Organisational Behaviour Report for 1Spatial,plc: An Analysis

This report provides a detailed analysis of organisational behaviour within 1Spatial,plc, a software production company. It examines the influence of culture, politics, and power on individual and team behaviour, aiming to improve overall performance. The report explores cultural influences, including Handy's culture types and Hofstede's cultural theory, and discusses the positive and negative impacts of power dynamics and workplace politics. It also delves into motivational theories, such as Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Herzberg's two-factor theory, and their application in achieving company objectives. Furthermore, the report investigates effective team dynamics, analysing team and group development theories and their influence on workplace behaviour. The analysis offers recommendations for fostering a positive work environment and enhancing employee productivity within 1Spatial,plc.

Organisational behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO1..................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Analysing cultural, political and power influence that effects individual and team
behaviour in order to improve performance................................................................................3
M1 Critically analyses of culture, politics and power in 1Spatial,plc........................................6
LO2..................................................................................................................................................6
P2 Application of content and process theories of motivation in order to achieve the overall
objectives of the 1Spatial,plc......................................................................................................6
M2 Effective application of behavioural motivational theories in business...............................8
D1 Recommendations ................................................................................................................9
LO3..................................................................................................................................................9
P3 Things which makes effective team as opposed to ineffective team.....................................9
M3 Analyse relevant team and group development theories ...................................................11
LO4................................................................................................................................................11
P4 Application of concepts and Philosophies of organisational behaviour within different
situations of the company. .......................................................................................................11
M4 Positive and negative influence of OB when concepts and philosophies applied in
organisation...............................................................................................................................13
D2 Critically analyse of team development theories in order to influence the behaviour at
workplace..................................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is termed as the way in which employees of the organisation
interact with each other in order to produce the desired productivity of the company. It can be
basically promotes better working environment that motivates the efforts of the employees and
result in efficient and effective productivity. This report is based on the Organisational behaviour
of the employees within 1Spatial,Plc company and this organisation deals with software
production. This study will provide cultural, political and power influence of the organisation
that impacts on the overall performance of the company. The report will also create an
understanding about the motivation of individual and team in order to achieve main objectives of
the firm. The study will also in improving the understanding about effective cooperation of all
the employees within the organisation. This research will also help in application of various
concepts and philosophies in 1Spatial,plc.
LO1
P1 Analysing cultural, political and power influence that effects individual and team behaviour
in order to improve performance
Organisation culture can be termed as set of values, ethics, policies and procedures that is
adopted in an organisation in order to perform the effective operational activities within the
1Spatial,plc. Being the HR manager of the company, one have to improve working procedure
and policies within organisation in order to improve individual and group performance of the
company (Joshi, 2016). 1Spatial,plc is an leading producer company of computer software which
facilitates large opportunities to improve the data management of the organisation and worldwide
communication of company with customers. This organisation generates $10M to$20M turnover.
Culture influence: It is referred as the concept that help in promoting the powerful working
environment for employees. Human resource managers in 1Spatial,plc are responsible for
promoting the cultural influence within the environment of the company as it helps in motivating
the workforce and hence improved the productivity of the organisation. Assembling effective
employees in company help in generating effective team of the 1Spatial,plc so this can be termed
as the collective values and behaviour that directly impacts on the working situations of the
employees within company. It can be considered as indicator that might help managers in
improving the performance of the company. Positive impacts of culture may be defined as
healthy working environment that help employees in effective productivity.

For instance 1Spatial,plc is an high technology company that acquires a culture which
encourage innovations and adaptability that supports high performance in organisation. So
mangers have to constantly promote positive working culture that ensures the healthy interaction
between employees and hence encourage them in order to improve the performance of the
workers. Handy's culture have described various cultures in an organisation. There are four types
of cultural influence that effects the organisational environment of OB such influences can be
demonstrated below:
Power: This lay emphasis on the person who has the higher authority can use the power in to
take the decision regarding the employees. It may motivate or demotivate an employee. If the
person using the power in a fair way so it cannot effect the behaviour of the employees then it
leads to the satisfaction among workforce. If the person taking wrong advantage of using power
then it may leads to dissatisfied workforce and it may minimises the productivity of the
1Spatial,plc.
Task: This mainly focus on tasks which aimed at forming an effective team. In an organisation
when teams are formed in order to address a specific problem then it can be considered as task
culture. It may also effect negatively and positively. Team leader have to identify the strengths
and weakness of the members for the assignment of accurate tasks. This leads to an effective
team.
Role: This is determined by the position of the person in structure of the 1Spatial,plc. In short
organisation who follows role culture tends to produce bureaucratic culture within working
environment.
Person: This mainly focuses on the person which helps in valuing the efforts of the individual
person and hence this derives the positive attitude among workforce of 1Spatial,plc.
Hofstede's cultural theory is a framework that promotes the cross cultural communication
between the cultural aspects of the society and company. It describes the effects of the society's
culture which demonstrates the values related to the behaviour of the human, and various
different types of attitudes which a person carries at different situations. Hofstede's identifies 4
types dimensions such as individualism, masculinity, power, distance and uncertainty avoidance.
Impact of politics and power
Power and politics play a huge role in business which enables various decisive roles such
as interaction of the employees with each other and techniques of manager in implementing the

policies and procedure of the company. Power is mainly provided to the higher management
people who uses such power in taking the decisions in 1spatial,plc. These powers may be
positive or negative. Managers of 1Spatial,plc uses positive power in organisation to encourage
the effective and efficient productivity in business (Aravopoulou, Mitsakis and Malone, 2017).
Such positive influence of the power may includes rewards and recognition that improves the
individual performance of the workers and hence it helps in building the effective team. Also,
There are various types of Power which influences the behaviour of Leader in OB.
 Coercive Power: This Power develops a threat of fear among team members. So Power
lets the employees to act according to the instructions of the Leaders.
 Reward Power: This Power allows the leader to praise or reward the employees in order
to motivate them. this reward may be monetary or non monetary.
 Legitimate Power: It mainly helps Managers, Executive or higher authority to take
decisions because of their status and position in Spatial,plc.
 Expert Power: This power helps those employees who have more skills, knowledge and
experience are likely to hold expert power.
 Referent Power: This can be referred as employee who have lot of referent power may
have built large social connections with people so they are able to use that power as a
reference.
Influence of healthy OB can builds a confidence among employees and this motivate
them to work even harder. Improved performance of the team can be achieved by influencing the
positive behaviour of the employees at workplace. Negative powers of managers in 1Spatial,plc
may include threatening of job loses or by punishing them for their errors. This demotivate
individual employees and this will be effect the performance of the individual that will be
responsible for overall ineffective team performance.
Politics may be influenced by those persons who possesses the higher authority in
organisation such as managers and all the upper management people. This can be referred as
dishonest unethical behaviour at workplace. It may influence the behaviour of the individual
employees negatively or it may influence positive environment among workforce. Negative use
of politics and power in company may leads to favouritism and this demotivate other workers
and therefore it decreases the productivity of individual employees and this affects lower
performance of the team. Positive politics may leads to the motivation of employees and hence

individual provides effective efforts which in turn improves the team performance of the
1spatial,plc and hence it generates higher profitability in company. This helps in promoting the
positive environment in company and result in more productivity.
Politics on Performance may impacts negatively as it lowers the output of an individual
and also demotivate an employee. Also, it can be analysed that people who play politics can at
workplace may not be able to pay attention towards sincerity in performing job at organisation.
M1 Critically analyses of culture, politics and power in 1Spatial,plc
Culture influence is a more powerful way of controlling and managing the behaviour of
the employees within 1Spatial,plc and it also helps in smooth functioning of the operational
activities of the company. Positive culture embraces healthy working environment in the
company which result in effective individual efforts and hence it helps in increasing the team
performance of the employees. On the other hand if 1spatial,plc acquires negative culture then it
may effects the productivity of the company which can be responsible for decreased efforts of
employees and result in low performance of the workforce in organisation.
Higher authority management may inspire the employees by taking fair decisions in the
company. This encourages the working spirit of the employees and this helps in effective
operations of the company (Clarke, 2018). While, use politics and power in negative way may
promotes favouritism in organisation and this will impact on the operational activities and result
in decreased profitability in company.
LO2
P2 Application of content and process theories of motivation in order to achieve the overall
objectives of the 1Spatial,plc
Application of motivational theories in business helps leaders and managers in fulfilling
the basic needs of the employees which promotes motivation among employees. Such theories
help in identifying the needs of the employees in order to satisfy the workforce of 1Spatial,plc.
In order to achieve motivated employees, various motivational theories are designed that help
managers and leaders in determining the needs of workers. It can be further categorised below:
Process theory

This type of motivational theory mainly focus in steps that have to be taken by the
managers of 1Spatial Plc in order to influence the positive environment among workforce. It
basically concerned with change and development of the entity. Process theories may be
classified into several types of motivational concepts such as maslow's need hierarchy theory,
Herzberg's two factor theory etc.
Maslow's need hierarchy theory
This theory determines basic need of employees and it is created in hierarchical or
pyramid shape which helps in identifying the needs of the employees. This can be categorised in
5 level of needs such as Psychological, Safety and security, self esteemed etc. Maslow had
arranged such needs in a sequential manner where basic needs are kept at the bottom and most
complex needs are arranged at the top of the pyramid.
Psychological needs can be termed as most basic needs of the employees in 1spatial,plc
that includes food, clothes and shelter. If these basic needs of the person is fulfilled then it can be
the major motivated factors of one's life. These needs mainly arrived in order to satisfy the
hunger of the people and if employee is psychological stable then it may perform better. Safety
and security needs can be termed as person's desire for safety and food which includes financial
security, health and illness etc. third level I.e, belongingness and love can be termed as social
needs of the people that includes loneliness, social isolation and lack of love and belongingness
etc. Esteemed needs of the employees are the most important needs that directly impacts on the
productivity of the company (Junaid and et.al 2017). This needs are related to the self respect of
the person that affects overall objectives of the 1spatial,plc in terms unsatisfied employee which
in turn is responsible for low performance. And the last but not the least Heirarchy need i.e, self
actualisation which help in satisfying one's desire to grow more. It includes opportunities,
positions, authorities etc which improves one's performance in order to achieve the main
objective of the company.
Herzberg's two factor theory
It can also be called as Motivation-Hygiene theory or Herzberg's two factor theory. This
theory says there are two types of factors that influence the behaviour of the employees such
factors are motivating factor and hygiene factor. Application of this motivational theory in
1Spatial,plc helps in determining working conditions and working environment of the people
which makes them ei t her satisfied or unsatisfied that directly impacts on the individual efforts

of the employees and hence low productivity in the company. In order top achieve the above-
average performance and effective efforts of the employees, managers have to increase one's job
satisfaction by providing the motivating techniques like incentives, appraisal etc. Hygiene factors
are needed to ensure employee's satisfaction while motivating factor can be applied to ensure the
higher performance of the employees in 1spatial,plc. Motivating factors are recognition,
advancement, achievement etc. hygiene factors includes working condition, salary, supervision,
interpersonal relationships etc. Proper achievement of such factors are helpful in achieving the
main objective of the organisation.
Content theory
It mainly focuses in determining the content of motivation that will leads to the
achievement of positive working environment that bring satisfied employees within the
company.
Vroom's Expectancy theory
The expectancy theory helps in integrating the needs and equity of the employees. This
theory mainly aimed at providing the equitable behaviour with all the employees in a
1Spatial,plc. This can be basically termed as expected results of all the efforts which are applied
by the individual employees (Chhabra and Mohanty, 2014). This can be categorised into three
factors expectancy, instrumentality and valence which is equivalent to motivation. Rewards need
to be provided according to the individual performance of employees.
Application of Vroom's expectancy theory implies of equity and importance of consistent
rewards that are provided to employees kin order motivating the workforce of the 1spatial,plc.
This is done to achieve the overall profitability of the company.
Adam's equity concept
This motivational theory states that people feel motivated if they are treated equally. This
concept basically aimed at elimination of politics and favouritism in 1Spatial,plc. This content
theory mainly focuses towards the rewards and recognition on the basis of the individual efforts
that are applied in order to archive the satisfaction of the employees. This help in increased
productivity and hence it also helps in achieving the main objective of the enterprise.
M2 Effective application of behavioural motivational theories in business
The behaviour of the employees help in determining the overall working environment of
the firm. Motivational theories are mainly applied in the organisation in order to promote healthy

work within the enterprise which result in satisfied employees. This can be applied by providing
various benefits to employees such as monitory rewards, incentives, various employee schemes
will motivate them and therefore it helps in increased efforts of the workers which generate the
desired output for the company. Whereas if the managers of 1Spatial do not apply motivational
concepts then it leads to ineffective and unsatisfied employees which result in low performance
and hence it impacts on the overall objective of the organisation. If the needs to the employees
are not satisfied then they do not apply the enough and this minimise the profitability of the firm.
D1 Recommendations
Culture, politics and power may influence the behaviour of the employees at workplace.
Leaders and managers need to apply the effective theories and concepts in order to achieve the
growth and development of the company (Akpotu and Ginah, 2015). Various recommendations
which need to be followed by managers and leaders in order to sustain the company for the
longer duration in market. Such suggestions are as follows:
 Managers should posses the effective qualities which help in coordination of various
departments in company.
 Strategies should be designed according to the requirements of the market.
 Managers should also monitor operational activities in business.
 Leaders should have to acquire effective qualities that help in properly communicating
the strategies to employees.
 Managers should promote the healthy working environment which help in influencing the
behaviour of the workforce and this will help in increased efforts of the employees.
LO3
P3 Things which makes effective team as opposed to ineffective team
Individual efforts of the employees can be helpful in creating the effective team in
organisation. Most successful business teams can be determined by the individual efforts of team
members and this will ultimately strengthen the team performance and hence help in delivering
the effective output of 1Spatial,plc. It is the responsibility of the leaders to motivate team
members and promote their skills in order to achieve the effetive productivity in the company6.
Main goal of 1Spatial,plc can be accomplished by leaders need to identify the strengths
and weaknesses of their team members so that task and activities assigned to them according to

their interests. If the individual employee of the organisation is satisfied then one will be anle to
apply the effective efforts which in turn help in achieving the effective output of the company. In
order top make the affective team, leaders have to promote the communication which help in
improved relationship of the workers and it also promotes the healthy environment in
1spatial,plc. Creation of an effective team can be possible when team members can identify their
strengths and weakness and start interacting with each other this promotes healthy working
environment and this can be responsible for motivated workforce and hence this can achieve a
effective team as opposed to ineffective team (Hill and Parsons, 2014). Lack of coordination,
cooperation and bonding will be responsible for ineffective team work and hence this overall
objective of the firm cannot be accomplished accordingly. Teams can also be classified as
problem solving team and cross functional teams. So in this respect, Tickman's have described
the model which helps in developing a dynamic team. Tuckman's have categorised the theory
into four parts which are as follows:
Forming: Here the team leader establishes the ground rules in which all the members are treated
equally and and all are explained with the initial rules and regulation that helps in forming an
effective individuals to make strong team.
Storming: Here all the team members of the 1spatial, start to communicate with each other in
order to establish a good interactive relationship with each other. This phase help in
understanding all the group members which brings trust and faith in order to perform the work as
a team.
Norming: this helps the team member in accepting each other's view points. This helps in
strengthening the group member which helps in producing the effective productivity for
1Spatial,plc.
Performing: This helps in identifying the individual contribution towards developing an effective
team. Team leaders provides the superior team team member with rewards and recognitions.
This helps in motivating all the other employees in the team.
There is also one another theory that help in developing an effective team which can be
referred as Belbin's typology of managing an effective team.
There is also an another team development theory which is termed as Belbin's team
development theory that helps in understanding the role within the organisational culture of
1Spatial,plc. This helps in identifying the individual strengths and managing the weakness in

order to improve the level of contribution in order to form an effective team. This theory can be
further described in various categories such as thinking oriented roles, action oriented roles and
people oriented roles.
M3 Analyse relevant team and group development theories
Team and group development theories ensures the effective work of the company and
this ensures the increased productivity. When the individual efforts are applied in order to
achieve the operational tasks of the company then it will form the effective team performance
and hence this will improve the overall productivity in 1Spatial,plc.
Team development theories help in building the effective teams in the organisation and
this supports the accomplished goal of the corporations and result in development of dynamic
corporation. It can be achieved by I identifying the strengths and weakness of the team members.
Leaders need to p[osses the quality which help in assignment of tasks and duties to the one who
can effectively achieve the team targets. Effective communication of leaders and inspiring
attitude help in developing the effective team which supports the sustainable requirements of the
firm (The Impact of Power and Politics in Organizational Productivity, 2018).
LO4
P4 Application of concepts and Philosophies of organisational behaviour within different
situations of the company.
Organisational behaviour helps in influencing the attitude of the workforce that may
affect the overall objective of the firm negatively or positively. So in order to achieve the overall
objectives of the company. Various concepts and philosophies are applied in the business in
order to identify the organisational behaviour of the workers of 1Spatial,plc. Various factors of
philosophies which influence the working procedure are mainly depended on the cultural aspects
of the business. Different situations of the business in which motivational behaviour can
influence the employees can be elaborated below. Such situations are as follows:
Retention of employees
When employees of the organisation do not feel motivated and cannot retain in 1Spatial
for the longer run then managers of the company have to adopt different motivational
philosophies in an organisation in order to sustain the position of the organisation in market
(Iverach and et.al., 2015). Proper monitoring the activities and performance of the employees
help in identifying the main objectives of the company and hence managers provides different

working environment to employees in order to achieve the overall business objectives. In
situation where the overall performance of the company is not upto the mark then managers
provides motivating spirit among employees in order to increase the optimum individual efforts.
Technological changes
At the time of technological changes in the company many employees resist the changes
and quits the job. Due to their behaviour it ultimately affects the production capabilities of the
company. In order to improve the efficient working of the employees within organisation
managers adopt different technologies to improve the working efficiency. This situation may be
responsible for the loss of loyal employees in the company so during such changes leaders need
to promote healthy working environment and motivate the team members in order to sustain
them for the longer duration.
Change in the working procedure of the company
Application of different concept and philosophies in business may be responsible for
change in the working policies and procedures in order to restructure the strategies in the
1Spatial which help in regaining the sustainability, growth and future development of the
organisation. It may be change in the ethics of the company which is mainly adopted in order to
improve the productivity of the company. In order top attract the valuable employees towards the
company, managers have to adopt different motivational concepts and philosophies that help in
building the interest of the employees towards the operational tasks (Higson, 2015). Application
of different concepts may help in achieving the satisfied workforce and this result in obtaining
the desired operational output of the firm.
There are various leadership theories which helps in developing an effective group within
the 1Spatial,plc. These leadership theories help in identifying the weakness and strengths of the
individual within the team. Such theories are as follows:
Behavioural Theory: This helps in determining the behaviour of the individual within the team
and thus facilitates the leader in assigning the duties and tasks in order to perform it as per the
desired results.
Situational: This leadership theory helps the leader in taking the decisions regarding the situation
which are arrived. This helps in taking the quick decisions. This decisions influences the team
members.