Relationship between Culture, Politics, Power and Motivation in Organisational Behaviour

Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
Critical evaluation of the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation ...........3
Critical evaluation on how culture, politics and power of an organisation can influence
individual and team behaviour ...................................................................................................6
Content theories and process theories of motivation .................................................................7
Relevance of team development theories, concepts and philosophies .....................................10
Application and evaluation of how concepts and philosophies of OB inform and influence
within a given business situation ..............................................................................................13
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is defined as the study of human nature as well as
behaviour organisational setting. This includes interface between the human behaviour
and the organisation. It is very important for companies to study behaviour of their
employees and making them achieve organisational goals within time. There are
various ways by which an organisation keeps its employees happy and satisfied. They
can provide various benefits and profits to workforce so that it works hard. Team
management is also important for achieving success within business performance. The
organisation which is considered in this report is Aldi. This is a supermarket store chain
that was founded by two German family. This chain was founded by Brother Karl and
Theo Albrecht. Aldi was started in the year 1946. the following report includes
relationship between power, politics and motivation. Also, the importance of analysing
employee's behaviour is discussed. Different motivational theories are discussed which
will help in attaining organisational goals.
Critical evaluation of the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation
The organisational behaviour is defined as the study for measuring and
evaluating the behaviour of an individual while working within the workplace. There are
various factors which affects the functioning of individual and these include politics,
power and culture. Power is defined as leadership power that is possessed by leaders
of the company for managing employees (Chan, and Lai, 2017). The culture of
workplace means the beliefs, attitudes and values within an organisation. Politics is part
of workplace and this occurs due to the negative employees who are lazy and do not
work effectively. Aldi is a supermarket store chain of UK and this company is considered
for analysing power, culture and politics of workplace.
Power – This is defined as strength that an individual must manage and control
other people. In context of business organisations, power is with leaders who have the
responsibility of managing different employees and managers. The Aldi managers and
subordinates are responsible for performing business operations in an effective manner
so that organisational objectives and goals are achieved within given time frame. The
top-level managers of Aldi have the responsibility of managing their subordinates and

making them work effectively. There is various type of power that a leader can use.
Some of these are mentioned below - Legitimate power – The command and control structure are followed by this
type of leaders. The managers are having position within organisation for
managing other individuals. Reward Power – According to this power, the leaders and managers provide
rewards and appreciation to employees for their excellent work (Conard, and
et.al, 2016). Aldi managers provide attractive appraisals for employees who work
extraordinarily. Referent Power - This is known as Cult of personality. This type of power
creates leaders to develop strong personality and influence their employees to
work in an appropriate manner for attaining organisational objectives. Informational Power – According to this power, the leader has information
about what must be done and how to plan in an effective manner and achieve
goals. This information is related to strategy of competitors, decision support
information, etc.
 Expert Power – This type of power is related to the individuals who are having in
depth knowledge about any topic. Such type of leaders has good knowledge
about business and market.
Power is an important factor that is used by various leaders for managing their
work and making other employees to do work. The type of power used by the
managers of Aldi are reward power. As per this power, the top-level managers of this
company provide rewards to employees for doing good work.
Politics – The nuisance activities are generally performed by nonperforming
workers of the company. Employees who do not work effectively and achieve
organisational goals are seen to misbehave within organisation. These types of
employees want to gain attention of others and distracting others in working effectively.
Organisational politics consists of several categories of individuals categorised as rocks,
weeds, woods and high grounds. Weeds consists of informal networks and personal
influence. High grounds are defined as combining of authorities with organisational
systems. Rocks depends upon individual interaction. Woods are the guidelines and