Organizational Behaviour: Culture, Politics, Power, Motivation Theories

Organizational
Behaviour

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1..........................................................................................................................................................3
P1: Organizational culture, politics and power........................................................................................3
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................................................5
P2: Theories of motivation.......................................................................................................................5
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................................8
P3: Types of teams in an organization.....................................................................................................8
TASK 4........................................................................................................................................................10
P4: Application of concepts and philosophies of organizational behavior.............................................10
CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Organizational Behaviour refers to a study of different types of human behaviors within
an organization. It analyses the different factors which create an influence on the behavior of
human beings within an organization (Blader, Patil and Packer, 2017). It ensures that the
organization’s managers are able to achieve their various goals and objectives through positively
influencing the behavior of people in an organization. The managers of a company are required
to make sure that they are able to use it in an effective manner so that they can motivate the
individuals to give their best performance which will channelize their potential and thus they will
be able to achieve their personal as well as organizational goals and objectives. For this project,
Morrisons has been selected. It is a company which provides groceries and other required goods
to the customers. In this assignment, detailed focus will be made on analysis of culture, politics
and power, evaluation of motivation of individuals. Additionally, analysis on demonstration of
understanding of cooperation and application of concepts and philosophies of organizational
behavior will be discussed as a part of this project.
TASK 1
P1: Organizational culture, politics and power
Organizational culture-
It refers to the different types of practices which are adopted within an organization and
can create an influence on the behavior of different people who are working in it (Brinsfield and
Edwards, 2020). In Morrisons, the focus of the managers should be on creating a positive
organizational culture which can be quite influential in deriving the best performance from the
members of different teams in an effective manner.
For its analysis, the managers can make use of different types of models. One of them is
Handy’s model. The application of this model in the context of Morrisons is as follows-
Power culture- In it, the managers concentrate the entire power with themselves and thus
there is no involvement of individuals in taking the different types of decisions within the
organization. In Morrisons this culture can be adopted so that the managers are able to ensure
that they can take strong decisions whenever required.
Role culture- In it, the managers are required to identify the different types of roles
within an organization which can be allocated to the individuals based on their skills. In
Morrisons the adoption of this culture will ensure that the individuals are able to excel in their
respective roles without facing problems and issues.

Task culture- Here, the management is required to make sure that the specific tasks are
allocated to the different individuals depending upon their capability level. In Morrisons
adoption of this culture will ensure that a higher-level of efficiency and effectiveness can be
maintained easily without facing problems and issues.
Person culture- Here, the management can ensure that the interests of the individuals
within the organization are given supreme priority. Thus in this way the managers of Morrisons
will be able to ensure that they are able to get more from their workers by creating a positive
culture within the company.
Justification- The management of Morrisons is required to adopt Task culture in which
the different types of tasks are given to individuals according to their skills and talent and thus in
this manner the organization will be able to ensure that it is able to achieve its goals and
objectives without problems and issues.
Impact on individual and team behavior and performance- In Morrisons, the
adoption of task culture will ensure that tasks are allocated to the individuals according to their
skills and capability level. Thus in this way it ensures that a positive impact is created on
individual and team behavior and performance in the company.
Example- The management of Morrisons is adopting the Task culture in which it divides
the tasks among various teams like Production, Finance, Marketing, HR etc. Therefore in this
way it is creating an impact on the organization because this properly motivates the team
members to contribute to the best of their abilities and thus help in the achievement of the goals
and objectives effectively and efficiently.
Organizational politics-
It refers to the various types of behaviors which are displayed by the managers as well as
team members which can create an influence on the achievement of different types of goals and
objectives in the organization (Cheng, Wei and Lin, 2019). It can create either a positive or a
negative influence. It is explained as follows-
Positive influence- If the managers in Morrisons perform regular assessment of the
overall performance of the employees then this will ensure that the workers are provided regular
rewards according to their performance in an effective manner. This can create a positive
influence on the behaviors of people within the organization.
Negative influence- Some of the senior staff members in Morrisons criticize their junior
colleagues for even a small mistake done by them. This is an example of negative organizational
politics and it can create a wrong influence on the behaviors of various types of people within a
company.