Organizational Behaviour: Culture, Politics, Power & Motivation

This report provides an analysis of organizational behaviour within the context of Bestway Company, focusing on the influence of organizational culture, politics, and power on individual and team performance. It evaluates content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques, examining their impact on achieving organizational goals. The report also explores the characteristics of effective teams and analyzes relevant team and group development theories. Furthermore, it applies organizational behaviour concepts and philosophies to a given business situation, justifying and evaluating their influence on behavior in both positive and negative ways, and providing justified recommendations for organizational success. The document is available on Desklib, a platform offering study tools and resources for students.

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Contents
Introduction...............................................................................................................................................3
Task1..........................................................................................................................................................4
P1. Analyze how organization’s culture, politics and power can influence individual and team
behavior and performance....................................................................................................................4
M1. Critically analyze how the culture, politics and power of your organization can influence
individual and team behavior and performance.................................................................................7
Task2..........................................................................................................................................................9
P2. Evaluate how content and process theory of motivation and motivational techniques enable
effective achievements of goals in an organizational context..............................................................9
M2. Critically evaluate how your organization influences the behavior of others through effective
application of behavioral motivational theories, concept and models.............................................11
D1. Critically evaluate the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that
enables teams and your organization to succeed, providing justified recommendations...............12
Task 3.......................................................................................................................................................13
P3. Demonstrate an understanding of what makes an effective team, as opposed to an ineffective
team......................................................................................................................................................13
M3. Analyze relevant team and group development theories to support the development of
Dynamic Corporation..........................................................................................................................15
Task4........................................................................................................................................................16
P4. Apply concepts and philosophies of OB within an organizational context and given business
situation................................................................................................................................................16
M4. Justify and evaluate a range of concepts and philosophies and how they inform and influence
behavior in both positive and negative ways.....................................................................................17
D2. Analyze and evaluate the relevant of team development theories in the context of OB
concepts and philosophies that influence behavior in the work place.............................................18
Conclusion................................................................................................................................................19
References................................................................................................................................................20

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Introduction
Organization Behaviour is a general term that is focuses on the activities, individuals and the
group behaviours in an organization. The study of the OB is to create an environment in an
organization which is more efficient that every employee can work freely. The central study of
the OB is to see if the scientific approaches can be applied in organizational management to give
an output that is able to meet the organizational goals and satisfy customer needs (Luthans, et.
al., 2015). Theories in an organizational are used by the HR to stabilize the output of individual
employees for an organization. Organizational behaviours are explained in varieties of
philosophies and models. The areas under which the organizational behaviour is studied is how it
can improve job performance, promoting organizational innovation, increasing employees
satisfaction and finally encourage a good leadership in an organization. Achieving organizational
goals is demanding of which organizational Managers tries to adopt different kinds of tactics
such as changing the compensation structures, reorganizing organizational groups and also
changing how the organizational performance are evaluated to see the progress of the company.
This study will base on the Bestway Company. The company has adopted an inclusive
organizational leadership that has made it the most popular organization in UK and Pakistan.
Bestway Company have invested heavily on the cement, pharmacy and banking sector because
of good leadership and management. Coordination in an organization is well and the company is
heavily growing and diverting business activities in other countries.

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Task1
P1. Analyze how organization’s culture, politics and power can influence individual and
team behavior and performance.
The Bestway organisation power, politics have greater influence on the organizational culture
and they can hamper the performance of the organization negatively. Power and politics are not
needed in an organizational culture because they have bad influence of workers and that
interferes with the organizational performance (Nelson, et. al., 2012). They can change the
behaviours of the individuals in an organization and in the real sense they affect the outcomes of
the decision that an organization is intending to make. In my understanding, organizations are
structured within the common goals which they are working towards perusing so that they can
achieve those goals. The study by some scholars said that organizational conflicts can rise due to
lack of the trust freedom for workers. The differences that come in the organization are of
different values since workers are people of different interests; they have different goals and
ambition for an organization. However, the interests can serve the goals of an organization or
they can serve personal needs of employees and employers. Conflicts in an organization or
where many people are gathered for the common goal is unavoidable and prevalent of which an
organization cannot diminish as long as the organization contains people. The study by the
pluralist showed a conflict as a temporary stumbling block for the success of an organization.
Marxism said that in society there are fundamental of powers and politics differences and it is
not easy to escape such (Pereira, et. al., 2017). Therefore, the conflict in an organization where
people are performing in the name of achieving the same target cannot be avoided.
Power is a capacity of an individual or people that they can use to influence or change the
activities that are carried out by other members of the organization. The main problem in an
organization is when one individual emphasizes power based on the interest and not regarding

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the objectives of an organizational existence. The two are interconnected and one can take
position of the other if keenness is not taken in an organizational activities. In an organization,
power comes in when there is a conflict to set a medium of conflict resolution within an
organization. Power gives an influence on the works behaviours in an organization. Failure to
impose power with someone would bring a tough moment when the conflict a rises because
nobody would bring in the agreement between the employees who differs in opinions. Powers in
an organization do come from different sources such as coercive power, expert powers, reward
powers, legitimate powers, financial powers, centrally powers; dependency powers etc. power
influences the organizational activities in various ways. Power is accumulated in the hands of
those whose activities in an organization are connected with the control of rare assets and central
possibilities. Power helps in saving organization from the hands of those who do not have the
interest of the organization at their hearts (Schermerhorn, 2012).
Cultures of an organization are the key drives which the organizational objectives are based on.
Culture of an organization includes the organizational rules and regulations, the manner I which
the organization wants their activities to get performed, mode of tires in an organization, and all
the wills and need that organization wants in order to realize their objectives. Culture is set as a
mirror that guides every member of an organization. Culture of the organization is always
influenced by the surroundings of the organization. That is to mean the environment which is the
society and the nature of the environment. Performance of organization is influenced by the
culture in the sense that if the culture of the organization is not something that favors the will of
employees then they will be so reluctant to perform the tasks of an organization and that can
influenced the organizational performance. Some of the culture is influenced by religion factors
while others are influenced by the traditional factors. A successful organization is the one that

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involve employees in setting out the organizational cultures so that everyone works towards
achieving the same goals and objectives of an organization.
Politics in an organization are those bargaining in the organization that helps to solve the
difference. Politics in an organization is known as a negotiator and is pervasive and endemic in
the company in the sense that hard feelings of the individuals and groups can be solved via
politics in an organization. Politics can be of use for an organization or it can scramble the
relationships of the workers in an organization (French, 2011). When organization uses politics
to bring in a change that can helps the organization in terms of meeting their goals and it can be
negative if the people are using politics to oppose the progress of an organization. Organization
that uses politics positively like Bestway Company builds and promotes organizational values
and Morales among the employees. Political arguments in an organization have got different
domains which are inter -departmental coordination structural changes, management succession
and organizational resource allocation. Politics do come in when an organization is set to make
strategic decisions of an organization. These decisions are not known and politics are used to
help to bring in opinions and the power will be used to resolve the disagreements due to
organizational politics.

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M1. Critically analyze how the culture, politics and power of your organization can
influence individual and team behavior and performance.
The culture of the people in an organization varies. This is because organization contains a group
of people from different background. Culture determines the leadership of an organization.
Culture will decide on how the leadership will operate in an organization since the organizational
value is set on the basis of culture. The organizational culture is a combination of organizational
values, organizational behaviors and organizational beliefs. The behaviors of the employees are
determined by the tools that are used in performing organizational activities. These behaviors of
the employees and responsibilities of the workers will always influence their general behaviors.
Power is a key drive to organizational activities in the sense that power can control
organizational activities and power can solve the problems that exists in an organization. The
person with coercive power can solve the problems of an organization by directing, and
controlling the activities case employees are too reluctant to perform the responsibilities that are
bestowed in them. Financial power is the power of money whereby any person who is financial
stable has (Erbasi, 2017). The owner and the management of an organization has the financial
power since all the assets belong to them and therefore they influence how they want employees
to carry out their business activities in support to their wishes. There are quite number of powers
in an organizational and each power is working towards enabling an organization to meet their
set objectives for the reason of realizing organizational objectives since all the intention is to
meet the needs of the company in response to the rules, regulations and the desired goals. Politics
is a game of talking in an organization. Politics is another key drive on how the organization can
prosper (Borkowski, 2016). Politic is based on the arguments which are carried in the
organization. These arguments can be of the goodness of the organization or they can be of the
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which the organization has with employees. Some of the employees would want a good and
development for the company while others might be opposing the growth of the company.
Depending on the side, the argument can benefit the organization or the argument can lead to the
destruction of an organization. Due to politics in the organization, management of the company
decides to make decisions. Interdepartmental politics is such kind of politics where the
departments of organization differ in their opinions. The opinions could be of good for the
organization or it can be opinions that destroy the missions that have been set to enable
organizational achieve their goals. Management succession is a kind of politics whereby
organizational employees differ in terms of the next management of the organization. The person
succeeds in management can be a person who has employees in heart and emphasizes on the
growth and development of the organization. such kind of the management are always a positive
for the organization while on the other hand the succession management could be of the interest
of individuals and groups but not for the interest of the company and that is a negative politics
which can lead to fall down of the organization (Beugré, 2018).Therefore, politics in the
organization can save the organization or can make the organization to fall down. Coordination
structural change is a politic which coming due to how the structure of the organization can be
formed so that an organization can be carries its responsibilities successfully.

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Task2
P2. Evaluate how content and process theory of motivation and motivational techniques
enable effective achievements of goals in an organizational context.
The content theory is a theory that is explained in the David McClelland and Abraham Maslow
which states that human needs are growing systematically as the person’s income increases. The
content explains the reason as to why human needs changes in their life. Abraham said that
human being needs the physical motivation first. That need is the basic one because without life
other things are not worthy. At that level human being needs food, clothes and shelters in order
to keep their life. Safety follows the need of food. This is because people need to be free from
any forms of threats and danger that may affect them in life. After that people they will require
social needs. This is now the need to have a partner that can keep you busy. It then followed by
the need to be attached somewhere. That is belonging at somewhere. Then the esteem needs will
be the next ones the social needs are met. Finally, the need for actualization such that people can
get all the belongings that they desired for life. The needs are the mirrors that govern people of
the organization to work tirelessly so that they can achieve all these needs as organization
achieve its goals. While some of the researchers sees the motivation as something beyond just
needs as the process explains it. Therefore the process based theory views motivation as a
rational process whereby individuals need to evaluate their environment and give out their
thoughts regarding the environments and what motivates them in their environment (Downes, et.
al., 2017). Therefore human being and employees of the organization requires the environment to
determine their desires. Above all people get motivated in a systematic manner in that ones they
achieve one process, they will require to get in to the next level of life. Because the needs of life
changes from one step to the next, it then motivates people to work towards their desired life and
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towards achieving their desires as explained by Abraham Maslow theory of people’s needs in
life. The desire for what one person needs motivate him/her to work more and more so that
he/she can achieve it. As the person keeps working for an achievement, organizational vision
becomes real.

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M2. Critically evaluate how your organization influences the behavior of others through
effective application of behavioral motivational theories, concept and models.
Organization can influence the behaviors of others by setting an achievable goals and giving out
motivations towards employees of the organization. Motivation inspires the actions of employees
towards performance and achievement of the organizational goals. Leaders of the organizations
can create a successful teamwork through motivating the best performing employees in their
organizations. Motivation is a centre of influence through which employees are inspired with
what the leadership offers them and that enables them to work even more hard in order to build
the success of the organization (Luthans, et. al. 2015). Motivating people requires underrating
of what the people desires most, what can make them get committed towards working to achieve
what they want. Not everyone who work is basically to earn in terms of cash, however, people
have got different things that motivate them and that makes them work in an organization. Some
quick examples of other factors that can motivate people are: some people work to get sense of
achievements, recognition of ability, learning and growth, stimulating work, promotion, feeling
to be part of the organizational success and finally responsibility and empowerment in their field
of professionals. Theories of motivation have been expressed by the gurus and they came to
conclusion that people get motivated for different thing.

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D1. Critically evaluate the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that
enables teams and your organization to succeed, providing justified recommendations.
Culture, politics and power are all inclusive in the success of the organization. An organization
is an entity and requires policies and regulations that can help in the success of the organization.
Organization contains workers and the success of the workers requires the coordination and the
unity so that every department can work towards achieving their objectives. To begin with,
culture sets a good objective of an organization and through culture employees can know what is
expected from them. Therefore, culture sets the pace through which the power can work. Powers
bestowed on the management of an organization is pegged on the culture of the organization.
For an organization to achieve its desired goals their needs the opinions and these opinions come
from employees which differ in opinions (Arvinen-Muondo & Perkins, 2013). Therefore,
politics will be involved so that an organization can achieve a stable culture that can be guided
by powers to ensure that no conflict in the company.

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Task 3
P3. Demonstrate an understanding of what makes an effective team, as opposed to an
ineffective team.
An effective team in an organization is made by many things. The team that can be referred to
us effective in an organization is that team which carries the duties of an organization effectively
and ensures that organization is achieving its goals. This team is built by commitment towards
employees and ensuring that employees are the first priority in an organization. Effective teams
is built on the discussion that is pegged on the matters that affects an organization and the
conflicts in these discussions are healthy ones that introduce the creativities and changes in the
ideas before they reach into organizational conclusions (Schermerhorn,2012). These effective
teams reorganize the fight among themselves as a ways of creating rooms for good opinions that
come in for the benefits of the organization. Here are things that happen in an effective team;
Open discussions- members are free to discuss the views and contribute to the group and make
reasonable discussions. On the other hands, these members are good listeners and they are
capable of learning from the other group members.
Doing research in decision making that can convince members of the organization by logical
arguments, rather than voting which members do not know what is right and what is wrong for
the success of an organization (Schermerhorn, 2012).
Using situational leadership- an organization can hire different people to peruse organizational
tasks. These people may decide to apply different tactics in ensuring that organization realizes its
objectives. It doesn’t matter how they use their leadership styles but it matters when the
organization achieving the same task that is meant for it.

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Ineffective groups do take the first points that have been brought to the table and make final
decisions without scrutinizing the issue into details so that they can get the idea behind the issue.
The task then can be achieved quickly without considering the cause. So the process is based on
the symbols and not the cause of actions that have been taken for the success. The process is
characterized by;
Lack coordination and common objective so the environment is full of tension-these tensions
will letter leads to war between the groups members of which conflict of interest will take place.
No one is willing to listen to what the other party is telling the rest of the team (Tai, 2017).
Decision making is by voting of which the minority who had an idea on the best ways in which
they can carry the task cannot win to make an organizational a success place. These
characteristics of the effective members of the organization and how decisions are being done is
based on some ideas hence those characteristics are the guide drive that makes the effective team
to make a successful organization and ineffective team will not make decisions which are viable
and constructive to the objectives of an organization.

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M3. Analyze relevant team and group development theories to support the development of
Dynamic Corporation.
The group and team development for the success of an organization goes through various
processes. The first process is life cycle process of change as the unfolding of linear stages for an
organization to realize their full time performance. The process will go in circular manner within
the group (Luthans, et. al., 2015). Technological model describes how the organization forms a
purposeful movement towards their objectives and goals as a team or as a group of people.
Dialectical see a change as a process that is coming from the conflict between the individuals but
will later come into terms with each other. Evolutionary is a change that comes after a serious
repetition of the revolution processes. The changes come to an organization with time.

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Task4
P4. Apply concepts and philosophies of OB within an organizational context and given
business situation
The philosophies of an organization is based on the concepts of an organization that will make
the organization meets their objectives. These are leadership styles- the organizational prosperity
is based on the way in which the leaders are carrying out their tasks. Being leaders is different
from being a manager. Leadership should act by demonstrating what the employees of an
organization should be doing in terms of promoting the growth and developments of an
organization. The concept should value the importance of the employees in an organization. By
bringing team of an organization together, the business will perform very well and that will lead
to the profit generation of which everyone starts an organizational with an objective of making
profit and ensuring that the organization grows. Productivity can come and that is the basic
concept of an organization. But the challenge faces organizations due to team leaders. The path
goal theory therefore explains how the leaders should ensure that they build strong relationships
in the organization for the purpose of benefiting organization in terms of growth and
development (Soukup, et. al., 2018). The team leader should do that by empowering the team
members, increasing the member’s motivation by rewarding the best performing members, and
satisfaction by organizational members so that they can generate more income for an
organization. There are other theories which explain just the concept of building the trust of
employees with the organization. These are social capital theories, contingency theory. They
explain the good behaviours that should adopted in the organization so that every organizational
tasks can be performed without any fear.

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M4. Justify and evaluate a range of concepts and philosophies and how they inform and
influence behavior in both positive and negative ways.
An organizational success is pegged on a number of philosophies that would drive the
organizational objectives towards realizing their objectives. These can be the missions which are
short term tactics that organization is using to help it meet their long term objectives. The short
term objectives are measurable and can be changed if the organization realizes that it does not
drive them towards their goals (Arvinen-Muondo & Perkins, 2013).The organizational
objectives, these can be the main reasons as to why an organization is started. Some can be
started for various purposes but the most important thing is to know if an organization is
achieving their objectives as per the plan. Every task that an organization takes can help in the
success of an organization of failure depending on how the management uses the philosophies
that drives the organization towards their vision.

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D2. Analyze and evaluate the relevant of team development theories in the context of OB
concepts and philosophies that influence behavior in the work place.
Organizations are developed through various different states. The first stage is forming whereby
each and every person in an organization is still dependent. Everyone finds their ways but they
operate on their own. People still finds their size, each other up and seeking to know why they
are in that given organization. Storming- in this case people sees themselves as part of the
organization, they are still challenging organizational decisions. In this case, the conflict is still
on because people are still not getting along with each other very well. Norming- this is the stage
whereby team members are starting coming together, they share values and opinions. They
develop processes and establish the ground for the organization so that an organization can start
generating income. There is a sense of growth for an organization and therefore developments
can be realized. Performing- this is the stage of development. At this stage, the performance of
organization is realized and delivered through people who are working effectively and in the
team. This is the stage where organization can stand and see the effort of every member of an
organization.
This model was developed by Tuckman and it helps the organization and people to understand
that team is evolving. For a team to become stable it has to pass through various stages of
difficulties. This model makes the people to see team building as a process that requires time and
energy. Even though, some team developments may loop around the development. The process
is good for development of the teams however; some teams do not find it smooth to make it up to
the point of success (Beugré, 2018).

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Conclusion
This can be concluded that organisation behaviour plays a critical role in the working of the
business. Different kinds of power are involved of which they all important in order to achieve
the goals of the company. There is an expert power which influences the production of goods
and services. Good products need good experts while poor products will come as results of poor
experts. Coercive power on the other hand is that power bestowed in the person that be used to
influence the general activities of an organization. Other than that, should assess the progress
they made and see if changes are needed or the organization can continue to apply the same
method as long as the method is working towards achievement of organizational objectives.

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