Impact of Organisational Culture, Politics, and Power on Individual and Team Behavior

Unit 12

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1 ...............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Critically discuss organisational culture, politics & power affects individual & team
behaviour performance ...................................................................................................................3
M1 Examine how culture, politics and power of an organisation can affects individual and team
behaviour/ performance...................................................................................................................5
TASK 2 ................................................................................................................................................5
P2 Briefly discuss process & content theories of motivation ........................................................5
M2 Analyse how to influence behaviour of others through effective application of behavioural
motivational theories........................................................................................................................8
TASK 3.................................................................................................................................................8
P3 Differentiate between effective team opposed to ineffective team............................................8
M3 Examine team & group development theories to unpin development of cooperation within
effective teams...............................................................................................................................10
Task 4..................................................................................................................................................10
P4 Use and implement OB concepts and philosophies within an organisational context and in a
given business situation.................................................................................................................10
Positive and negative impact of concepts and philosophies..........................................................11
D2 Evaluate relevance of team development, theories that influence behaviour in workplace to
enhance productivity .....................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................14
Books & Journal: ..........................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour refers to study of human behaviour & enterprise internally.
Business is wider and broader & it is important to focus factors that affects the attitude as well as
behaviour (Baligh, 2018). Main aim of this report is to critically analyse the impact of behaviour on
firm & within workplace. KPMG UK, a management consultancy firm, headquartered in United
Kingdom. It is located global scale & has number of subsidiaries such as Makinson Cowell, KPMG
Audit etc. It also many competitors like Accenture, Ernst & Young, Deloitte etc. This report
comprises of organisational culture, power, politics, content and process theory, effective &
ineffective team and concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour.
TASK 1
P1 Critically discuss organisational culture, politics & power affects individual & team behaviour
performance
In organisation, it comprises of large number of individual and people who are responsible
for delivering of higher productivity. In this competitive market, it is essential to have proper
knowledge of performance of every employee so that decisions are made in easier way. In relation
of KPMG, they have large number of subordinates within firm as they operates at global scale.
Organisation culture, politics, power has deep impact on behaviour which is further discussed as
follows-
Culture-
A culture refers to group of people with different religions, culture etc. In enterprise, there
are wide range of people across the globe that comes into interaction with each other due to
professional as well as personal relations. In corporate world, there are various kinds of culture
which are discussed below-
Task culture- In this culture, it refers to type of culture in which challenging task are being
allotted to subordinates relying on their level of skills & knowledge. Within this culture, it assist in

enhancing of efficiency level of subordinates (Brandi, 2020). In context of KPMG, the marketing
department of firm execute the tasks of every individual on this task culture. For example- sales,
person, consultants have different roles and accordingly tasks are given to them on daily basis.
Person culture- In this type of culture, persons focuses on themselves rather than enterprise.
In reference of chosen firm, person roles and responsibilities are clearly well defined which assist in
achieving of goals & objectives. In relation of KPMG, this culture does not fit into firm as because
every individual is more focused towards organisational goals rather then self growth.
Role- It is also a type of culture in which it specifies that roles are clearly to be well defined
so that it is easy foe every individual to work in proper manner. In context of selected firm, each
and every person has different roles on basis of which tasks are allotted.
Effect on individual
The explained different types of culture states that they affects individual behaviour at
larger scale. Individual are affected by culture because they work within workplace & work
accordingly. In context of KPMG at workplace every individual Is being treated as as equal person
which reflects positivism.
Effect on team members
Team members are too affected by culture because they work with different people and
individual who are from different culture and which impacts upon their attitude & behaviour at
wider scale.
Power
A power refers to access or authorization of something & ability to influence decisions.
Power is important in firm because it helps in getting of work done properly. Basically there are
different kinds of power which are given below-
Legitimate power- It is power in which power is received on basis of role or position of a
person. In relation of selected entity, some people in firm have special powers like shareholders,
owners etc. (Ghatak, 2019). KPMG senior consultants and senior managers, owners and
international clients ave this legitimate power. With his power decisions are taken accordingly.
Reward power- In this type of power, appraisal, performance and other activities are being
measured to determine & reward are given to employee on basis of which power is delivered. In
relation chosen entity, this power is used on basis further activities are carried out.
Expert power- It refers to kind of power in which it power is provided or distributed to
those who are expertise in their field. In reference of KPMG, they have experts within their R & D
department and in market research team.
Individual impact

Individual is affected by power as because when power is given to anyone in firm it
creates a conflicts between individuals at workplace . This also affects upon level of efficiency.
Individual team members
Team members are too affected by power because if one team member gets power, there
are huge chances that it can be used in negative way within team. So, leaders & managers of KPMG
make assure power is being to right people.
Politics
It is defined as use of individual behaviour with aim of gaining advantage at any cost. In this
corporate world, politics is being presented as on basis of which it manipulates people & affects
their behaviour in both negative as well as positive way (Larson, 2018).
Impact on individual
When in enterprise any one in firm uses politics it too affects the behaviour of a person
because trust & loyalty is being impacted & which also leads to problem or issue.
Impact on team behaviour & performance
Politics also does affects the team behaviour & performance because using of politics
within firm makes it difficult for team members to work with each other due to presence of problem
and issues. It decreases the performance level of subordinates because of negative feelings &
emotions at workplace.
M1 Examine how culture, politics and power of an organisation can affects individual and team
behaviour/ performance
Organisational culture, politics, power affects both individual as well as team behaviour and
performance at wider scale. It is also analysed that it is essential to focus on such type of elements
so that it is easy to make decisions about how these elements can be used in positive way in order to
achieve competitive benefits. These three elements impacted o
TASK 2
P2 Briefly discuss process & content theories of motivation
In organisation, motivation is needed at all aspects because without use of motivation it is
difficult to achieve goals & objectives in proper manner. Motivation is defined as triggering the
need of individual for specific purpose. In organisational behaviour, it is crucial to focus on how to
increase the motivation level of individual so that high level of productivity is achieved. There are
various types of theories that are used by organisation which are explained as follows-
Process theory-

It refers to type of power in which theory it specifies why behaviours are being triggered. It
is also seen that with help of this theory, behaviour of every person is easily analysed and examined.
In relation of selected entity, they uses Adam Equity theory which it depicts about equilibrium
between output as well as input. This theory is given as follows-
Input-
This refers to type of resource in which it comprises of workforce, people, time, energy, etc.
These are known as input of system which which are used for achieving of positive outcomes (Liu,
2020).
Effort-
It refers to amount of handwork which is used by employees in order to achieve objective or
goals. In relation of selected entity, subordinates of firm are skilled with knowledge which is used
by them within workplace.
Knowledge-
In this, it includes learning & writing & reading of a specific topic or area. So, KPMG
employees are knowledgeable enough to deal with every type of situation on their own. Also, they
recruit from foreign countries which assist them in achieving of goals in effective manner.
Output
It refers to results which comes out from input. It is a result which is received after task or
work is done (Brandi, 2020).
Rewards
These are kinds of rewards in which it consists of salary wages, bonuses, incentives etc.
Such type of rewards are being provided to employee only after work is achieve in positive manner.
VROOM theory