Organizational Behaviour: Culture, Politics, Power and Motivation

Organizational Behaviour

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO1 .................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Organizational culture, politics, power influence on team and individual........................3
LO2..................................................................................................................................................7
P2 Content and process theory of motivation.........................................................................7
LO3 .................................................................................................................................................9
P3 Effective team as opposed to an ineffective team. ...........................................................9
LO4................................................................................................................................................12
P4. Concepts and philosophies of organizational behaviour:...............................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is the study of an individuals behaviour in an organization. The
behaviour of an individual must be very appropriate of them in the organization and should
match the organizations standards. The behaviour of individuals influence the people and the
environment of the organization. The environment of the organization can get negative if the
behaviour of people of the company is not appropriate. There is a theory on this organizational
behaviour so that the behaviour of the people can be improved so that the organization can work
efficiently. Motivation plays an important role in an individuals performance in an organization
and that will not just help the individual to get the achievements but will also help the
organization to get there mission and vision achieved.
Tesco is a British multinational company which is a groceries stores and retailers. The
company's headquarters is in England, United Kingdom. The company comes under the world
largest and successful retailers in the world. The founder of the company is Jack Cohen in 1919.
The company has over 100 retailer stores in across the world. The company provides services
like selling books, toys, clothings, furniture, petrol, software, telecoms, internet services,
electronics, etc.
The report will be covering as to how motivation helps individual and teams in achieving
the goals and objectives of an organization and the influence of politics, culture and power on the
individuals or the employees of the organization. All these factors play a major role and impact
on the individuals working in an organization and the consequences and the methods to improve
that will be discussed further.
LO1
P1 Organizational culture, politics, power influence on team and individual.
Organizations working is largely depend on the employees of business. Tesco needs to
develop an effective policy for smooth working of their business. Tesco development largely
depends on the working of the organization. Power and politics plays an important role in
development of organization.
Handy culture
Power: Power in an organization is held by some of the individuals of an organization.
Power in some limited hands help them to influence others towards work. Power makes working
of an organization smooth and efficient(Osland, Devine and Turner, 2015.) . Power helps to take

important decisions but authority to few people de motivates other employees in an organization.
Tesco needs to maintain power in an organization . Managers needs to use power to influence
and motivate employees to achieve organizational goals. Misuse of power reduces the efforts of
employees, loss their trust on organization power comes with responsibility to handle effectively
each and every prospect of an organization. Employees are working effectively but due to power
of some top managers they will not get appreciation on the efforts their putting for a success of
organization.
Role: Each and every employee and a manager needs to play his role effectively for
success of an organization. Tesco needs to know the skills and abilities of each and every
employee in an organization and assign jobs according to their ability it helps employees to work
effectively and business to develop working environment. Role culture is acquired to develop
performance of employees. Provide role and promote employees on the basis of the abilities.
Proper assigning a role helps Tesco to motivate their employees and helps them to increase
profitability in the business. Role culture effects employees who are more interested to lead or to
work on their own type of employees need power to influence others they are lees interested
towards the role assigned.
Task: Task culture is a job or a work assigned to an employee. Task culture shows
employees the efforts required to achieve goals of a business. Task makes employees to work
effectively and according to organizations requirement helps business to bring all employees and
required resources together for smooth working of a business. Task culture helps a team to work
effectively and shows the responsibility of every individual in a team for achievement of
organizational objectives. Teams are developed in Tesco to achieve the goals of business. Task
culture requires control and day to day activities are analysed by top m,management for smooth
working of a business. Resources are available to employees to achieve task effectively.
Resources are available to those employees who are able to use them effectively and minimize
the wastage from resources. Task culture helps in development of team and makes employees to
know each other bring coordination in an organization.
Person: Person culture is nature and beliefs of employees or an individual in an
organization. Tesco needs to analyse the culture of each and every employee in an organization.
Person behaviour like an employee who works according to his own guidelines and have no
interest to follow the methods of organization then it becomes a problem for organization to