Organizational Behavior Report: Sainsbury's Culture, Teams, and Power

This report provides an in-depth analysis of organizational behavior within Sainsbury's, a leading UK retail company. It explores the influence of organizational culture, power dynamics, and politics on individual employees, highlighting the importance of fostering a positive work environment. The report delves into content and process theories of motivation, examining how Sainsbury's can apply these theories to enhance employee engagement and productivity. Furthermore, it contrasts effective and ineffective team dynamics, emphasizing the characteristics of high-performing teams. Finally, the report discusses various concepts and philosophies related to organizational behavior, offering insights into how Sainsbury's can leverage these principles to achieve its business objectives and create a thriving workplace. The report covers organizational behavior, culture, motivation, power, teams, and leadership.

Organizational Behaviour

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
LO1..................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Organizational culture politics and power influence on individual. .....................................3
LO2..................................................................................................................................................6
P2 Content and process theory of motivation. ...........................................................................6
LO3 .................................................................................................................................................8
P3 Effective team as opposed to an ineffective team..................................................................8
LO4 ...............................................................................................................................................11
P4 Concepts and philosophies to organizational behavior........................................................11
Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................13
References .....................................................................................................................................13

Introduction
Organizational behavior shows the culture and beliefs in an organization and it effects on
employees of organization . Study of human behavior in an organization to know the activities
within organization. Helps managers and leaders to prepare plan and motivate employees
towards work, familiarize them with the organization. Analyze the work environment to know it
is suitable for company. Organizations needs to train their leaders so that they are able to get
work done from their employees. Builds communication between employees. In this report
Sainsbury a leading company of retail sector in U.K have a large chain of supermarkets. Needs
an effective organizational behavior for that they have to analyze the culture, power, politics
prevailing in their organization. And theories that helps leaders to motivate employees and how
to develop and effective team for achieving the goals of business.
LO1
P1 Organizational culture politics and power influence on individual.
Sainsbury;s is one of leading company in retail sectors of U.K. Have a large chain of
supermarket in U.K. After Tesco. Company is working on a large scale and need an effective
management for development of their product. Need to develop an environment that helps them
to establish their company.
Culture
Working of employees largely depends on the culture of an organization. Sainsbury
needs to develop an effective culture in organization that able to influence their employees.
Power culture
power plays an important role in development of organization. Power in Sainsbury are
only in the hands of the few top managements(Osland, Devine and Turner, 2015.) . Power helps
managers to take important decision . Power helps them manage employees and helps them to
establish an effective work environment in an organization. Sometimes misuse of power like
increase in workload or employees are forced to work builds a negative impact on the employees
of an organization. Power use to build a sense of belonging in the employees of an organization.
Role culture

Each and every employee of Sainsbury needs to know his work. Role must be clear to
know the effectiveness of employee. Company needs to provide role on the basis of skills and
abilities of employees it helps them to build an effective work environment in an organization.
Defining role helps company to achieve their objectives. Developing a role culture helps
Sainsbury to produce quality product and helps them to establish an work environment.
Task
Task culture shows Sainsbury the efforts required from their employees to achieve their
objectives. Assigning a group task helps company to bring all employees together they will able
to know each other share their innovative ideas and skills with each other it helps them to gain
knowledge. Task culture helps company to know the responsibility of employees in the basis of
their skills. Task culture helps organizations to know the resources required for accomplishment
of task and helps them to provide those resources to their employees.
Person
Person culture helps business to know the nature of their employees. Sainsbury needs to
analyze the nature of their employees. Some employees would like to work on their own they
uses their own rules and guidelines. If employees are working on their own then it effects the
overall growth of the company. Organization needs to know the culture of each and every
employee. Person culture helps company to know the effectiveness of their employees and
develop strategies according to the efficiency of employees.
Politics
Decrease productivity
Politics effects the working of the employees at large scale. Politics in Sainsbury effects
the overall productivity of their business. Due to politics from some of the nasty employees in an
organization effects the overall ability of all other employees in an organization. Employees are
not satisfied due to wrong decision from some of employees in an organization(Lindebaum and
Geddes, 2016.) . Those employees who are more interested in playing politics put less efforts in
development of organization they are more interested to pass comments on other employees.
Affects concentration
Some employees are more interested in playing politics effects the overall concentration
of other employees in an organization. Politics make more mistakes from employees in an
organization.

Spoils the ambiance
Politics effects the relation between employees and builds a negative environment in an
organization. Sainsbury needs to develop effective leaders who are able to manage all the
activities of business and proper concentration on employees who are more interested to play
politics and take required actions against those employees.
Change attitude of employees
Due to politics the employees who are less effective for organization can achieve
great appreciation. Employees who are effective for business loses their interest in work the
efforts of employees are get neglected by their bosses.
Demotivated employees
Ineffective employees become favorite for their bosses by playing nasty politics that
demotivates other employees because they are not getting appreciation and rewards on their
efforts. Effective employees are not getting opportunities to showcase their talent and skills.
Sainsbury needs to judge each and every employee and give rewards on the abilities of their
employees.
Power
Coercive power
Employees are forced towards work this increases the fear in employees and effects the
overall productivity. It builds a negative image in minds of employees. Sainsbury needs to
maintain an effective relation with their employees try to familiarize them that helps them to
make employees work effectively.
Reward power
Power of money is more than every one in an organization. Company needs to reward
those employees who work effectively towards the development of organization. Rewards helps
employees to work effectively in future as employees are expecting the same rewards in near
future.
Referent power
Employees are affected towards the leaders who have ability to develop business.
Leaders are liked by other person in an organization are able develop business.
Expert power

Experts in an organization have some skills and abilities which each and every employee
want for personal growth(Provan, Sydow and Podsakoff, 2017.) . Sainsbury needs this type skills
in their managers to influence their employees towards work.
LO2
P2 Content and process theory of motivation.
Content theory
Self actualization
Self actualization needs are like personal growth,desires ,to gather experience and to
gather recognition in society. Managers of Sainsbury try to fulfill those needs of their employees
by providing them proper opportunities and bring innovation in their work.
Physiological needs
The basic needs of employees like air , food,drink,sleep,cloth all are required by
employees for their survival. Sainsbury needs to satisfy these needs if they are not able to satisfy
this needs then employees are not able to work effectively.
Safety needs
Safety is required by each and every employee in an organization. Safety like protection
at work place, security from law, employees needs to be free from fear for smooth working in an
organization. company needs to provide security to their employees so that they work effectively
and helps in development of organization.
Love and belonging needs
Company needs to develop sense of belonging in their employees. Employees are also
human beings they also need love and affection in an organization. Make them familiar and
develop a friendly environment in an organization helps business to engage their customers.
Esteem needs
Employees are work to achieve objectives as well as for their personal growth.
Employees need to be independent to take decisions and requires achievement in an
organization. Employees requires respect and recognition at work environment. Sainsbury needs
to praise the efforts of their employees promote and reward effective employees, helps them to
build reputation will increase the efforts of employees for development of organization and helps
managers to motivate their employees.

Process theory
Theory help company to get more efforts from the employees of the organization. It helps
business to get better performance from their employees(Graham, Ziegert and Capitano, 2015.).
Increase in performance by increasing salary of the employees.
Expectancy
Sainsbury needs to analyze the skills and abilities of their employees and provide
opportunities on the basis of those skills and abilities. Company needs to analyze the resources
available to them and how to use those resources effectively so that it helps business to increase
their profit. Managers and leaders needs to supervise their employees for development of their
organization.
Instrumentality
Company needs to build an effective relation in an organization so that each and every
employees know their responsibility and able to share their skills and abilities. Business needs to
build trust on other employees provide them opportunity to make decision. Transparency in the
working of an organization helps business to build trust in minds of customers and helps
business to motivate employees.
Valence
Sainsbury needs know the requirement of each and every employee in an organization.
Some employees would like to have increase in their salary some wants promotion, or
recognition on their efforts. Business needs to develop an effective environment that helps them
to achieve their goals and responsibilities by providing employees what they need.
Motivational techniques
Provide incentives
Sainsbury needs to increase the salary or provide incentives to employees in way of
bonus. Incentives helps company to motivate their employees and get effective work from them
in near future and helps business to develop at large scale. Employees are accepting some
bonuses and incentives in near future which helps business to achieve their goals and objectives.
Share profits
Company needs to share profit it provides employees the sense of belonging with the
organization and develop their working for organization to achieve the goals and objectives of
business.

Set goals
Business needs to set goals for their employees which they want to achieve and
organization need for their development(Kooshki and Zeinabadi, 2016.) . Goals are set according
to the skills and abilities of their employees which helps them to achieve the goals of
organization. Set goals for the employees on the basis or their skills and helps employees to
bring innovation then it helps organization to motivate their employees towards work.
Build a positive environment
Sainsbury need to build a positive environment in their organization. Positive
environment helps them to motivate employees towards work, managers need to minimize
politics and wrong use of power in an organization to motivate their employees.
LO3
P3 Effective team as opposed to an ineffective team.
Each and every organization needs a team that helps them to achieve their objectives and
goals. Team needs for smooth working of an organization and develop an effective strategies for
development of business. Team requires to solve situation in an organization by sharing skills
and abilities with each other.
Basis Effective team Ineffective team
Atmosphere In an effective team employees
know each and loves their
company. Members enjoy
working with each other and
have no problem or unhealthy
relation with each other.
Employees in an ineffective
team are not ready to work
with each other the
misunderstandings and
problems are raising in team.
Employees are not
concentrates and attentive
towards their work.
Objectives Employees of an effective
team know their objectives and
what they want to achieve in
an organization. They are
In this each and evry employee
of a team have his own
objective in an organization
and working to achieve those

motivated and helps business
to achieve their objectives
effectively.
objectives effectively.
Employees are working on
their own guidelines. If
employees working for their
own then ot will become a
problem for business to
achieve their objectives.
Listening Each and every employee
listen each other and tries to
know the feeling of each other
for success of an
organization(Waldman, Ward
and Becker, 2017.) . Effective
listening helps employees to
prepare different ideas and
team is able listen to their
superiors to work efficiently.
Each and every employee in a
team have their guidelines.
Employees are not listening to
their superiors and it effects
overall productivity of
organization.
Decisions Employees of an ineffective
team share ideas with each
other and after that they
develop a decision which
requires and suites
organization and helps them to
achieve their goals and
objectives.
Each and every employee has
his own feelings and thoughts
so that it becomes tough for
organization to reach a final
statement from their
employees. Every employee
think that they are superior
from one another.
Leadership Leaders in an effective team
wants their employees
motivated and helps to achieve
the goals of organization.
Leaders focus on the personal
Leaders are not effective
towards work and not
concentrated towards the
achievements of organization.
Employees are working on

growth of their employees.
Leaders helps employees to
solve their confusion and
develop and effective policies
for development of their
organization.
their own and not listen to
their leaders.
Team development theory
Coordination
Sainsbury needs to develop organization and for that they need an effective team to
achieve their objectives(Gagné, 2018.) . Managers of company need to bring coordination in an
organization and develop an effective policies for their organization. Coordination between
employees helps organization to bring innovation in their work.
Team worker
Each and every employee needs to be treated equally in an organization. Employee must
be working together and effectively all have equal opportunities for their development in an
organization.
Analyze the strength
Managers needs to know the abilities of each and every employee working in their
company. It helps them to know the strength of every employee and assign jobs according to the
skills of every employee.
Shaper
Sainsbury needs to give shape to working of each and every employee. By providing
bringing their skills and abilities and try to use those skills in an effective way.
Identify opportunities
Team is able to identify opportunities by minimizing the wastage of resources helps
company to increase their profit at a large scale. Opportunities are identified by analyzing market
trends.

LO4
P4 Concepts and philosophies to organizational behavior
Leaders are required in Sainsbury for their smooth working in an organization. Leaders
helps business to develop at a large scale. Leaders are required to increase motivation in
employees, satisfy efforts of employees of organization(Takeuchi, Bolino and Lin, 2015.) .
Guide them towards their work which helps for their own as well as company growth.
Path goal theory
Directive path goal
In this type of theory leaders guide their employees about what organization wants from
them and tells them to achieve those organizational objectives. With helps of this employees are
able to know what they have to do in an organization. Sainsbury needs to prepare an effective
policies for development of their organization they have to train their leaders to get effective
work from their employees which helps them achieve all their goals.
The achievement
Leaders set goals for their employees so that they workm with their full efficiency. Goals
musty be hard so that it helps organization to develop their employees. Employees are working
effectively for success of organization and leaders needs to show confidence and trust in their
employees. Theory helps Sainsbury to achieve their goals and motivate their employees towards
their work. Bring innovation in the work from the employees in an organization.
Participative leadership
In this leaders give opportunities to their employees to bring their suggestions in an
organization which helps them to make decision in an organization. Involve employees in
decision making of the organization. Sainsbury needs to train their leaders so that they are able to
work according to the requirement of their employees. Leaders needs to build sense of belonging
in minds of their customers. Employees are need to be personally involved in working of
organization.
Supportive leader
Leader needs to prepare a work environment that able to satisfy the wants of their
employees. Leaders needs to know what their employees want from organization and develop
policies according to satisfy those wants of their employees. Relations are build to familiarize
employees with organization. Sainsbury needs to prepare their leaders and develop their abilities

to engage employees with the work of organization. Helps organization to develop business at
large scale. Employees needs to analyze the work of organization.
Contingency theory
Success of business is largely depended on the abilities of their leaders. But leader needs
to know other factors like culture of company and its influence on the employees, work
environment suitable for employees or not they are able to cope up with changes required in an
organization. Leaders needs different types of skills and abilities to work as an all rounder for
company and flexible to work in any environment and able to influence their employees.
Classify the organizational
Sainsbury needs to analyze the organization. Like relation between employees and
leaders in an organization. Jobs assigned to employees are described effectively that helps
business to achieve their goals(Mo and Shi, 2017.) . If leaders are able to build a strong relation
with their employees then it helps them to increase their productivity.
Understand internal and external factors
Internal and external factors are analyzed effectively for success of organization. Factors
like size of organization, technology used by organization for their production, organization
strategy for their development.
Evaluate your managers
Sainsbury needs to analyze their mangers to know their abilities like if their skills are
high then they are able to build a strong relation in an organization. If low skills then they are
only interested towards work and task oriented.
Conclusion
Report shows that culture in Sainsbury effects overall productivity of business because
employees needs to cope up with the culture of their organization,power plays an important role
towards development of business but makes an negative impact on employees. Company needs
to develop effective policies to use power. Politics in an organization effects work of employees
demotivates them, reduces their efforts. Company needs to take strict actions towards employees
who are more interested to play politics. Motivation is required for success of organizations.
Leaders needs to use effective motivation theories that are able to influence employees and helps
to engage them with working of organization. Effective team is better than ineffective team