Organizational Behaviour in company - Desklib

Unit 12: Organizational
Behaviour

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behavior (OB) is mainly concerned with the study of human behaviour in
an organization. It also helps in studying the complex nature of individuals in an organization
and further help in taking corrective actions, if necessary. It is imperative for every business to
focus on organizational behaviour in order to influence the behaviour of employees in a company
so the goals and objectives can be achieved effectively and efficiently. Tesco PLC is a British
Multi-national groceries and retail store company headquartered in Hackney, London, England.
The company was founded in the year 1919 by Jack Cohen and it has currently more than 6000
stores globally in countries like United Kingdom, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Hungary and
Poland. TESCO provides employment to more than 400,000 people all around the world
therefore it is essential for the organization to study organizational behaviour in order to
understand the factors influencing the employees in the company. It also has various
subsidiaries under its name like TESCO bank, TESCO family dining and TESCO mobile. Also,
it will help the organization to improve the work environment and culture so that the employees
can work with full productivity. It will further avoid chaos, confusion and conflict in the work
place. The current report will highlight on how Tesco’s culture and power influence the
behaviour of employees in the company, theories of motivation for the accomplishment of goals
and objectives of an organization, concepts and philosophies of organizational behaviour with
relation to a given situation and their importance in the growth and success of business.
LO 1
P 1. Analysis of how culture, political relation and power influence action of employees.
Handy's Culture model
This model helps in effectively analysing the four different kinds of culture which
includes power, role, person and task.
Influence of culture, political relation and power on behaviour of individuals in organization
1. Influence of culture:

The main constituent which influence culture of company are related with work in the
company, gender of workers, goals, clients and parties, etc. The culture depends on the power,
role, task and the person as well. If one person is in power and his role is main, the whole
organization has an impact of it. The work culture changes and also the dynamics of the
organization can change due to cultural difference (Borkowski, 2015). The importance of
cultural differences is also required to be studied. There are the small things which have huge
effect on the working of the Tesco. The rise of globalization and digital technology has also
impacted the working of Tesco. Previously people use to work manually but now everything is
digitalised which has impacted the organization a lot.
2. Influence of politics:
The organizational politics and differentiation between the personnel, decisional or
structural can also have a very huge impact on the organization. The various tricks and tactics of
the employees used by the other manpower can be demotivating for some employees of the
organization. So this practice can also be the point on the behaviour of the employees in the
Tesco. Practice of such policies in the organization is not a good thing and because of this the
work culture can change and the way of working would also be affected.
3. Influence of power:
Power is the most important thing in an organization or at any other place. If the person
holds power, is at a very good place in the organization then obviously the way of working for
him would be different and that of the other employees would be different (Borkowski, 2016).
This can be positive and can be negative also. The key strength associated with this is that, if the
power is used in a correct way then the organization would grow and the work culture would
also be maintained in the company. On the contrary, the negative aspect is that, if the power is
used in a wrong way then it can be harmful for the Tesco. There could be clashes among the