Analyzing Organizational Behavior: A Siemens Company Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of organizational behavior within Siemens, focusing on the influence of culture, politics, and power on employee behavior. It explores the application of content and process theories of motivation to achieve organizational objectives, examining concepts such as Maslow's hierarchy, Herzberg's two-factor theory, expectancy theory, and equity theory. The report differentiates between effective and ineffective teams, highlighting factors that contribute to team success. Furthermore, it investigates the positive and negative impacts of organizational behavior concepts and philosophies on individual behavior and team development, offering insights into building a motivated and productive workforce. The report concludes with a critical analysis of team development theories, providing recommendations for enhancing organizational performance.

Organizational behavior

Contents
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1....................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Analyses the influence of culture, politics and power in order to understand the behavior of the
organization.........................................................................................................................................3
M1 Critical analyse of the culture politics and power that influences the individual behavior in
order to strengthen the performance of the team.................................................................................4
TASK 2....................................................................................................................................................4
P2 Content and process theories of motivation to achieve the organizational objective.....................4
M2 Critical evaluation of applying content and process theories of motivation.................................5
D1 Critical evalution of the relationship between culture, politics and power to motivate the
workforce.............................................................................................................................................5
TASK 3....................................................................................................................................................5
P3 Things that makes an effective team as opposed to ineffective team.............................................5
M3 Analyzing team and group development theories which supports dynamic corporation.............7
TASK 4....................................................................................................................................................7
P4 Application of concepts and philosophies to Organization behavior.............................................7
Motivation in organizations.............................................................................................................8
M4 Positive and negative impacts of OB which influence the individual behavior............................8
D2 Critical analysis of relevant team development theories...............................................................8
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behavior (OB) is termed as the comprehensive study of understanding
the behavior of the human and the environment of the company in order to engage the
employees in efficient and effective productivity. This study will be completely based on the
organizational culture and performance of the Siemen Company. This report will help in
understanding about the influence of culture, politics and power of the employees in the firm.
It will also help in making clear understanding about the motivated individuals in order to
form an effective team for achieving a main goal of the Siemen industry. This research will
also help in identifying the application of motivational theories to satisfy the workforce so
that stated objective can be achieved. The study will also provide the impacts of the
motivational concepts in an organization to satisfy the human resource of the company.
TASK 1
P1 Analyses the influence of culture, politics and power in order to understand the behavior
of the organization
Organization deals with various different types of units and every department of the company
has its goals and objectives to achieve. Such objectives integrated together in ored3r to achieve the
main goal of the company. Siemens AG is the global electrical and electronics business which mainly
deals with the variety of products such as BBC services, MRI scanners, lighting, financial services,
R&D etc. This company carries very good workforce and team which perform tremendously to
produce the desired productivity of the company. In order to achieve effective productivity this
enterprise mainly focuses on building the satisfied environment of the company in order to motivate
the employees for their remarkable work (Wilson, 2017). This could only be possible by analyzing
the culture, politics and power of the employees within the working environment of the Siemen.
Various are the key influences that affect the behavior of individuals; teams and organization as a
whole are described below:
Culture
This is the most influential factor that affects the decision of the managers and leaders within the
company. In order to improve the culture of the organization handy’s model have described the
various different types of culture that affects the business environment:
Power: This culture can be used by the higher management authority employees within company who
generally uses the power to take most important decisions of the enterprise. If the person has a power
to take decisions in regarding the wellbeing or favor of the workforce then it helps them to motivate
and improves their morale. Improved morale of the workers leads to the higher productivity which
helps in achieving the main goal.
Role: This culture is based on the rules of the employees which are generally controlled by the roles
and responsibilities of the higher management in the business. This helps in building the effective
structure of the organization that plays the major role in motivating the workforce of the Siemen.
Task: The Task culture is totally dedicated to the assignment of activities which needed to be
accomplished by the effective efforts of team members within Siemen. When all the team members

are dedicated for a specific task or activity in order to achieve effective and efficient objective for the
team, it means that the company follows the task culture (Wilson, 2018). It can be considered as the
best way to achieve the common goal by the individual efforts of the team members.
Person: In Siemen Ag industry company follows this culture to improve the skills and knowledge of
the particular person in order to achieve the main goal of the company. This culture helps in creating
the superior individuals who contributes the company for achieving the main objectives. Motivated
individual influence the positive energy in the business environment and increases the productivity.
Politics and power
Politics can be termed as the employees who have the superior designations or posts influence the
behavior of favoritism and unfair decisions which may decreases the morale of the individual.
Influence of power can be considered as the use of unfair treatment of the employees using the power
of their higher authority or designation which may influence the minds of the people negatively or
positively. Managers of Siemens AG uses its power in a very positive that creates very healthy
environment in the business and thus helps in understanding the behavior of the organization. Power
can be termed as the use of the position in wrong or intentional way in order to demotivate one’s
dignity. This can be considered as the negative influence of the power in the working environment of
the business.
M1 Critical analyse of the culture politics and power that influences the individual behavior
in order to strengthen the performance of the team
Culture of the organization is mainly decides the working environment of the Siemens
industry. If the company follows Flat structure of the organization then it would be possible that it
may influence the working environment of the Siemen positively that motivates the entire workforce
and helps them to maximize the productivity which results in the generating huge profitability. On the
other hand if the Siemens company uses complexes organizational structure then it may demotivate
the workforce of the company and it may influence the employees negatively and in this situation
employees may resist in working for the company.
Politics and power is mainly hold by the persons who mainly belongs to the higher
management authority. If the person holds higher authority then he or she may have the power to take
the decision regarding the employees in the company. It may negatively influence when the managers
uses such powers in wrong manner and use so this may hurt the dignity of the individual and it leads
to the demotivated workforce. It may positively influence in Siemen when managers uses these
powers in fair and appropriate way that supports their employees in every situation then it makes them
feel motivated and satisfied so it helps to retain in The company for longer run.
TASK 2
P2 Content and process theories of motivation to achieve the organizational objective
A theory of Motivation helps the business in motivating the workforce of the
company in order to produce the desired output. This helps in achieving the main objectives
of the Siemen. There are two types of motivational concepts which applied in the business for
improving the morale and satisfaction of the employees (Zayas-Ortiz and et.al., 2015).
Following the motivational theories which are described below:

Content theory
This theory helps in identifying the reason behind the motivation of the employees
within Siemen AG. It also describes various necessities and requirements which are essential
to satisfy the individual. It mainly emphasizes on the reasons for the frequently changing
needs of the employees. Content theory can be classified by several motivational concepts
which are explained below:
Maslow’s Need Hierarchy theory: Need hierarchy theory explains the Five basic needs of
the employees that satisfies the human behavior. Maslow have concentrated on the Five
levels of needs such as Psychological, safety, social, esteem and self-actualization. Maslow
have focused in fulfilling the basic needs of the human which when satisfied then it tends to
produce the desired productivity of the Siemen. Also, Maslow have identified that after one
need of the employee is fulfilled then other need is arrived so one after another so it can be
clearly stated that needs of the human cannot be completely satisfied.
Herzber Two factor theory
This Motivational concept is based on the two factors which only focuses on the
hygiene factor and unhygienic factors of the employees. In this Motivational concept
hygienic factor arrises when the time when employees are totally satisfied and all their needs
are properly accomplished timely. While Unheigine factor arrises in Siemen at the time when
employees feel demotivated and it decreases their interest in delivering the desired output
which ultimately affects the m,ain objective of the firm.
Process theory
This theory mainly focuses in fulfilling the needs of the individual in an organization
(Kannan and Sathiya, 2018). It basically focuses on the patterns or behavioral approaches
that how these needs can be achieved in order to motivate the workforce of the company.
Process theory emphasizes on the process that leads to the achievement of the human
satisfaction within working environment of the Siemen. It can also be classified into various
types which are as follows:
Expectancy theory: This theory indicates that one’s level of motivation depends on the
rewards and recognition which helps in building the respect of the employees among all the
staff members of Siemen.
Equity theory: This theory states that all the employees in the Siemen industry need to be
treated equally and fairly. A biased decision of the managers in the company makes them
demotivated and it affects their performance which ultimately lowers the overall performance
of the enterprise.

M2 Critical evaluation of applying content and process theories of motivation
Application of content theory helps in satisfying the basic needs of the employees through
implication of Maslow’s need hierarchy theory which makes them feel motivated and therefore it
increases the productivity of the workers. On the other hand process theory focuses on the process of
creating the motivated workforce (Tedeschi, 2017). Equity motivational theory helps in satisfying
the workforce of the company by applying the concept of fair and equal treatment to every employee.
This makes the employees of the Siemens feel satisfied and motivated which contributes in the higher
profitability of the company.
TASK 3
P3 Things that makes an effective team as opposed to ineffective team
Effective team can be formed by the collection of skilled and knowledgeable team members which
applies their effective efforts to accomplish main goal of the team. While ineffective is the collaboration of
indifferent personalities and individuals who are working together but lacking in many things. Here are the
various points of differences which needs to be considered by the team leaders and managers of Siemens that
effects the main objective of the company (Gyekye and Haybatollahi, 2015). Such differences which
makes the effective team as compared to ineffective team can be described below:
Basis of differences Effective team Ineffective team
Atmosphere Effective team is builds of the
strong individual so members
enjoy the work together and builds
healthy interaction which helps in
maximising the productivity.
Ineffective team is made up of
indifferent members and this brings
lot of communicational differences
between the group members and
therefore due to their personal
grudges in the company they
cannot be able to perform better.
Discussion In this, a member of the effective
team in Siemen contributes lot of
individual participation and which
help in encouraging the talent of
the employees.
Group members are generally
dominating the statements of
each other within the team and
this promotes the conflicts
which restricts the growth of the
team as a whole.
Objectives
An effective team know their
objectives and applies effective
efforts to achieve those goals. They
discuss the objectives until they are
well formulated.
Team members are not well
informed about the main objectives
and they do not put the individual
efficient efforts to achieve the
desired output.
Listening Members of the effective team
listens to their team leader and
works according to the instruction
of the leader
On the other hand ineffective team
in the Siemens can be build due to
the debates and unclear interaction
of the employees within a team.

Dissent Team members of the effective
team help each other in order to
strengthen the effectiveness of the
team and this helps in completion
of the task efficiently.
While ineffective team can be built
by the lack of interpersonal
relationship of the team members
in Siemen and this would be
responsible for lack of
communication which delays the
process and hence cannot achieve
the stated objectives on time.
Self-Expression Here members of the team are
allowed to share their ideas and
thoughts towards solving a
problem (Rudolph, 2016).
Ineffective teams avoid discussion
of personal feelings or ideas. The
general attitude is that discussion
of feelings is inappropriate or
potentially dangerous
Leadership and assignment of
duties
Team leaders of the effective team
makes the decisions after
identifying the overall problems
and their efficient solution by
assigning the tasks and duties to
the potential team member.
Here Staff members often fail
resolve any problems or conflicts
of the team members and thus it
reduces the productivity of the
Siemen and it makes ineffective
teams of the organization.
There are many factors which influences the functioning of the effective team as compared to ineffective team.
As the Great team of the Siemen Can ultimately contributes towards the successful accomplishment of the main
objectives. it result in the sustainability of the company for the longer run in the market.
corporation development is a long-term, ongoing process. It becomes part of the today-to-day process of work.
While strong teams have defined characteristics, they need to focus on building team strengths and improving
performance, so their efforts can result in superior work teams.
M3 Analyzing team and group development theories which supports dynamic corporation
Group development theories mainly work to establish the effective individual performance
which contributes towards the successful development of the organization for the longer run. Group
development theories can help in making effective teams of the Siemens. Team development theories
can be termed as the application of motivational philosophies that supports the dynamic corporation
and it helps the company in growth and long term development (Brown and Capozza eds., 2016).
On the other hand if all the effective teams of the Siemen are combined together it forms the group
that mainly focuses towards the achievement of the organizational goal.
TASK 4
P4 Application of concepts and philosophies to Organization behavior
An employee has so many need so they want to fulfill their needs by doing a great work in an
organisation. Some motivations are needed to get the quality of work. A path toward increased
need fulfillment is the better way of enhances the quality of work.
Theories of organisational behaviour
Content:
1) Maslow need-

Maslow need are used to identify the work that are relevant to work environment. An
organization with responsibilities provides security. Making employees feel part of a team,
allowing recognition of achievements and employee training programs can address the
needs .Maslow has divide his 5 need into lower level and upper level.
2) Herzberg two factor-
According to Herzberg their are some job result in satisfaction while other has
dissatisfactions .They does not have positive satisfaction for long term.
Process:
1) Equity-
It involves changing in inputs or outcomes. This can be positive such as being more
productivity at work and be negative by such as decreased productivity.
2) Expectancy-
It is about choice and choosing. This is depend on how workers can choose among
alternative
Behaviour and level of efforts. This theory id depend on how workers can decide to work
with specific behaviour and perform with how much effort is utilize. (Lasagabaster, Doiz,
and Sierra, eds., 2014).
The “business” environment comprises an array of forces which include both
influence of an organization and are framed by the organization. One such typology is the
PEST model, where the environment is thought to comprise political, economic, social and
technological forces. If we add legal, ecological and competitive processes to this aspect we
have included most aspects of the external environment. It can argued that organizations
behave in response to environmental forces and in turn the behavior or strategy, influences
their environment
M4 Positive and negative impacts of OB which influence the individual behavior
OB is broader concept which mainly focuses towards the motivated workforce in order to
produce the desired output for maximizing the profitability of the Siemen organization. The
installation, values, preferences, inclinations of individuals, formed in the mind; Positive
behavior of individuals can be influenced by the providing the positive working environment
and satisfying the needs of the workforce (Lasswell, 2017). It can also positively influence
when company follows flat organizational structure which allows the ideas and thoughts of
all the employees to promote the innovation in the Siemen (Organizational Culture. 2018).
CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been concluded that organizational behavior can affect
Siemen for the longer run. It can also be concluded that OB plays very important role in the
development and growth of the firm as it ultimately impacts the individual performance
which ultimately affects the team performance which leads to the achievement of the main
goal. This study had created clear understanding about the OB in Siemen Company. The

report had created complete understanding about the behavior of the individual by applying
the concept of motivational theories in the firm. It had also provided various motivational
concepts in order to satisfy the employees of the company.

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