Effect of organisation power, politics & culture on individual as well s team performance

Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1. Effect of organisation power, politics & culture on individual as well s team performance.
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TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P2. Content & Process theories of motivation with its effect on organisational goal.................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P3. Effective & Ineffective Teams..............................................................................................9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
P4 Concepts of OB within an organisational context and a given business situation...............11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
The study of behaviour and performance of individuals as well as groups in the
organisation is termed as organisational behaviour. In simple terms, it is the interaction that takes
place between the managers and the workforce in order to know the performance and
effectiveness of employees at workplace. The study aims to build positive environment as well
as development among the subordinates of the companies. The company which is taken into
consideration to complete this report is Apple that deals in electronic devices. The company head
office in California and it is one of the renowned company founded by Steve Jobs in year 1977.
The major products of company is media player, mobile phones, IPOD, home pad, watches and
so on. In this present report, how politics, culture & power affect the performance as well as
behaviour of individual is going to discuss(Blader, Patil and Packer, 2017). With this, various
motivation theories is cover in this report which helps company in achieving goals in an
appropriate and timely manner. Later, it covers effective & ineffective teams wit their impact on
organisation. At last, leadership style is discuss which is suitable and beneficial for the
organisation working and for the activities of the organisation.
TASK 1
P1. Effect of organisation power, politics & culture on individual as well s team performance.
It is stated that organisational behaviour effects the efficiency and productivity level.
There are key elements such as politics, culture as well as power. These elements plays crucial
part that extremely impacts the overall attitude & behaviour of individual and team. Below are
the detail description of these factors in relation to the company are as follows:
Power
It is termed as the ability and power of a person to control an manage all the activities,
tasks and projects in an appropriate manner(Borkowski, 2016). Almost in an organisation the
[power is in the control of upper level authorities that is managers, directors etc. that creates
positive environment at workplace. According to the point of view of French & Raven, the
power is of 5 types. These power is mentioned below:
Coercive power- In this, the high authorities basically force subordinates to adopt and
follow all the instructions and rules of the organisation in a proper manner. With reference to

Apple, if coercive power is used by managers it will develop negativity in the mindset of
workforce and thus decline the productivity as well as efficiency of employees.
Reward power- In this, the top management of the organisation has the authority to give
appreciation, rewards, recognition & awards and many more to the employees according to their
performance. With reference to Apple, the manager of the company should give appreciation to
the workforce as per their capability and skills. This will built positivity and raise the level of
productivity of the company (Carnevale, 2018).
Referent Power- The organisation uses this power with an aim to encourage, motivate,
influences as well as inspire the employees so that their productivity rises. This assist managers
in improving the performance of subordinates. In context to Apple, it helps company in
developing and growth of workforce that further leads to increase in sales & profitability.
Legitimate power- As per this form of power, the company CEO, managers & owners
only have the right to participate in the process of decision making and takes decision. With
reference to Apple, using this kind of power in the company creates counter and adverse effect
on workforce which sometimes creates chaos and issues among the members of the
organisation.
Expert Power- In this, the decision making power is in the control of an expert in that
particular field. This will boost the performance as well as morale of subordinates of
Apple(Devece, Palacios-Marqués and Alguacil, 2016). As they have built the mindset that they
working under the guidelines of an expert which develops their skills as well as knowledge also.
From the above part, it has been analyse that the most appropriate form of power is
Reward power that motivates staff members to increase their efficiency in order to gain rewards
which is terms of non monetary incentives & monetary incentives.
Politics
The process that occur among the individual when they communicate or interact within
the organisation. Politics is also of two forms that is positive as well as negative. With reference
to Apple, Negative politics may develop issues in the company as employees did not trust on
other employee. This will also creates competition among the workforce which directly affect
negatively in the performance of company. In addition to this, the managers might not attain
goals with in the specified time. Whereas positive politics rise the level of performance of
subordinates and increases the profitability of the Apple.