Influence of Organisational Culture, Power and Politics on Individual and Team Performance

UNIT 12
Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Influence of organisational culture, power and politics on individual along with team
performance............................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P2 Analysis and evaluation of content and process theories of motivation ........................6
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
P3) Demonstrate an understanding in order to makes an effective team as opposed to an
ineffective team....................................................................................................................10
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................13
P4 Organisational behaviour philosophies and concepts.....................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
REFERENCE.................................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
Organisation behaviour is the performance, activities, nature and culture of the
organisation human resources along with the environment of company, which highly influence
the success of company and employees productivity (Bucher, 2018). So for the achievement of
company objectives they have to effectively use their organisation behavioural management
system in order to study, asses, guide and evaluate their employee's behaviour for selective
improvement in terms of performance and productivity. For that purpose company have to focus
and manage their leadership, motivation, power and work accomplishment strategy's.
BARCLAYS plc is British multinational company providing investment bank and financial
services to their customers. Along with the investment banking Barclays is running four
important businesses, personal banking, corporate banking, investment management and wealth
management. Headquartered in London, England. This report is including analysis of power,
culture and politics influence on employee's behaviour and performance along with the
evaluation of different type of motivational theory's and its application effect on achievement of
organisation goal . Study of factors which make the difference between effective and ineffective
team ( Malik, Javed, and Hassan, 2017). There is the consideration and application of the
different organisation behaviour philosophy in context to the company.
TASK 1
P1 Influence of organisational culture, power and politics on individual along with team
performance
Power is the important element of the management, which help to make decision and take
action in different situation and function of the organisation (Dubey, and et. al., 2019). Culture
is the environment of work place crated by the type of task and power under which group is
working. Politics is the self supportive and discriminative behaviour of the company and their
human resources and this has to be less as it can create negative environment and conflict with in
the company. In this way each of this element influence performance and productivity of
employee's.
Influence of power on team and individual

Power is the essential factor of the organisation which give rights to individual according
to their positions ans skills for ruling and guiding the employees along with this it involves the
right of individual authorities for other decision making and action taking activities. Organisation
functions are divided into different groups and its management authority is given to team leader
of the each group with some power. There is the brief expatiation of type of the power and
individuals to which this power is authorise.
Coercive power- This power is the involving the strict actions of the authority for
performance management such as, person with this power can use both motivation and
punishment or fear in order to get task done with in the time at right way. So this effect
performance of employee's in both negative and positive terms with fear employee's can do two
things either they can leave their job or they can increase their performance. BARCLAYS this
power is given to senior manger and CEO who give command to team.
Reward power- This involves the power of individual through which, person can make
the reword and motivation decision and use their rights for employees encouragement by
offering different reward's according to performance of the workers. BARCLAYS, managing
directors and leader use this power for taking the reward decision for their staff.
Legitimate power- This is the kind of power which give the position to individual with
some power of organisation. Such as in BARCLAYS this power is given to the experience
employee's who can lead their subordinate with leading power and their experience knowledge.
Referent power- This power is can not be given to any one this is achieve by the
position and effective performance (Kanfer, Frese, and Johnson 2017). Such as in BARCLAYS
leader posses this power, due to which their subordinate prefer their leader for every solution.
Expert power- This power is involving the individuals power to involve in big situation
and solve it with their expert skills. In context to selected organisation this power is given to the
departmental experts of the company.
Informal power- This is the type of power which is earn by the individual within the
organisation by efforts and performance, so that persona can be use by their colleagues as leader
for specific information and guidelines.
Influence of Culture team and individual