Influence of Power, Culture, and Politics on Organizational Behavior

Unit 12 - Organizational Behavior

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1...........................................................................................................................................3
Influence of power, culture and politics upon individual & team behavior and performance....3
Process & content theories as well as motivational techniques use to achieve goals of
Morrison’s....................................................................................................................................5
Critical evaluation base on impact of power, politics and culture on performance and behavior
of workers....................................................................................................................................8
Motivational theories and approaches use to influence behavior of workers..............................8
Conclusion and suggestions.........................................................................................................8
TASK 2...........................................................................................................................................8
Explaining what makes an effective and ineffective team..........................................................8
Concepts and philosophies of the organizational behavior.......................................................10
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behavior could define as subset of management practices and actions that
concerned with comprehending, predicting and affecting behavior and performance of
individual. It can be describing as multidisciplinary study of staff members’ interactions and
business procedures that seek to create more cohesive and efficient companies. The current study
will be based on Morrison’s, which falls under category of top supermarkets in the UK. This
assignment will explain culture, power and politics impact of worker’s performance and
behavior as well as define usage of content & process theories, motivational techniques.
Furthermore, this report will justify process of making effective team as oppose to ineffective
one. It defines suitable team development theories to support the progress of dynamic business. It
will clarify philosophies & concepts of organizational behavior within Morrison’s context. This
assignment will justify how both terms influence & inform behavior of individual in negative
and positive way.
TASK 1
Influence of power, culture and politics upon individual & team behavior and performance
Organizational culture-
A business culture defines appropriate manners to behave within companies, it consists
shared values and beliefs that leader can establish. The culture within any firm directly affect
way people work and behave. There are different forms of models are accessible in the corporate
world. Here, Charles handy model use to define influence of organizational culture upon team
and individual behavior as well as performance.
Charles handy model of organizational culture-
Power culture -
Fair use of power at workplace by leader and manage can impact team and worker nature
as well as performance in positive manner in term of increasing their productivity even better
(KARAPANCHEVA, 2020). Without misusing power, management can support each individual
in effective and impressive manner and contribute in building strong workforce.
Role culture-
When culture of company is based on rules where management control each individual
and team member work fairly it affects in positive manner upon performance and behavior of

people (Song and et.al., 2018). This type of culture within organization built on detail
organizational structures which are usually wide with a big chain of command and directions. It
is another form of culture or element according to Handy’s model that influence individual and
team behavior & then performance. Role of person such as leader play important role in form of
boosting productivity of staff, it always affects overall performance of venture and employees as
well effective manner because it permits person to work excellently and productively.
Task culture-
Allocation of task base on skills and abilities of employee affect positively in context of
performance and behavior individual staff. It influences in form of enhancing motivation and
productivity level even better (Tran, 2019). According to this culture, each task need to cater for
addressing particular problem. High differences between teams and individual work put negative
impact on performance and behavior of team and individual worker. It affects in form of
decreasing productivity level of staff and profits margin of Morrison’s. This difference can make
between leader and manager or other workers.
Person culture-
Person culture affect or influence applicants and teams’ performance and behavior in
negative manner in form of decreasing motivational level of people (Du and et.al., 2019).
Accordant to this organizational culture, individual worker only thinks about achieving his or her
goal and completing own work. They never support other to complete their task on time. When
person within chosen company believe that by completing own work instead of helping other,
can create negative environment at workplace and influences in same manner. It forms of culture
affect negatively which is not acceptable, as it drives workers to work in a without conducting
collaborative practices at workplace, which is important to do.
Influence of power-
French and Raven model base on types of power-
Legitimate power-
This kind of power derive from a job post or set of formal connections that individual
develop by working together at workplace. Individual and teams are influence by this power in
Morrison’s and they do what leader told due to rules and principles of company (Condello,
2018).
Reward power-