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

Organisational Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Influence of organisation power, politics and culture on team and individual performance.1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P2 Evaluation of content and process theory of motivation and motivational technique for
accomplishing organisation goals...............................................................................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P3 Understanding those aspects that makes an effective team as opposed to ineffective team..8
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
P4 Philosophies and concepts related with organisational behaviour.......................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
The term organisational behaviour is explicated as the study of human behaviour who are
engaged in organisational functions and operations. In simple terms, organisational behaviour is
the interface among human-behaviour and organisation. The term organisation behaviour refers
to the study of individuals specifically among organisation roles. One of the major goal for
organisational behaviour is to develop better concept among organisation. Along with this study
of workforce activities or behaviour reflects the working environment of an organisation. This
report is developed with the perspective of Debenhams (Anicich and et. al., 2016). It is a retail
organisation that operate and manage departmental and retail stores at various location of Europe
for satisfying individual needs and wants. Moreover, this report focus on the impact of culture,
power and politics on performance of individual and team behaviour. Motivation related theory
will also include in the report for enhancing morale of employee's to achieve organisation goal.
TASK 1
P1 Influence of organisation power, politics and culture on team and individual performance
Individual behaviour impacts on the roles and functions of organisation which directly
influence on the organisational behaviour. This results human-behaviour also influence with the
change in company policy. Further, it is also important to generate a particular behaviour among
all departments of organisation so the number of conflicts are reduced within workforce. Impact
of company politics, power and culture among employee's and teams of Debenhams are mention
as follow:
Influence of the power on team members and individual
Each employee are authorised for the completion of a particular task so organisation
provide or offer some aspects such as equal authority and responsibility that offer power to
employee's for completion of their task according to organisation goals (Antonakis and House,
2013). Moreover, with equivalent power it is easy for employee's manage their work according
to decided plans. In context of Debenhams theories which is used to manage power are mentions
as follow: Coercive power- The coercive power is given to individuals for the completion of all
task as per daily activities of employees. In the context of Debenhams employee's
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management assign the power to managers for completion of organisational task
according to the effectiveness of operations. Reward power- The rewards power is assigned to all individuals which provide reward,
promotions, training and development to all employee's. Along with this Debenhams
offer power to board of directors for providing right and accurate reward to all
employee's. Legitimate power- It is provided to the individuals according to position and experience
of workforce. From the perspective of Debenhams CEO provide the power to
individuals who offer control all rules and regulations to individuals for completing
work according to company perspective (Aritz and et. al., 2017). Referent power- The referent power is assigned to all individuals for influencing the
behaviour of individuals and team. Referent power is used by organisation to complete
task according to management goals and objectives. This is also used to perform all
work with organised steps.
 Informational power- The power is provided to individuals for managing and
completing work according to the knowledge as it helps to complete work according to
financial reports. Moreover, Debenhams influence team and individual behaviour as per
market position.
Influence of politics on organisation workforce
Politics behaviour define and reflect about the property of individuals which is used for
taking valid and right decision for organisation. Along with this manager of Debenhams make
decisions for the welfare of business. Moreover, it is also used by organisation for managing
work according to political aspect of organisation. Some method that influence behaviour of
individual and team is mention as follow: Low productivity- This demonstrate politics behaviour of employee's that generate
complexity of organisation as it is used in managing all task with objective and targets
through which company operations and functions is used for achieving task appropriately
(Coccia, 2015). Moreover, low productivity results individuals are not committed
towards completing work as per decided quality. Spoil the ambience- Politics bring unbalanced environment among organisation and in
company which is also used for managing and completing task with improving
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