Organisational Behaviour Assignment: Effective Teams and Leadership

This report analyzes organizational behavior, focusing on effective teams and leadership theories within the context of Tesco PLC. It begins by defining effective teams, highlighting characteristics such as clear goals, communication, and trust, contrasting them with ineffective teams characterized by a lack of trust and poor communication. The report then explores team and group development theories, specifically Belbin's theory, which assigns roles based on behavioral patterns. It also delves into leadership concepts, particularly the path-goal theory, which emphasizes adapting leadership styles to employee needs and environmental factors. The report discusses the application of these theories to improve organizational performance, emphasizing clear roles, leadership, and the importance of learning and development. The report explores how these concepts and philosophies influence behavior in the workplace, and concludes by summarizing the key findings and their relevance to organizational success.

ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
P3) Demonstrate an understanding of what makes an effective team, as opposed to an
ineffective team...........................................................................................................................4
M3 Analyse relevant team and group development theories to support the development of
dynamic cooperation....................................................................................................................7
Task 4...............................................................................................................................................8
P4 Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour........................................................8
M4 Explore and evaluate how concepts and philosophies of OB to a given business situation
within an organisational inform and influence............................................................................9
D2 Critically analyse and evaluate the relevance of team development theories in context of
organisational behaviour concepts and philosophies that influence behaviour in the work
place.............................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is the process that has been helping in attaining of knowledge on
the basis of study that has been conducted over an individual of group of persons working in an
organization. This is affecting behaviour of every individual existing in an organization within
this direct impact upon job structure, communication, performance, leadership and management
with various factors also. Under this a study is being conducted over person behaving with works
of an organization. It has been helping to deal over various aspects of workplace like motivating
employees, performance of workers. This helps an organization to make strong bond between
workforce members. In this report Tesco PLC is the organization that has taken. It is one of the
most important retailer having headquarters in UK. Thing that has to be explained is influence of
cultural, politics and power performance of an organization. Different motivational theories and
philosophies of an organization is explained.
TASK 3
P3) Demonstrate an understanding of what makes an effective team, as opposed to an ineffective
team
Effective team: Team is been defined as group of persons that believes in working
together as one team. This helps in achieving of goals and objectives that makes targets to be
achieved by both an individual and an organization. This has been affecting as it makes
formation of team possible and faith is developed between partners because of their members
that has been working together to achieve goals and objectives in order to make targets
accomplished with effectiveness and efficiency. An effective teams to be defined with ability in
achieving of targets with proper manner. It has been helping in developing productivity, focus
and confidence within each individual working in an organization. An effective team has
enhanced ability of working by increasing productivity of an organization like Tesco. They work
together to make targets to be achieved within specified period of time.
Characteristic of effective team: There are some characteristic of effective team these
are as follow as:
 More focused: All the members of the team are more focused and dedicated towards the
accomplishment of the goals. In the mainly focus is being targeted that has to be
maintained in order to seek that all employee working in an organization like Tesco helps

in leading over accomplishment of task in more effectiveness with efficiency (Khaola and
Rambe, 2020). Clear goals: Effective team is required to keep clear and set goals as working together
requires a common motive that makes coordination to be built in easy manner. Goals
should be clear in a way that celerity within the goal makes achieving of tasks possible in
appropriate manner. It also helps an organization like Tesco to decide what has to be
achieved by its product and services. Communication: Communication is one of the most important thing that has been
helping in creating clarity in understanding facts and all things regarding an project in
proper manner. It has been playing an important role in making sure that all important
information regarding project is being given or conveyed in proper. Tesco PLC is been
helped by this characteristics in a way that all information regarding an project is
delivered within the time period specified. Risk takers: Effective team members should be taking risk while performing task in
more effective manner. This risk helps Tesco to achieve innovative and creative ideas to
be used within an organization for increasing productivity. Trust and believe: Trust should be built within the members of team as they help in
developing confidence which enhances productivity. Tesco is benefitted with this in a
way that results attained is more efficient and effective.
 Mutual decision-making: As in team each individual has its own thinking and effective
team result to the decision which is taken by mutual understanding. Tesco is to be
benefitted from this in a way that various problems can be solved during project
accomplishment.
Factor of effective team: There are several factors of effective team these are as follows: Clear roles and responsibility: In this members know about roles that has to be
performed by them. It helps to makes work to be done in more effective manner. Tesco
should use this to distribute roles among team members in appropriate manner as per
their skills and knowledge (Jacobs and Manzi, 2020). Leadership: It is the ability which is been developed within an individual to make all
employees fulfilled with motivation. This plays very important role in making sure that

an organization like Tesco gets a vision which has helped it in achieving all goals and
objectives that has been set by them. Clear objectives: Members of a team should have clear objective that has helped in
working with directions that has helped in enhancing all overall performance. Tesco is
required to have clear objectives to achieve goals by it.
 Learning and development: Effectiveness of team leading is continuous learning and
development by making targets at different conditions to be accomplished. Tesco has
been using this in order to develop learning over various challenges and overcoming
them.
Ineffective team: In this an effective result over team have been made for setting of
goals with not understanding between team members. Tesco PLC is going to be impacted in
negative manner because of ineffective team.
Characteristic of ineffective team: There are several characteristic of ineffective team
these are as follows as: Lack of trust and believe: In a team absence of trust within a team leads over making an
organization develop confusion within themselves that leads over making negative affect
over an organization like Tesco. Lack of communication: Communication is key in making sure that coordination is
there within an organization like Tesco. So, as to avoid collapsing or incomplete projects
over given time period. Lack of commitment: If commitment is not there to perform better in order to make sure
that goals and objectives is being not achieved. In this negative effect is going to be there
upon productivity of Tesco.
 Uncleared objectives: If an objective and goals is not clear then there is going to be
negative impact over task accomplishment within time limit specified. Also in makes
working environment to be impacted in negative manner of Tesco.
Factors of ineffective team: Different factors that has been impacting various factors
existing in an in effective has been explained as follows: Poor time management: Such kind of management should be required to seek that
disturbance which leads over making in effectiveness within an organization. Tesco
should be focusing over time management that makes to be achieved better profits.

Ineffective interaction: If interaction is there between team members that has been leading
towards effective team making. Tesco PLC should developing interactive skills within its
employees to makes production be enhanced (Jacobs and Goodman, 2018).
Difference between effective and ineffective team:
Effective team Ineffective team
Objectives In this all kinds of team members is
being focused over making objectives
to be achieved.
In this the objective of
ineffective to be achieved. It
only makes negative impacts
upon an organization and its
functioning.
Management Well defined and proper channel
Roles and responsibility Clearing of all roles and responsibility
that has been creating better
workforce with more efficiency to be
achieved by the employees working
within an organization.
In this no roles and
responsibility is being assigned
and creates uneven environment
which makes coordination with
discipline to loos.
Communication Should be more effective as
communication increases information
flow by making it better.
No communication
M3 Analyse relevant team and group development theories to support the development of
dynamic cooperation.
Belbin theory: Belbin has stated within his theory that each individual has their own
behavioural patterns as per which roles and functions is been assigned to them. In this theory
various roles has been helping in making strength which makes analysis of weakness with
effective performance to be developed in individual. All this is responsible for making an
organization team that performance to be made individual. This helps in enhancing performance
that has been made by an organization. Also such kind of factors makes sure that Belbin theory
has been lading in making growth of organization possible in more effective way. Belbin team

roles and different roles of team that has to be performed by an individual and collectively turns
for making team performance to be better. Some roles that is used by Belbin has been given as
follows:
Team worker: This is one who deals and handles all kinds of situation that has been effective
within more effective manner. Team worker has been helping every individual perform with
more efficiency that makes goals and objectives to be achieved. They are there to make sure that
all kinds of problems is being deal with proper techniques and strategies. Also team work make
confidence of employees to be boosted and makes them learn new skills. Team worker is the one
who manage every condition and take certain decision in the favour of team of which effects the
team performance (Erbasi, 2017).
Coordinator: Coordinator is the one who manage the team help the team member to accomplish
the goals. Coordinator is the one who is confidant, calm and composed, more creative etc. The
main goal is to control the teams and leads to an effective performance. This is one of the most
effective thing that helps in performing of all factions in more effective and faster manner.
Coordination leads in making task to be completed in faster and better manner. Coordination
makes feeling of togetherness to be developed within each member of team.
Specialist: Specialist these are those individuals holding proper knowledge about the filed or
project they have been working over. They are required for taking solution in any situation and is
ready to deal with all kinds of problems accruing in an organisation. Specialist are those people’s
company goals, dedicated, self-confident to be developed.
Implementer: Implementer is the one who makes implementation of those strategies that is best
suited for an organization like Tesco to grow itself. In this decision is also implemented with
more effectiveness to be gained. Tesco such person is considered to be most practical persons
who turns ideas into framework and makes turning environment into positivity (DURAC, 2017).
Task 4
P4 Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour
Path goal theory of leadership- This has been directing management within an
organization that has adopted suitable development within leadership style and behaviour
according to working in environment that is required by employees. That main purpose of

utilizing these theory is to motivate employees and making goals and objectives to be achieved.
Also it is responsible for maximizing contribution within the motivation of employees which
helps in achieving of better and effective results in future.
Path goal theory has been assisting Tesco in making identification of various
characteristics and helps in enhancing performance at various levels of organization. That is why
using the theory helps in creating assistance in making capabilities of employees to make easy
for managers to take effective decision making for better employees as well as organization.
Tesco can use participative leadership style that has been directing manager to receive feedbacks
and suggestions from staff by making decision within business.
Classification of path goal theory-
Employees characteristics- In this facilitation of employees is been acquiring
knowledge of all factors that makes motivation to be achieved with employees for performing
well within an organization. Under this rewards, training, flexibility and working options and
various other things. In relation to Tesco the managers should identify all factors in meeting all
the needs that is required for motivating employees for performing well. This is required and
includes rewards, training, flexible working options etc. in relation to this Tesco is required to
manage and identify factors and helps in meting goals with time period specified. So as to
increase working behaviour of staff and making it more positive (Balwant, 2018).
M4 Explore and evaluate how concepts and philosophies of OB to a given business situation
within an organisational inform and influence.
Task and environmental characteristics- This includes activities which can be
allocated for staff according to skills and knowledge in order to attain profit in maximum manner
possible. In relation to Tesco the manage is required to do survey of working station in order to
identify requirements while performing task and meeting them as per the time limit given.
D2 Critically analyse and evaluate the relevance of team development theories in context of
organisational behaviour concepts and philosophies that influence behaviour in the work
place.
Leadership styles- This has been helping leaders and mangers in guiding and monitoring of
employees within an organization like Tesco. Different kinds of leaders and guidance is been
given to people. They have been discussed as follows:

Participative style- As per these styles employees should be given opportunities that has been
providing various suggestions and making decision making process so as to maximize profit with
outcome that is to be received by an n organization. If these styles is being used by mangers of
Tesco is going to lead over high retention of employees and making contribution towards
achievements od organizational goals possible with objectives.
Directive style- As per this style manager directing employees for following decision without
even making any kind of question. This makes binding of employees to follow [pre-
determination of decision that has bought negative impact over level of employees.
Motivational factors: Employees keeps motivation when an organization accomplishes goals
and objectives that has been defined by making roles and responsibility to be performed by them.
Due to this, they provide maximum contribution towards achievement of organisational goals
and objectives by taking support from management in terms of removing any obstacles
(Anagnostopoulos and Papadimitriou, 2017).
CONCLUSION
It can be marked out from the report is that performance and productivity level of an
organization is dependent over working behaviour of employees thus giving motivation that is
necessary and makes overall growth to be possible. Maslow, Vroom expectancy theory of
motivation is to be explained. Also apart from this working in a team has been bringing
maximum profitability that has resulted that is why managers should bring all employees
together after making identification of skills and capability. Path goal theory is required to be
beneficial for applicability of assistance in getting proper guidance towards achievement of
organizational goals to be accomplished.

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