Organizational Behavior Report: Culture, Motivation, and Team Dynamics

This report analyzes organizational behavior within the context of 4com plc, examining the influence of culture, politics, and power on individual and team behavior. It explores how to motivate individuals and teams to achieve goals through the application of behavioral motivational theories, including content and process theories. The report critically evaluates the relationship between culture, politics, power, and motivation, providing recommendations for organizational success. It also demonstrates an understanding of how to cooperate effectively with others, analyzing team and group development theories. The assignment explores how concepts and philosophies of organizational behavior inform and influence behavior in both a positive and negative way, evaluating the relevance of team development theories within the context of organizational behavior concepts and philosophies that influence behavior in the workplace. The report emphasizes the importance of employee satisfaction, a healthy work environment, and effective leadership in achieving organizational goals and fostering a successful business.

Organizational Behavior

Table of content
Introduction...................................................................................................................................3
Task 1:..........................................................................................................................................3
Analyze the influence of culture, politics and power on the behavior of others in an
organizational context...................................................................................................................3
Critically analyze how the culture, politics and power of an organization can influence
individual and team behavior and performance............................................................................4
Task 2:..........................................................................................................................................5
Evaluate how to motivate individual and teams to achieve a goal...............................................5
Critically evaluate how to influence the behavior of others through the effective application of
behavioral motivational theories, concepts and models...............................................................6
Critically evaluate the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that enables
teams and organizations to succeed providing justified recommendations..................................7
Task 3:..........................................................................................................................................8
Demonstrate an understanding of how to cooperate effectively with others................................8
Analyze relevant team and group development theories to support the development of dynamic
cooperation...................................................................................................................................8
Task 4:..........................................................................................................................................9
Apply concepts and philosophies of organizational behavior to a given business situation........9
Explore and evaluate how concepts and philosophies of OB inform and influence behavior in
both a positive and negative way................................................................................................10
Critically analyze and evaluate the relevance of team development theories in context of
organizational behavior concepts and philosophies that influence behavior in the workplace. .10
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................11
Reference List.............................................................................................................................12
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Introduction
In any given organization, the most effective method and crucial part of the company is
maintaining the behavior of the organization in the right manner. An attempt is made to
understand the problems of the employees through proper management and handling of the
behavior of the staff by following several strategies and theories. The organization can only
work effectively when the driving force of the company which is the employees are satisfied
and have a zeal to work better to improve the workings. Getting rid of all the evils from the
organization and making a healthy environment with proper motivation and suitable
compensation rewards help the employees to produce better work. The given assignment
would focus on analyzing the influence of the organizational behavior in cultural and political
environment in the organization of 4com plc and the developments they have achieved in the
last few years in all sectors.
Task 1:
Analyze the influence of culture, politics and power on the behavior of
others in an organizational context
With certain set of future expectation for the development of the organization, taking care of
the culture and politics present in the organization is essential for the managerial heads thereby
influencing the behavior of each individual to make a healthy environment. In order to
improvise the work culture in 4com plc, special benefits are provided to the employees as part
of the compensational rewards. In the last 4 years it has been named as one of the best
companies of telecommunication in UK because of their extraordinary developments within
the organization in all sectors with a turnover of £20M to £30M (Samigulina and Samigulina,
2015). The performance of the employees get enhanced when the moral code of conduct and
values are properly implemented in the workplace thereby keeping a check on all ill manners
such as bullying and harassment with an open office to discuss and communicate freely to
make the organizational executives understand the everyday problems of their staff and work
on it accordingly. Proper understanding and respect are the two main aspects of determining
the employee behavior thereby handling the culture and power of the organization. The culture
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of the organization also displays the visions, norms, habits, beliefs and such of all the
employees thereby effecting on their performance and the community at large. The company’s
development is directly related to the development of the work culture within the organization.
The main aspect in maintaining the culture of the organization is stimulating the enthusiasm
and creativity of the employees thereby improving their economic efficiency. A proper
leadership is therefore very essential to handle all the complex matters that arise in the
organization thereby forming an unique organizational structure. It is therefore essential to
increase the proficiency of each employee and put the loyalty and behavior as their first
priority to get good economic returns and a successful organization.
Critically analyze how the culture, politics and power of an organization can
influence individual and team behavior and performance
Taking care of each employee’s needs present in the organization is the responsibility of the
manager and the heads of the organization in order to improve the work force. The competition
that prevails today in the market has made it extremely essential to get a proper hold of all the
sectors of the organization and place the important aspects of culture, politics and power in the
right order. For a healthy and safe working of all the employees any factors which may cause
barriers in their development of work are eliminated to enhance their thinking process thereby
in the economic growth of the organization. Both the formal and informal cultures of the
organization are greatly influenced by the presence of power and politics of the workplace and
in this case, in the organization named 4com plc. It is the responsibility of the manager and
higher authorities to mould the structure of the organization in such a way so as to maintain
order within the system and make a healthy and free environment to use their innovative
capabilities to implement them in the development of the organization. To make an effective
structure in the organization certain important aspects are kept in mind such as work
specialization of the employees, process of centralization and decentralization within the work
culture, chains of command, and departmentalization and so on. All these aspects are taken
together to frame a proper work culture in the organization, thereby focusing on all the
individuals’ needs and problems and solving them at their best ways possible to enhance their
capabilities. The potential for work needs to be elevated with proper communication and
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management of the employees and protecting them from all ill treatments in the organization
and maintaining an amicable work environment.
Task 2:
Evaluate how to motivate individual and teams to achieve a goal
In order to achieve the goals set by an organization, several strategies and techniques are made
to carry on the work process effectively. Motivating the employees to achieve success and
work harder is the most commonly implemented aspect followed by the managers and the
executive heads to keep their employees determined and have a strong zeal to work harder and
better. In order to properly design the organizational structure, two main theories of motivation
are mainly followed which are the Content Theories and the Process Theories. Both these
theories aim at producing a proper framework to carry on the process of motivation better
thereby applying all the necessary principles followed with it. The program planners have a
close association with these two theories where they tend to follow the principles present in ti
very ardently. Content theory focuses on motivating the employees in the organization thereby
enthusing them to work harder and better thereby fulfilling all their needs. The theorist of
content theory such as Maslow have emphasized on making a thorough research on the
motivational features thereby analyzing the behavior of each employee and making efforts to
direct them to work better. The four main sub theories that arise from the content theory
include Reinforcement of the work, its expectancy, maintaining equity amongst all and setting
up a certain set of goals and objectives. All the related research studies that have been made on
the basis of these theories suggest that the process of reinforcement and setting up certain goals
are the two most important aspects in the motivation process. The positive reinforcement
process focused on providing compensational rewards to the employees to keep them satisfied
and motivated to work better for better returns. Negative Reinforcement on the other hand
focuses on providing punishments in case of any problems if created by the employees in the
workplace such as bullying and harassment. The theories of Expectancy and equity on the
other hand focus on making a proper compensation plan to attract the employees and maker
them in order to work better all of which has been seen in a research helps to ultimately fulfil
the objectives set up by the organization (Gunter et al, 2016). Job satisfaction accompanied by
rewards is the ultimate aim of the content theory to help them stay motivated and connected
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with the organization at all times. The process theories on the other hand is attempted to focus
on the behavior of each employee displayed in the organization and making efforts to keep
them enthused at all times. Focus is therefore given by both these theories to create a healthy
environment in the organization with the motto of job satisfaction of the employees and make
them feel safe and interested to do better in their work for the development of the organization.
Critically evaluate how to influence the behavior of others through the
effective application of behavioral motivational theories, concepts and
models
Keeping all the aforementioned motivational theories help to understand the behavior that each
individual display in their work and the productivity of their work is directly proportional to
the efforts they place in them (Azgad-Tromer, 2017). Keeping the employees committed to
their work requires great effort of the organization to plan all the strategies in such a way so as
to make them feel safe and satisfied. Thus the managers and the executive bodies play a crucial
part in motivating each of their employees to work harder and put all their efforts to make the
development a success. This in return not only enhances the work of the overall department but
also the leadership qualities, all of which are necessary in the flourishing of an organized
business. They therefore enforce several strategic methods to implement the various theories of
motivation to keep the employees committed to working better and bring a better output. They
include:
● following the expectancy theory, several traditional and compensational strategies are taken
into account which focuses on equalizing all the employees’ stature thereby sharpening their
skills to make them experts in their work. Their contribution in return would help in the
development of the business and include all the innovative ideas to take further steps for
improvement in their systems.
● the process theory involves all the monetary rewards for those employees who work better
amongst all in order to motivate them and make efforts to work even better thereby committing
them to the business.
●Several programs have been introduced in the organization in an attempt to maintain the
focus of each employee towards reaching their goals with proper motivation and a suitable
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work environment followed by rewards to keep them enthused at all times thereby increasing
their confidence (Mejía-Trejo, 2017).
●Several organizations have included several new theories such as X and Y which also aims at
motivating their employees followed by several well planned strategies for the progress in
work of the staffs.
Critically evaluate the relationship between culture, politics, power and
motivation that enables teams and organizations to succeed providing
justified recommendations
For any business to succeed it is therefore essential to take control over the organizational
culture thereby upholding the power and politics prevalent thereby maintaining a healthy and
workable environment for all employees. A free work space is therefore very essential with
proper communication and connectivity between all the employees for a better working in the
organization. Making the employees feel comfortable to work is essential so that any sort of
queries if ever arise, they can freely convey them to the hierarchy (Tominaga, 2015). Certain
strategies are therefore made to maintain a healthy work environment thereby keeping all the
cultural and political factors in mind. It is the role of the managers to handle all problems
effectively and acknowledge each employee’s work process thereby providing them
compensations to keep them motivated and satisfied at all times. Maintaining a proper code of
conduct in the workplace is therefore necessary to handle the organizational behavior with a
direct half of power in the power and politics of the environment (Craig, 2014). It is therefore
the duty of the organization to frame the structure properly in the organization to handle all
problems effectively and avoid any form of risks from turning up in the near future. Solutions
to all problems are concluded beforehand by emphasizing on the important factors such as
centralization and decentralization in the organization. Diversity in the workplace followed by
a proper management is necessary to identify each individual’s talents and efforts to help them
develop their capabilities according to the needs of the time.
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Task 3:
Demonstrate an understanding of how to cooperate effectively with others
In the process of executing the work effectively in any organization, the collaboration of all the
employees is very important. In order to do so, they are divided into several teams to take the
decisions collectively taking all the points in mind thereby implementing them in the right
place when required. This examines all those areas where the performance lacks due to several
factors thereby making efforts to improve them and understand the factors properly to solve
those (Higgins et al, 2016). This in turn determines the effectiveness of the team and the
overall performance of the project. The effectiveness of the team can be better developed by
infusing the basic principles of teamwork to evaluate the factors which are necessary in
creating an effective team all of which are essential to handle the workings of the business
better and help in their developments. The ineffective team on the other hand lacks those
portions where the scrutinizing of the work is needed. They also fail to take into consideration
the minority portion whose viewpoints do not match with the majority of people in the decision
making process for the development (Haleem, 2016). Lack of trust and an unstable foundation
are the other flaws which are present among the team members. This in turn results in conflict
and rivalry in the process of planning thereby making them hesitant and spiritless (Mukherjee
et al, 2014). Disagreements turn up as a result thereby failing to maintain the loyalty within the
organization and a poor working condition all of which result to meet the desired targets and
deadlines of the organization resulting in chaos.
Analyze relevant team and group development theories to support the
development of dynamic cooperation
It has been seen that 4com plc is an effective and aggressive organization of
telecommunication which is independent and neutral environment with importance being given
on each and every employee and has succeeded in meeting the goals of their organization with
a turnover of £20M to £30M. The presence of an effective team work within, honesty lies
among all members thereby making the work process easy and successful (MEJÍA-TREJO,
2017). Each and every employee follows the rules and code of conduct of the organization and
with a healthy work environment it becomes all the more easily to keep their customers
satisfied. They are known to provide the best quality services and have succeeded in meeting
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their goals to a great extent. The work culture is also suitable which manages to use their
strategic plans effectively in all the sectors of the organization efficiently (van den Ende and
van Marrewijk, 2014). All the atrocious factors are eliminated from the organization to make
sure that the employees are motivated enough to use their innovative ideas and creativity in the
right places to make the work process better (Kugler, 2015). They have made use of
technology in the right way to make the work process even better and provide the employees
with better ideas to implement them while taking the decisions. To divide the work process
more effectively, several groups and teams have been organized t o divide the various sections
of work in the right manner and help them take each individual's ideas into consideration
followed by an effective training to sharpen their skills. This has led to increase in the
opportunities thereby safeguarding the rights and responsibilities rightly. Several stages have
been organized to set the working more effective for the teams which involve forming,
performing, Norming and such.
Task 4:
Apply concepts and philosophies of organizational behavior to a given
business situation
4com plc has succeeded to a great extent in handling the behavior of their organization in the
right manner thereby taking the interests of each individual into account. The cultural and
political environment are the two most essential sectors of the organization which needs an
effective handling thereby keeping the moral values and rights of all individuals intact and safe
(Darai and Grätz, 2013). Presence of a healthy work environment makes the working easier
thereby involving all the individuals take an active pert in all the process starting from decision
making to their scrutiny to their implementation and execution in the desired places. All the
strategies made in the organization aim at fulfilling their respective objectives and reaching
their desired profit margin by involving all the members equally and keeping them enthused
and interested in their parts of work at all times (Lambert, et al, 2016). A proper relation
between all the employees and with the executive members is essential to create an amiable
and free environment to discuss all the issues freely with a proper communication prevalent
thereby solving all the problems that befall in the company which may harm the organization
in the near future. Thus maintaining the organizational behavior is crucial to any organization
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and keeping them satisfied through proper salary and compensations can further help them to
keep them motivated and carry out the work process effectively to develop the organization at
all levels.
Explore and evaluate how concepts and philosophies of OB inform and
influence behavior in both a positive and negative way
Every organization is based on keeping all the employees satisfied at all times. In an attempt to
carry out the working in the organization better, 4com plc has taken all the necessary steps
required to handle all problems in the right manner and scrutinizing all problems and finding
solutions to them to serve the problems faced by the employees as well as the organization in
their everyday lives (Bertini, 2017). Any dissatisfied employee or staff who may feel
uncomfortable about a certain matter needs to be helped at all cost to prevent any sort of hoax
or mishap from turning up since one bad mood can be so contagious as to disrupt the entire
work of the organization. It is the duty of the organization therefore to take due care of all the
members in the company thereby influencing the good attitude and appeal them to work even
harder through a constant source of motivation (Gilligan and Bowman, 2013). Thus handling
of the emotional behavior of the employees is important to be taken care of which can either
take down the whole work of the organization of make a rapid difference if infused with great
determination and hard work out of interest and satisfaction.
Critically analyze and evaluate the relevance of team development theories
in context of organizational behavior concepts and philosophies that
influence behavior in the workplace
It is therefore crucial and mandatory to change the attitude of every individual working and
keep them motivated at all times to make them work effectively which in turn will have a
positive result in the company’s development and salvation (Roman, 2014). Any problem be it
minor or major needs to be thoroughly checked and eliminated to get rid of any negative
source in the organization and getting rid of any flaw in the company can help to add on the
productivity of the resulted output of the organization thereby increasing the number of
interested employees to use their creativity and innovation to develop new ideas at every
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moment for the betterment of the organization (Badihi Olyaei, 2014. ). Quality of service and a
healthy environment is therefore essential to be maintained in order to avoid any new problems
from turning up thereby stimulating the progress in the economy. The relationship between the
worker and the hirer needs to be smooth and free to discuss all problems and issues in a well
developed manner to further help in the integration of the business.
Conclusion
The assignment thus follows a well organized way to keep the employees and the workers
satisfied and help in the progress of the business in the future. All the aspects of the
organization 4com plc are taken due consideration thereby succeeding to a great extent in
creating a well developed and managed work culture with the help of innovative ideas
frequently turning up at all points. As an HR, it is therefore their duty to avoid any potential
risks which may befall in the organization need to be eliminated and the causes that may result
it to happen through proper management and development. Keeping the employees motivated
and enthused to work at all times is essential to increase their determination to work harder and
better. This in turn helps to influence the work of the business better thereby resulting in
fulfilling all the desired goals and objectives in the right manner.
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