Organisational Behaviour: Motivation, Teams, & Culture at Next Plc

This report provides an analysis of organisational behaviour within Next Plc, a business specializing in clothing, home care, and footwear. It explores how culture, politics, and power dynamics influence both individual and team behaviour, impacting overall performance. The report delves into various content and process motivational theories, including Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Herzberg's two-factor theory, examining their application within the company. Furthermore, it differentiates between effective and ineffective teams, highlighting key characteristics and behaviours. The analysis culminates in the application of organisational behaviour philosophies to specific business situations within Next Plc, offering insights into improving workplace dynamics and achieving organisational goals. This document is available on Desklib, where students can find a wide range of study resources including past papers and solved assignments.

Organisational
Behaviour

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................4
P1. Culture, politics as well as power influence over team and individual behaviour and
performance.....................................................................................................................................4
P2. Content and process motivational theories................................................................................6
P3. Difference among the effective and ineffective teams..............................................................9
P4. Application of organisation behaviour philosophies over business situation.........................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is an important part of business and this basically describes and
indicates the human behaviour in business and this can help the business effectively and this also
leads in developing the positivity in the workplace in an effective manner. As this is the report
about Next Plc and this is an business is basically of clothing, home care and footwear as this
business is founded in 1864 and this has it headquarter is located in UK. As this report has the
involvement of factors which is influencing the politics, culture and the power of individuals
based on there behaviour and regarding there performance level of business. This report has also
involved the different process and types of motivation and their theories which is used by
business in gaining aims and goals of company. This report also involves various components
and the applied philosophies of the business and this is described below.

TASK
P1. Culture, politics as well as power influence over team and individual
behaviour and performance.
Organisational power:
As this is a power and his describes the ability and this is also creating the influence in the
behaviour of the employees and the external stakeholders in business. As this power and this can
be measured effectively and this is also creating an better influence in the external stakeholders
and this can also change the employees behaviour. As in business Next Plc and in this the power
is the important part and this can also help the business in decision making process and this can
also influence the performance management and these are also different types as this is described
below(Balwant 2018).
Legitimate power: This is a formal power and this is as according to the position and the level
of management and this can be done for the dependent level and this can also impact in the
authority level of business and this can be received by the low authority of business. This is aan
power of the managers in Next Plc and this is done as per the hierarchical behaviour of the
business.
Reward power: This is an power and this can be done according to the ability and this power
also comes with various rewards, advantages and benefits and this can be gained by exchanging
all the completing the task in business for gaining advantage by the top management. This power
is having by the managers of Next Plc and there are giving rewards in the form of monetary
terms and promotional benefits or any kind of public praises(Gillam and Cosord 2021).
Expert power: This is an power and this come in the business with the technical knowledge and
this is also giving an better experience and this is also as an person is having an specific power in
business and this is impacting in the work and this power is also provided by the experts in
business and in Next Plc there are software experts and they are having this power in business.
Referent powers: This is the power in the business and this is leading to influence the leaders in
business and this is also impacting in the qualities of the business and individual as this leads in
building the relationship in business.
Coercive power: This is an power as this is not considered in business workplace and this is also
developing the threat to the employees and this is also considered powerful as this can create an

understanding of business and this can also impact in gaining the power and is impacting in
loosing there job as this can increase the turnover rate in business and this can also impact in the
powerful workings of the business and this is leading to the change in business(Punnett and
Senaji 2022).
Organisational culture:
This culture describes the values, expectation and the practices of the employees in business and
this is providing better information and the guidance for the actions of the team members in
business. This is having the collection of the business and this has traits and this is making the
business effective and successful in business. As there are various cultural models and types in
business and this is developed in business. In this Charles Handy is the cultural model and this
model was formed in 1932 as this also has various kind of cultural models as this is described
below.
Power culture: As this is an kind of power and this is only applied to some people and in this
they are also having authority and helps in the effective decision making process and in this
human resource are considered as the important part of business and this can make the business
effective and can use the tools and techniques of the business effectively and this can also benefit
the business and there operations effectively(Vaughan 2019).
Task culture: This is also one of the types of culture and this is done with the development of
team members and this can be developed by gaining aims and goals of business and this is also
done for the effective target in market and this can also impact in solving the problems iof the
business and this can impact in gaining various advantages and this can also impact in gaining
various skills set and advantages in business and this also develops the team effectively.
Role culture: This is also an type of culture and this can fulfil the needs and requirements of
business and this is has different roles and responsibilities of business and this is done as per the
interest, skills and the specialists for gaining the career advancement in business(Ishta; Dubey
Deeksha 2021.). This can also make the employees for there decision making process and this is
also leading an better change in business and this is offered by the business and this is done for
gaining the individual benefits and this can lead to compare the business in an effective manner
for comparing the points of business effectively.
Organisation politics:

This is an combination of various activities and these are also interlined with different activities
in business and this can also lead in influencing the problems of business and this can also
analyse the interest of the business effectively and this also develops the power of business. As
in an business there are various reasons of an business being indulged in politics of business and
with this employees has to work hard and this can also lead in implementing the change
management in business and the interrelationships in business as this can also impact in
developing the better understanding in business(Khaola and Rambe 2020). In an business there are
various negative factors and this can also impact in the business profit level and can lead to the
changes in business as these negative factors are described below.
Workplace environment: As politics can reduce the engagement of employees and this can also
lead in focussing on various factors in business as this can lead in creating conflict in business
and in between the employees as this can create the negative impact in the business.
Reduce level of motivation: As politics can also lead in reducing the confidence and the
motivation level in business as this can also reduce the success and the performance level in
business and this can lead in creating high power of demotivation in business in
employees(Dasgupta and Dey 2021).
Reduce level of productivity: These factors are also reducing the level of productivity in
business as this can diverse the level of attention and can impact in the working of business and
make the employees less productive as this can be improved by increasing the motivation level
of employees and this can benefit the business in an effective manner.
P2. Content and process motivational theories.
Motivation is an important part for business and the employees as this can lead to the better
performance level and integrity in business. Motivation can increase the level of gaining an aims
and objectives of business and this can help in maintain the effective behaviour of employees in
business. As this can lead to increase the level of productivity in business and can also lead in
gaining the business growth effectively(Hassi 2018). This can also lead in gaining the success
and profit in business as these are also of various types and the theories which is involved in
business and this can lead in increasing the motivation level in business. As there are many
theories which can be applied in business and that is described below.
Content theory:

This is an theory as this can help in motivating the employees effectively and this can also focu
on there performance level effectively and this can also make the business work in an effective
and managed form. This theory basically indicates that motivation is the major issue in
enhancing the power of business and this also leads in fulfilling the needs and requirements of
business and this can lead to better motivation in business as this can also benefit the business
effectively as this can also help in managing the business and its operations.
Maslow’s motivation theory: This is an motivational theory and this is applied by Next Plc and
this is also making fulfil the needs and requirements effectively an this can also make the
business effective and increase the motivational level of employees and in an effective manner as
this also has various factors involves as these are described below(Kaur Malhotra and Sharma
2020).
Physiological needs: These are the basic and fundamental needs and this is required to be
fulfilled by the top management of business and these basic needs involves food, water and
shelter and these needs are important to be followed in business.
Safety needs: As these are the second important needs of business and this can be get by
maintaining the better workplace and the environment on business and this can motivate the
employees and assure them about there safety as Next Plc is providing the medical insurance to
there employees in case of emergency.
Social needs: As these are also the basic needs of business and this is required to be fulfilled in
business as these needs are interpersonal and building relationship in the business as this can
fresh up the mood of the employees and this can also increase the level of motivation.
Esteem needs: These are the needs and this can impact in the motivation of employees and this
can also fulfil by the appreciation in the business as this can be done with the recognition and the
reward system in business(Thompson and Ackroyd 2022).
Self-actualisation: This is also an important need which is required to be fulfilled in business
and this can be done by the top management of business as this is done by giving high reward
and promotion to the employees as this also increases there responsibility in business effectively.
Herzberg’s two actor theory: This is also an motivational theory and this can fulfil the skills
and knowledge of employees in an effective manner as this is an two factor theory and this also
cause dissatisfactory and satisfactory level of employees in business as these factors can also be
explained in various ways as this is described below.

Motivation factor: As these are factors as this can increase the level of motivation and this can
also fulfil the purpose of business and this can be done by increasing the level of job satisfaction
in business and this can also increase the level of productivity of business. As this can also lead
in growth and also impact in the business operation in there workings and this can also increase
there responsibility in an effective manner.
Hygiene factor: This is also an important factor of business and this can also lead in
dissatisfaction in business and in the employees and team members in business as this business is
encouraging to increase the job satisfaction level of business and can also increase the
relationship in between the employees of the business and this is also leading to increase the
factors of business and this can make the business effective(Dahiya 2020).
Process theory: This is an theory for motivating the employees and this can also start focussing
on the individuals and there desires as this also focus on there mental and the behavioural
process and this can also enhance the process of business and this also consist of different
theories in business.
Vroom’s expectancy theory
This is an theory as this can analyse the behaviour of the individuals and this can lately results in
gaining the choices of business as for setting the alternatives in business and this can also fulfil
the aims and objectives of business and this also involves three important factors of business and
this is described below.
Expectancy: This is an belief and this is required to have more efforts and this can also lead in
improvising the performance level in business and this can also make the right use of resourcs
and at right time and this also requires appropriate skills in business and this can also impact the
employees behaviour(Nguyen and Malik 2020).
Instrumentality: This is for analysing the performance for different employees and this can be
done with the expectance of the valuable and effective outcomes in business. As Next Plc is
managing the effective relationship in business and this is also increasing the transparency level
of business.
Valence: As this is also an important part of theory as this is an expected outcome of the
employees and this can also impact in the business of employees and this is also impacting the
individual performance of them. This can increase the level of productivity in business.
Adam’s equity theory

This is an theory of motivation and this is done for developing and balancing the business output
and the input process effectively as this is done with the use of essential skills in business and
this involves thee hard work and the enthusiasm skills in business and this can get the effective
output in business as these are the salary in monitory terms and the reward benefits in business.
According to the theory this can develop the productive and the profitable relationship in
business and this also lead to the better growth and the string development and expansion of
business as this can also lead in motivating the employees in an effective manner and this can
increase the benefit of business(Holmgreen 2020). As this business is following his theory for
developing the benefit the business and the output of business in an effective manner and this is
described below.
Input: As inputs are the internal and the raw factors of the business as this involves the hard
work, skills, flexibility, loyalty, adaptability and the commitment in the business and this can
impact in the effective output in business.
Output: This involves various factors and this involves the motivational factors and this can
increase the productivity level of business and these are recognition and the praise to the
employees and this also involves increasing the reputation and this is increasing the benefit level
of business and this can also give effective importance in business(Fasanmi 2018).
P3. Difference among the effective and ineffective teams.
Team is an group if individual of employees in an business and workplace as this can also make
the activity easier and this can help in performing the tasks of the business in an effective form
and this can also lead in competing the work in an effective time and management process and
this can fulfil the aims and objectives in business. As this can also fulfil the purpose and impact
in the development process and this can also ensure the effective development process in
business(Moller and Rothmann 2019). As in an business there are various kind of business and this
can also fulfil the process of business and this can also resolve the problems of business and this
also is of different type and this can benefit the business as well as employees as in an team
everyone is having different skill set and knowledge as this can also fulfil the internal and
external goals of business and this can also increase the level of productivity in business and in
an effective manner.
Basis Effective team Ineffective team

This is an team which is
focussing on the aims and
objective of the business and
this can also be developed
according to the authorisation
for fulfilling of the goals in an
business.
As this is an team and this has
the involvement of the team
members and this can also
balance the effective terms
and this can also increase the
process of business in an
effective terms for increasing
the skills of the employees.
Identifying goals In this there are various task
and this can also fulfil the
objectives in business and this
can enhance the skills of the
employees and this can also
impact in the performance
level of employees(Sweeney
2022).
This can increase the
understanding level of
employees and this can also
make the effective use of
resources and cost of business
and this can also impact in the
business performance.
Contribution As this can lead in the
effective participation in
business and this can also
impact in the decision making
process of business and this
can increase the group
performance.
This can also lead in
domination and this can fulfil
the task and the objective of
the business and this can also
lead in increasing he benefit of
business.
listening In this all team members listen
to each other and increase
there performance level in
business and this can lead in
the better change.
In this the team do not support
each other and in this ideas are
also not entertained in
business.

Team development is the important part of business and this can unite the behaviour of team
members and this can increase the level of productivity in business and this is also impacting in
increasing the level of efficiency as Next Plc is using the Tuckman theory in business and this
can lead in the team development process.
Tuckman’s theory is an team development theory and this is introduced in 1965 and this theory
initiates the team development process and this involves the fives stages in business and this
starts with forming of the team and assigning them effective task. As after this storming imapcts
and this can focus on business members and this also involves norming as this can help in the
performance of the business and in an effective manner(Varshney 2018). As this can also increase
the level of performance in business and this can be done with increasing the level of motivation.
As after this the last stage is reaching to the desired results in business and this can also
experience the business and can increase the level of opportunity in business.
P4. Application of organisation behaviour philosophies over business
situation.
Organisation behaviour is basically analyses the human behaviour of business and this can also
increase the control in business and this can also be impacted by the team members of business
and this also involves various factors which can improve the level of performance in business as
Next Pls is also facing various problems and issues in the business and this is impacting
negatively in business as this is also leading to fulfil the goals and aims of business and this is
described below.
 As lack of communication is an major issues of business and this can also reduce the
coordination and the understanding in between the team members and this can also
impact negatively in business and this can also impact in the business level of
productivity.
 As introducing an new product and the planning process in business as his can reduce the
team working skills and this is also reducing the level of motivation.
Path goal theory
This is an theory and this also leads in increasing he workplace development and environment of
business and this can guide the business and this can also lead in fulfilling the goals and

objectives of business in an effective manner. As Next Plc is using this theory and this also has
some of advantages and disadvantage in business.
Advantage:
As this is an model as this took less time in business and this can also be completed the work
effectively and this can also increase the knowledge and skills of the employees(Olsen 2018).
Disadvantage:
As this can lead in operation failure and his can impact in the profit level of business and in this
managers are rational and the delusional manner.
Situational leadership
This is an leadership model and this also has the involvement of leadership styles and this can
also impact in dealing with the situation and this can also make the theory of leadership delegate
and this can also increase the level of leadership process of business.

CONCLUSION
This report has concluded that organisational behaviour and this is an important part of business
and this can lead in motivating the employees in an effective manner and this can also impact in
gaining various benefits in business. As this report has also concluded that this is an important
part of business and can help in the effective management and this also leads in analysing the
human behaviour effectively and his can help the business in gaining advantages and this also
leads in the development of business effectively. By this, it gets easier for the top management
and the managers for motivating and coordinating the change in the employees effectively as this
can also increase the rate of profit in business.

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