Organizational Behaviour Report: 1Spatial Analysis

This report examines organizational behaviour, focusing on the computer software company 1Spatial. It explores how organizational culture, politics, and power influence individual and team behaviour, utilizing Handy's cultural model to analyze these factors. The report evaluates content and process theories of motivation, particularly Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Adam's equity theory, to determine effective strategies for achieving goals within 1Spatial. It also discusses what makes a team effective or ineffective, and applies organizational behaviour concepts to a business situation, offering recommendations to improve performance. The report highlights the importance of positive culture, politics, and power dynamics in achieving organizational goals and enhancing employee motivation and productivity.

ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1
Presenting organization's culture, politics and power on individual and team behaviour....1
M1...........................................................................................................................................4
P2 Evaluating content and process theories of motivation for effective achievement for
1Spatial...................................................................................................................................4
M2...........................................................................................................................................7
D1...........................................................................................................................................7
LO 3 ................................................................................................................................................8
Explain what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team.............................8
LO 4 ..............................................................................................................................................11
Apply concepts and philosophies of organizational behaviour to a given business situation11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is the study on which many people interact with the groups. It
is an scientific approach which can be applied to the management of workers. While
organizational culture is a set of expectations and experiences, interactions within the outside
world. Report main aim is to provide the importance of organizational behaviour as well as
culture. The chosen company for the report is 1Spatial which is a computer software company in
United Kingdom. The report main aim is to analyse the culture and improving the performance
by implementing appropriate organizational culture. The report describe how organization's
culture, politics and power influences individual and team behaviour as well as performance.
Further it also evaluate the how content and process theories of motivation will enable the
effective achievement of goals. Report also explain the the effectiveness as well as
ineffectiveness of team and also describe the concept and philosophies of organizational
behaviour.
LO 1
Presenting organization's culture, politics and power on individual and team behaviour
Step 1
Organization's culture: Organizational culture is refers to a underlying beliefs as well as
assumptions or the ways that help to interact that further contributes to unique social as well as
psychological environment. If a company's organizational culture is good then it will help their
employees to achieve their defined goals and makes positive environment.
Organization's Politics: Organizational politics mainly guide the ways through which
the employees and a company behave with regards of both employee's interest as well as
organizationals interest. If a company plays with positive environment of politics that it will help
them to achieve well defined goals.
Organization's Power: It means that it is an ability that influence other people and affect
the behaviour of company's subordinates. It is directly affect organization culture. Power have
their own importance in the 1Spatial such that people who have different power can utilize them
in order to lead a company in different manner and as a result they help to achieve the goals and
objectives of the company.
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Culture, politics and power directly influence individual's behaviour and performance
team's behaviour in such a way that this aspect help to achieve the defined goals of a company.
For example, if 1Spatial has positive culture then it helps to do the work in an effective way.
While on the other side, positive way of politics helps to influences their employees in positive
way.
Step 2
Presenting how culture, power and power influence and this is describe below:
By applying Handy model which basically defined four different kinds of culture such
as:
 Power: there are some company's where power remains in the hands of only few
people ans only they can take decision. Only those person can enjoy the special
privileges at the workplace and in that case, subordinates who have no options but
they strictly follows their superior's instruction (Handy model, 2018). The employees
do not have a right to express their views or share the ideas in an open forum. The
managers of a firm sometimes be partial to someone and others can lead a team.
 Role: It is the culture under which the employees have delegated roles and
responsibilities as per their education qualification. In 1Spatial every individual are
accountable for something and they have to take ownership of the work assigned to
them.
 Task: the organization where the team are formed in order to achieve the targets or to
solve the critical problems, they follow the task culture. In the case of 1Spatial
individual with their common interest come together to form a team.
 Person: Under this, there are certain organization where the employees fell that they
are more important than their organization (Wilson, 2018). In this culture, they are
more concern about their own self rather than the organization.
Politics have their own importance to enhancing the decision of the employees in order to
interact with each other. Politics may direct influence the overall culture of the workplace and
the further encourages the productivity. There are two types of power such as:
 Positive types of power: These types of power helps to raise productivity of the
company. In 1Spatial, plc this also includes that the giving rewards to employees for their
strong performance and also motivates them to perform strongly in order to supervise
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their other employees (Coccia, 2018). Positive types of power builds employee
confidence and motivate employees to work harder and as a result the company's overall
productivity enhances.
 Negative types of power: under this type of powers, leaders in the organization do not
have the respect of the employees. These types of leader motivates their subordinates to
perform by threatening them with their job loss and further did not recognizes the hard
work which help to enhances their productivity level. As a result it also leads to higher
turnover rates within the organization and decreases the quality of offered of products to
their customers.
Power issues in an organization mainly focus on the interpersonal relationship between
the managers and subordinates and this are identified in some categories such as:
 Reward Power: conflicts are arises when a person have an ability to distribute the
rewards. Example: salary increases, bonus or promotions. Further praise can also be uses
as a rewards (Gray, 2018).
 Coercive power: This power is depend upon a fear. It is also known as punishment
power and some forms of coercive power are verbal abuse, lack of support and some
disciplinary actions.
 Referent power: This power is based upon the interpersonal attraction and influences are
based on possession by an individual of desirable resources and some personal traits.
 Expert power: It is based upon the skills and knowledge and this power start creates
conflicts between each other because of trust that expertise is valid and the knowledge
which is relevant for them.
 Legitimate power: It is based upon the position and the power which a person receives
from their own position. It is likely an authority which is further based on the position
and some mutual agreement.
Step 3
Recommendations:
 If 1Spatial follow positive way of culture then it will help to achieve the defined
goals of a company.
 A quoted company must have to follow the positive politics, power and culture
then it will help then to achieve the goals of a company.
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M1
Culture, power and politics are key aspects that affect the company's overall performance
because they can influences individual and team behaviour as well as performance. Culture of
1Spatial is followed Handy Culture under which a company follow task, role. Further for power,
which creates positive as well as negative influence upon company's and as a result, it affect
company's overall performance (Wilson, 2018). In addition to this power also have influence
company's overall production level as well as team performance because power is based upon
different positions, expert power and legitimate power which will affect their overall
performance.
P2 Evaluating content and process theories of motivation for effective achievement for 1Spatial
Step 1
Content theories: This theory explains why the human needs changes with respect to time and it
also explain some specific factors which help to motivate the behaviour and these theories are
Maslow's theory, hertzberg theory and one of them are as follows:
Process theory: It is a system of idea that basically explains how the entity changes and
these are often contrasted with some variances theories. It includes Vroom's and Adams theory
and it is mentioned below:
Step 2:
Maslow- Hierarchy Of needs: The theory basically are of five categories and this
beginning with the basic psychological needs and continuing through the safety. There are five
categories which are describe below:
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 Physiological needs: This includes the basic needs of human such as air, water and food.
Maslow states that if these requirement are not followed then human's mind and body are
not function (Acevedo, 2018). And if a person is lacking of food, safety and love and if
these all needs are unsatisfied then the organism is then overrules by these needs , as
these needs are in- turn into the background.
 Safety and Security: If these physiological needs are completed then other needs are
generated such as safety needs. These needs are refer to the person's desire for the
security as well as protection. In the context of 1Spatial all the safety needs has to be
include such as personal security, financial security, safety mash against accidents. Etc.
 Belongingness and love: If both the needs are fulfilled then the love and belongingness
needs come into the existence. At that time, Maslow states that people needs people
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Illustration 1: Maslow- Hierarchy Of needs
Source:(Maslow- Hierarchy Of needs, 2018)

needs to be belong and accepted among their social groups (Johnson and et.al., 2018).
Many people also suffer from the social nervousness and loneliness and this may lead to
depression also just because of the lack of this love and belongingness factor.
 Esteem: In a society respect is the main factor which shows honourable human being.
The most stable and healthiest self esteem is based upon the respect from the others. Even
external fame or celebrity is not known as self- esteem, therefore it required to give
respect to those who deserve (Dweck, 2017).
 Self- actualization: It reflect the individual's desire in order to grow and develop with
their full potential. Malsow also believed that people must overcome their other needs
and try to make efforts in order to achieve them.
Adam's equity theory: according to this theory,which states that people are motivated if
they are treated in equal manner and further they receive fair treatment. According to this theory,
people are compare their contribution of work, cost of their actions and benefits and as a result,
they to their contribution and benefits of the references. In addition to this, if the ratio of their
input and output is in- equitable then they loss their productivity level and the motivation is also
reduces (Healy, 2016). In the context of 1Spatial, if the work is done in the team and the input
into the job such as education, efforts and energy and they expect to get some outcomes in the
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Illustration 2: Adam's equity theory
Source: (Adam's equity theory, 2018)

form of salary, bonus and incentives in equal amount. This equity theory work in those work area
where the production rates is high and as a result, it enhances the production level of the
company which further enhances or maximizes the profit of the company.
Technique:
1Spatial.com uses Maslow theory in such a way that first the owner of a company will
realize the basic needs of their employees and then they will try to satisfy the needs with higher
level of needs of esteem and self actualization. Even if the individual does not move with the
management and do the work then the company will use self actualizations and in this way these
needs are completed and employees of a company will motivate and achieve the goals.
Step 3
Recommendations:
 If 1Spatial company will follow Maslow theory then it will help to motivate their
employees and make them able to achieve their defined goals of a company.
 Through Adam's equity theory 1Spatial.com can applied inputs then it similarly want the
exact amount as a return which helps to motivate them for producing bets output for the
company.
M2
By applying Maslow motivational theory into the working area which will help to raise
company's overall production level and also influences the team working. Through Adam's
equity theory whatever the inputs is applied by the person they similarly want the exact amount
as a return which helps to motivate them for producing bets output for the company.
D1
Through proper culture, politics and power 1Spatial will easily enhances their
organizational culture and it will further help to motivate their employees for their future
improvements. It is recommended to the company that by applying Maslow theory into the work
area will help to motivate their employees so that they will produces the best output for their
company.
Company.
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LO 3
Explain what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team
Step 1
Team building theories are defined as the conceptual framework that helps organisations
to instil team spirit, honesty with commitment and effectiveness for optimising the available
resources with time efficiency. In regard to this, Tuckman's and Belbin's theories can be
implemented for better understanding of issues faced by the employees at workplace.
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Step 2:
Tuckman's Theory
Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development has been considered to describe the different
stages for execution of effective teams at the business's environment. This model is necessary to
maintain and transform the challenges and problems to deliver outcomes by finding solutions
(Wood and et.al., 2012). Moreover, there are four major parameters such as forming, storming,
norming and performing which assists 1Spatial to understand this theory's significance of team
work and its effectiveness.
Stages of team
development
Description Strategies for
effective team of
1Spatial
Successful keys to
success
Forming Here, the overall
participation in
meetings,
activities etc. and
behavior will be
motivated.
They can implement
this to enhance the
behavioral pattern
through
synchronization and
cooperation.
1Spatial must ensure
that identification of
goals has supported
them for development
of team.
Storming This involves
about conflict
resolution skills
and the factors
that accelerate
tension and stress.
The management can
coach to maintain a
balance between
employees with
allocated resources.
This company can
consider all the
conflicts as challenges
in developing mutual
trust and bring
discipline at
workplace.
Norming and
Performing
It lays emphasis
on execution,
management and
sustainable
development of
projects
This empowers the
administration to
segregate the roles for
employees
engagement in
appropriate manner.
It sets aside a timeline
for the transfer of
leadership and
feedback as 1Spatial
members can work
collectively.
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