Organisational Behaviour Report: BBC Culture, Teams, and Motivation

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of organizational behavior within the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It begins by examining BBC's organizational culture, applying Charles Handy's model to assess power, role, task, and person cultures. The report then explores the political behavior of managers and its impact. Moving on to motivation, it discusses Maslow's and process theories, focusing on equity theory. The report investigates how BBC can improve employee motivation through role, goal, team, and organizational alignment. It then details different types of teams within BBC, including functional, problem-solving, project, and virtual teams, and their importance. Furthermore, the report covers team development theories and applies path-goal theory to improve team performance and productivity. Finally, it identifies barriers to effective performance within the BBC, concluding with recommendations for improvement.

Organisational Behaviour

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................................3
TASK-1.................................................................................................................................................3
a. Organisational culture and political behaviour of managers in BBC company by applying
handy's model of organisational culture. ........................................................................................3
TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................4
a Content of theory BBC company..................................................................................................4
b Improved level of motivation of organization goals.....................................................................5
TASK 3.................................................................................................................................................6
a Different type of team in BBC and their importance....................................................................6
b Team development theory.............................................................................................................7
TASK-4 ................................................................................................................................................8
a applying path goal theory of organisational theory to know how team performance and
productivity can improved in BBC..................................................................................................8
b What are the barriers to effective performance within the BBC -................................................9
CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour refers to the behaviour of employees inside the organisation that
how they treat to each other(DeVellis,2016). How employees interact with the groups of
individuals. It is study of an individuals act in the organisation. This report is based on BBC
organisation, Full name of BBC is British Broadcasting Corporation. It is the largest broadcasting
organisation in the world on the bases of employees. It was founded in 1922 and situated in
London, UK. This report includes culture politics and power and their influence on the BBC
organisation. Motivation affects an individual and a team for achieving a goal, role of content and
process theory to achieve goal of BBC and how this organisation can improve the motivation level,
importance of different type of teams in the organisation, models of team development, role of
performance theory to achieve the goal.
MAIN BODY
TASK-1
a. Organisational culture and political behaviour of managers in BBC company by applying handy's
model of organisational culture.
organisational culture of BBC- Organisational culture contributes in psychological and social
environment in the business. An organisation culture of BBC includes all the expectations of an
organisation, goals and the philosophy of the BBC(Herzberg, 2017). A positive culture in the
organisation make positive environment in BBC and it motivates the employees for work well in
the organisation. Expert of organisational behaviour Charles Handy designed a model which sets
out four basic type which includes power culture, role culture, task culture, person culture and they
all are describing here-
Power culture- According to this law of handy all the employees and the mangers of BBC
are judged on the basis of what they are archiving rather than their how they are achieving the
goals or from which techniques and tools. So according to this approach company should focus on
the goals only not about the process of achieving the gaols, what was the ways' tool and techniques
behind achieving the goals does not matter.
Role culture- As its name showing the definition and the amening of this term culture are

based on the roles. All the employees and mangers should know about their roles and
responsibilities in the company. This is because of the clarity about the work. So employees of BBC
can work with the better understanding.
Task culture- task culture is the term about work together and achieve the task goals and
success by the employees and managers of BBC. Because task is an important thing so the need of
the power should come from the team. There are many functional group or area exist in the
company they all work together. All the units works together every day with the purpose of achieve
the task.
Person culture-it is a culture to describe an individuals culture in BBC. It is the state where
every person find out the unique and superior quality inside him is called person culture. Every
person wants to play a lead role in an organisation. this is the state where an individual recognise
the quality and ability and efficiency to do work. It is state where an individual gets self motivation.
Political behaviour of managers in BBC- All the employees sometime plays a political role
in company(Herzberg, 2017). Because of the competition and injustice behaviour the plays a dole
of politician where they compete each other with the different purpose. Some employees always
does back biting of others. Because of their nature of the jealousy with another employee of BBC.
So all the employees of BBC behave like politician. This type of behaviour has seen in the private
organisation like BBC. According to Charles handy the political behaviour of managers in
organisation impact to the employees both in positive or negative way. In BBC the managers can
use their power and politics in positive manner to increase the work efficiency of the employees
because negative use of politics create negative environment in the organisation.
TASK 2
a Content of theory BBC company
Maslow's theory
The theory needs to five figures base on psychological wants and provides safety, love and
relation with company. This theory of basic needs are employee needs for human survival. These
psychological wants are most important of all needs.
Safety and psychological wants are fulfilled, both of relation and love attraction with employees
come into BBC company. Employees are unsatisfied when a employee will close bonding with
friends, groups etc.(Wilson, 2017). Most of the employees are face nervous, alone and depression.
In such condition BBC has to fulfil their love belonging needs. BBC company vaulted and

respected with employees. They have felt to value of employees. A person with need importance
from another person. that is motivational term of an organization. Employees have need for self
respect, attention, increment and independence. employees are utilizing talents for an organization.
They have needs for good training and development. BBC companies through best opportunities,
challenging task for employees. This is good position create of employee. BBC company personal
growth to increase and fulfil needs of employees.
Process theory of BBC company
Equity theory: Equity theory focuses on explaining the distribution of employees and
partners of relations. This is measured by comparing profits and countries for every employee's.
equity theory is main aim to input and output between balance in a workplace. This theory depends
on comparison with friends and peer not only input and output balance ratio.
This theory most of famous known as theory of motivational. In BBC company this theory
affected by employees' motivation and employee trusts that' equal amount of efforts of employees
work. They are earning rewards and benefits of BBC company(Wilson, 2017 ). BBC company will
decide how much amount paying to per employee. And employees needs to flexible task and
flexible work place. Employees are support to organisation, friends and management. Employees
are responsibilities to good work and good behaviour with organization.
BBC company recognition of the staff's team. They have given by different groups and
teams. A company focus on goal and achieving main aim. They are provided by inputs and outputs
work to employees and staff's. Generally BBC company will decide who person is best of company
so they are recruit increase the members. They are look employee's honesty. In theory of employees
maintain the close relation and
far relation. They are compare to rewards and performance to another people. In case of employees
are de-motivated by organizational culture and job.
b Improved level of motivation of organization goals
BBC company needs to development and good growth. And also wants to build. Four types of
level improve company situation. There are finding: first is role of employee, second is employee
goal, third is team of employee and last one is employee organization.
Employee role alignment: BBC company requires find the good employee fit for the
good work at place. BBC Company employers need to employee fit for a job so they are hiring the
recruit. Then evaluate persons for job ability is to exam their knowledge, behaviour,
communication, etc. before selection of the way. Employees want to the best role in a company.

Employee goal alignment: BBC company achieve the goals good employee come into
the company and making decision for maximum profits earn. Employer are want to making
decision main aim and achieve the objective goals. They have goals remain good work, time
punctuality, specific terms, and every time attainable to task and challenges BBC company
employees to fit to correctly set and special work goals with owner of the firm. employers can use
some help for employees. They are leading to good team of organization.
Employee team alignment: BBC company employees and their teams between good
relation. They are make setting goals of main purpose. Employee have expectations of managers,
goals and how achieve to team goals and success. Employees want to have make setting goals of
the personal with the success of the team. And they have achieves goals when comes to the
company long term goals and short term goals. BBC companies in weekly group meetings. They
have decides to individual goals and team goals in company for staffs to look on every day.
employees can understand mission of objectives. They will motivate to team making good target
and goals.
Employee organization alignment: The last level of organizational. BBC company
employees need to understand how to contribute to different groups. And their work objectives to
the whole organisation firm. In company no matter how to good objectives and missions. This is
normal process, employees want to good play with an organization. Company supervisors need to
an energetic person role in the organisation vision. BBC companies through idea's share with their
employees. They are decided how to achieve goals and missions. The company have set an
objective. employees want to company growth and increasing self position in the firm. The Best
way of build company.
TASK 3
a Different type of team in BBC and their importance
BBC have different types of team and they all are important for organisation to achieve their
goals. They are needed on the workplace for many kinds of work like functional operational project
team, problem solving team and virtual team(DeVellis, 2016).
Functional Team- It is the main role of employees in BBC because without functional area
there is no company. Functional workers help to achieve the goal of organisation through increase
in productivity and efficiency. Works like gathering data, defining issues, determining actions etc.
They play role of contributor, evaluator, coordinator and do start-up works of the organisation. They
provide faster service with risk reduction and quality products. Sometimes their opinions and new
ideas make a good thing for the organisation.

Problem solving team- This team considered in an organisation for solve the issues and
problems of the employees. They are divided into different departments due to their skills and
knowledge. A group of individuals who want to work in decision making process and who has
many of skills to solve the problem, they are appointed for the work. They believe in theory from
which they help the organisation in critical cases(Leigh and Blakely, 2016). They use both
p[primary and secondary data to solve the problem and this team is needed in the organisation.
Project Team - This team work on the projects regarding the requirement of clients. This
team considered as a power of the BBC. It involves in profit making and increase productivity of
the organisation. They are needed in the organisation for achieve their goals because some
companies are only project based and the project team monitor all the projects which client wants.
Client gives feedback on the report and again project team have to do the work according to the
client so it is important for the organisation.
Virtual Team- Virtual teams are defined as geographically teams. They are situated in
different areas in change with languages, cultures and time zones. Virtual teams are formed for new
idea generation, critical problems which have to solve and they formed for a period. Virtual teams
are globally formed and they help to stay in the market competition and globalization. They play a
big role in complete the demand of the customers. BBC approaches this team because their work
needed globalization to spread out news. They are flexible in communication technology.
b Team development theory
Tuckman and Jensen’s model of team development- There are 5 stages of team development
according to Tuckman and Jensen -
Forming- In this stage firstly the team members meet to each other in BBC. They introduce
with everyone in the team(Leigh and Blakely, 2016). They share about themselves like their
education, their skills, inexpedience, interest and background. They discuss about the project and
their goals and values on which they will be going to work and talk about their roles in the team
which will be formed by them. It helps in team development of BBC. During this period the team
leader have to manage the whole team and claver all things to the employees regarding the project.
Storming- After the entrance and introduction of the employees it comes to storming stage
of team development. It is the stage where team members compare them with the other team
members and spread their thoughts and ideas in the team. They have different ideas about the
project and work which will be done by them. They go through this stage with the help of team
leader and they can learn from this situation that how to solve problems, this situation gives
opportunities to them that how to work with their ideas and philosophies.

Norming- Third step is norming in which every employee work with more efficiency. The
team of BBC is no longer focuses on themselves on individuals bases. They learn how to work with
the ideas of others and how to cooperate with the team members and they know that their strength is
team. In this stage the individuals not compete with each other and make conflicts(Leigh and
Blakely, 2016 ). They will work for whole team and make their objectives and work together to
achieve the goal of team.
Performing- In this stage the team members start to trust on each other and work for team
growth. Now team is capable to work for their goal and highly motivated. It is not always
successful because every time the team is not capable to work with each other so in this situation
there is need to change the process of the team and make them comfortable with each other.
Adjourning- It is the last step in which team members are highly motivated and ready to
move toward different situations. It is time to celebrate for the workers of BBC. It is the last set of
work with each other and say good bye to the employees and the company because it is stage of
project ending.
TASK-4
a applying path goal theory of organisational theory to know how team performance and
productivity can improved in BBC.
According too this theory all the leaders plays a lead role to influence their sub ordinates to
archive their goals. This theory is all about to motivate the employees of BBC threw the managers
to achieve the path they should take clear and easy(Wilson, 2017 ). This theory is all about to
showing a path which can shows by a leader only.
 It is necessary for leader of BBC should clear the path of his subordinate so that they
would know that in which direction they should go. It should be the moral duty of
every leader towards his team.
 The role of managers is most important where a manager brakes all the road
blockages and the barriers which are conning on the way or employees.
 Leader increases the reward system in the path of his employees this is why because
so they can achieve their target easily. Because a few people only works to get the
rewards. so they encourage themselves.
There are four type of leader ship which a leader plays in BBC to support his employees.-

supportive leadership- in which a leader supports his employees for the welfare of them.
And shows a right path to them. A leader creates a friendly environment in the company. As its
name is showing the mean of supportive leadership where a leader have all the quality of problem
solving of employees in BBC. A supportive leader always works for reduce the stress and
frustration of employees. A company with flat organisational style use supportive leadership in the
organisation.
Directive leadership- this state is all about to suggest therm about their schedule for a
specific work which to be done in a specific time. That what are the strategies to do work in a
particular time. Directive leadership focuses on completing the task and objectives in proper
manner. They are the leader who sets the objectives for the organisation and motivate employees
for work well in the organisation.
Participative leadership- this state is all about to talk with employees of BBC. And task the
ides about the problem. and making particular decision. This approach is good where all the
employees can share their ideas and advise to take a decision. In this leadership style the employees
are free to telk with the leaders and tell them about the problems and issues which faced by them in
the organisation(Miner, 2015).
Achievement oriented leadership- It is approach where set the challenging goals for the
work and self improvisation. In this leadership style the managers give the challenging tasks to the
employees to know about their skills and their capacity. Through this leadership style the employees
can achieve their target and help the organisation to make competitive advantage.
b What are the barriers to effective performance within the BBC -
Ignoring interaction- there are many employees working in the BBC who are not familiar
with each other and think about other. And they don't have the co-optive of nature. So some times it
is very difficult to work with them because they are not of supportive nature of person in BBC.
Many times managers and employees does not co operates with each other it can because of barriers
of effective performance.
Culture communication- Culture communication is the main barrier to affect any
organisation. Many employees in the organisation with different cultures and religions and some
employees do not think about it but some people think about the religion to talk with any person. It
is not good for the organisation because without effective communication no one can achieve its
target and goal (Miner, 2015).
Feedback- Feedback plays an important role in effective working of employees in
organisation. If the employees give feedback to each other according to their work and help them to

work efficiently in the organisation then the organisation will achieve its target easily. Through
feedback the employees can change themselves and BBC can perform better.
Need of unity- there are many employees in BBC who does not take a participation in the
functions, meetings of the company. They do their work on own ways' ad stipulation. So the need of
unity or required for the battlement in production.
Need of proper schedule- some employees are not punctual about their time. So their less
contribution has seen.
Clarity of roles and expectations-sometimes employees does not understand about the
responsibilities just because of the clarity about their roles so it can be a beerier to perform
effectively.
Incentives- it can be a cause of barrier in effective performance. BBC does not provide
rewards for the performance of employees. Sometimes intensives goes beyond the expectations by
compare to another employees. So it could be a barrier for BBC.
 Social capital theory- According to social capital theory the factors like interpersonal
relations, share sense of identity, share understanding impact on the performance of BBC. In
the organisation these all things crate barriers. The employees of BBC not shared any
information or idea to anyone and it creates barrier because only a few employees know
about the information. It is also a barrier that people in the organisation do not share the
ideas to anyone. Trust is also an important part in the organisation because without trusting
on each other the organisation can not run in effective manner (Argyris, 2017).
 Hofstede theory- According to them the main barrier in effective running of organisation is
power distance. Inequality is the main barrier in the organisation because with inequality the
employees can not survive in the organisation and it all depends on power of the employees.
All people want something from the organisation against their effective work. Individuals
expect from the organisation to take care of them in respect of their loyalty and if they do
not get something then it creates a barrier in BBC.
 Resistance to change- Change always make impact on the employees. With the change in
BBC every employee does not survive in the organisation because with the new work the
employees faced the other things as increase in working time, change the work process etc.
Some employees feel comfortable with the change but some employees are struggling with
the change.

CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been summarised that culture of organisation, power political
behaviour of the employees made effect on BBC. This report has explained about motivation and
content theories effect on the goal of BBC and also talked about the methods to improve the
motivation level to achieve the goals. Different type of team has needed in BBC to work with more
efficiency and made company globally. Tuckmen model of team development which through team
members of BBC could develop themselves with motivation. Discussed about the barrios of
effective team development.

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