an International German supermarket chain headquartered in
Neckarsulm, Germany. It has many competitors such as Tesco, Walmart, Asda etc. This report
comprises of organisational culture, power & politics, process and content theories, team vs
ineffective team and philosophies of organisational behaviour.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
P1 Discuss how organisational culture, politics & power affect individual & team behaviour
Organisational consists of broad range of activities, functions and operations which are to
be focused in proper manner. These have wider impact on individual as well as team behaviour.
In reference of Lidl, organisation culture, politics, power affects the overall organizational
structure. It has been further stated that it is crucial, to focus on individual as well as team
behaviour so that it is easy to implement strategies in proper manner.
Organisational Culture-
In enterprise, it is important to focus on different culture so that it is easy to understand
point of view of different people easily (Ozmen, 2018). Culture refers to group of people with
difference in opinions. Impact of culture on employees help them enhance productivity within
organisation. In relevance of chosen firm, there are various kinds of culture which are stated as
follows- Power culture- It is type of culture in which enterprise authorize power to few people on
basis of which decisions are being undertaken. In reference of selected entity, conflicts
arises more within workplace. Therefore, centralized power is exorcized by superior
manager to monitor control over company operations. Role culture- It is another type of culture in which power is given on basis of roles &
capabilities. In relevance of selected firm, every individual has different roles within

entity. Managers assign task to every potential candidate working as per their capabilities
and skill for effective attainment of goal objectives. Person culture- In this, it states that subordinates given importance to themselves rather
than firm. In reference of chosen entity, HR of company clearly well defined the roles of
person in company (Whiting and et. al., 2017). It is task of chosen firm manager to align
company objective with personal goals of employee so that they do not drift apart form
giving their best performances to organisation as per their potential.
 Task culture- In this, different types of tasks are allotted to individual & accordingly
work is done. The progress level of individual depends upon task given to them by
supervisors. For accomplished of goals within specific deadline, it important for manger
to create groups rather than allot individual task that may create burden to single
employee.
In relation to Lidl, one of most appropriate option to adopt by manager is role culture that
help them assign appropriate potion to every individual as per their skill competencies.
Organisational politics
This is a form of informal influence of outsiders or internal stakeholders within
organisation to carry on business operation smoothly. Sometimes, political pressure also result in
negatively impacting employees at workplace as they do not get fair chance to represent
themselves as well as their opinions in correct manner (Rothes,Lemos and Gonçalves, 2017). In
relation to Lidl, there are a lot of retailing supermarket subsidiary firms under this retail company
that are quick functioning under political undue influence. Some of political relation also help
maintain good communication with variety retailing supermarklet suppliers in UK leading to
profitability and good customer satisfaction with multiple alternative choices.
On other hand, corporation politics is created on basis of different perspectives of people
resulting in lack of clarity, freedom of speech, unchanged structural design, manipulation and
formation of informal gossips. Promotions done through political influence create sense of
demotivation among employees leading to frequent resignations (Klaeijsen, Vermeulen and
Martens, 2018). The factors above therefore broadly impact productivity of chosen enterprise
both negatively and positively.
Organisational power