Impact of Organizational Power, Culture, and Politics on Individual Behavior

Unit 12
Organizational behaviour.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Impact of organizational power, culture and politics on behaviour of individual.................3
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................7
P2 Content and process theory of motivation.............................................................................7
LO 3...............................................................................................................................................10
P3 Explaining team building theory for making effective team turns into ineffective team....10
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................14
P4 Applying the range of concepts of organizational behaviour..............................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour of study both group and individual performance and activity
within an organization. This help to examine the human behaviour at workplace and environment
for effective performance. The present study is based on Marks and Spencer which is British
multinational retailer. That is specialist of selling high quality of home products, clothing and
food products to its customers. This report will highlight a deeper knowledge of organizational
power, culture as well as politic impact to behaviour of individual and team within the workplace
in both negative and positive manner. This covers the content and process theory of motivation
in order to motivate employees in effective manner because motivation of employees are very
important for achieving goals and objectives of company. This will also include team building
theory which are Tuckman team development theory and Belbin team role theory. This will also
highlight the path goals theory for understanding concept of organizational behaviour as well as
philosophies within the company.
LO 1
P1 Impact of organizational power, culture and politics on behaviour of individual.
An organizational culture is defined as the underlying beliefs and ways of interacting the
contribution to unique social and physiological environment of an organization. For this section,
here is select handy culture theory for explaining organizational culture influence individual
behaviour of Marks and Spencer.
Handy culture model:
Handy culture a leading authority on organizational culture, defined as a power, role, task
and person. This has the powerful effect on modern management thinking and ideas. Explanation
of four elements are as follows:
Power culture:
Power culture is refers by few individuals who have power to influence spreads
throughout the Marks and Spencer (Handy's Model of Organisational Culture, 2017). This
culture is influence and affect to employees if manage of Marks and Spencer is not get the right
power culture within the workplace, its result is unhappy employees as well as working
environment. Power of manager is unfair in that case, employees are not satisfied and not make
the highest efforts for achieving corporate goals. On the other side, if manager get right power
culture then employees are satisfied which is turn towards the commitment to corporate goals.

Power of another people is affect negatively on individual and their behaviour because powered
employees change role and task of each employee in that they are not able to understand new
work and work is not completed on time.
Role culture:
The role culture in organization is based on different rules and regulations within the
company and its follows by every individual for growth. For employees, this culture is provided
security as well as opportunity to performance needed standard is rewarded on appropriate pay
scale. However, this culture is more frustrate to employees most of the time who are power
oriented because they have to follow rules and regulations. This influence employee in the
changes of rules and regulations in negative aspects. Like if role of employee is changed by
powered employees than employee take more time to understand that work and work is not
complete on time. This change nature and behaviour of employees.
Task culture:
The task culture often if teams in organization are founded to address specific problems
and progress of projects. This culture is influence to employees of Marks and Spencer, if
manager change task as per current trends and its adoption. On the other side, if manager is not
divided work equally and proper as per their favouritism behaviour then employees are think
Illustration 1: Handy model
(Source: Handy's Model of Organisational Culture. 2017)