Organisational Behaviour: Influence of Power, Politics, and Culture on Behaviour and Performance

Unit 12 Organisational
Behaviour
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
P1- Power, politics and culture influence on behaviour and & performance of others within
company.................................................................................................................................3
M1- Interrelation among individual expectation, culture, performance and behaviour.........6
D1- Relations between power, culture, politics and motivation............................................6
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................6
P2- Motivational approaches, content and process theories use in regard to Houze Designer6
M2- Use of behavioural motivational concepts, theories and models to influence others.....9
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................9
P3- Development of effective team as oppose to unproductive.............................................9
M3- Team & group development concepts to support dynamic cooperation development.11
D2 Critical evaluation based on team development models in regard to Houze Designer. .11
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................11
P4- Organizational behaviour philosophies and concepts....................................................11
M4- Concepts and philosophies of OB inform behaviour positively and negatively..........12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is systematic study about how teams and each applicant at act
workplace within different companies where they do his or her jobs. It draws from other
discipline to develop a different field. This concept concentrate on how human act in a firm
including how workers interact with each other. The current study will be based on Houze
Designers, which falls under list of the best interior designing companies who effectively creates
inspirational interiors for target customers; firm does not work on large projects. This study will
explain influence of culture, power and politics on team and individual work as well as
behaviour. It will define process theory, content model and motivational techniques in context of
company. Furthermore, this report will describe development of effective team as opposed to
ineffective one. It will also justify philosophies and concepts of organizational behaviour in
regard to chosen company & business situation.
LO 1
P1- Power, politics and culture influence on behaviour and & performance of others within
company
Culture-
The culture of a company defines appropriate way to behave at workplace. It consists of
shared values and trust established by managers and leaders (Gürlek and Tuna, 2018). Different
forms of organizational cultures can be defined through Handy’s Typology organizational
cultures.
Politics-
Organizational politics can be describe as informal and unofficial efforts use to control
performance of people, influence business practices and other things as well either in negative or
positive manner.
Figure 1Handy's Model
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(Source: Handy's Organizational culture, 2020)
Power-
The power of an organization can be defined as capability of management and business
structure to use key resources in favour of companies’ development such as workers, technology
and other assets. French & Bertram is one of the best models that define varied forms of power
use in Houze Designers as chosen brand.
Handy’s organizational culture-
Power culture-
In company, manager have power to appraise workers based on several things, when this
authority can be used by them fairly it put positive impact on staff performance and behaviours
as well (Bachrach and et.al., 2019). It lead to encourage individual and his or her productivity
level even better.
Task culture-
According to this culture, organization and management allocate a project to individual
and groups members’ base on skills and abilities, which in return increase performance level and
drive people to behave positively.
Role culture-
With this culture, when management control performance of staffs and individual after
knowing what his or her accountabilities & roles can impact nature and work positively, which is
quite beneficial for growth of company.
Person culture-
In Houze Designer Company, person culture put negative impact on behaviour and teams
performance as well as individual, because when person only think about achieve his or her own
goals it demotivated others which is not suitable for organizational culture.
French and Bertram power forms-
Legitimate power-
Leader or manager could use this power but in positive manner because it directly
influence team and worker performance and activity as well (Hu and Judge, 2017). For example,
when leader lose his or her positive image at workplace, people never follow their command,
they needs to be positive influence.
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