Organizational Behavior Report: Models, Findings, and Culture

This report delves into the realm of organizational behavior, examining key models related to communication, motivation, and culture within a business context. It begins with an introduction to organizational culture and its significance, followed by an exploration of Handy's Model, encompassing power, role, task, and person cultures. The report then analyzes Maslow's hierarchy of needs, illustrating its application in the workplace, including physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization needs. Additionally, it examines a linear communication model, highlighting its components and application within an organization. The report illustrates how these models fit into a firm and concludes by discussing how organizational culture enhances success. The analysis uses John Lewis as a case study, providing practical examples of how these theoretical frameworks are implemented.

ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

Table of Content
Introduction
Discuss models appropriate to organization communication, motivation and
culture
Illustrate findings of model and focus how they fit in the firm
Conclusion regarding how culture enhance success.
Conclusion
References

INTRODUCTION
Organizational culture is described as underlying values, norms, assumptions and
beliefs that governs how individual behave in an enterprise. It is important to carry
out in the working premises so that employees can work effectively and efficiently
in the cut throat competitive world.

Handy's Model
Culture plays a vital role in business
upliftment across the boundaries. Strong
strategies need to be formulated every
now and then so that changes barriers
can be overcome easily in the cut throat
competitive world.

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Power culture: In this case, power is held in few hands of individuals and
their influence is carried out in the working premises. Also, there are limited
rules and regulations designed in power of culture which helps the firm to run
the business smoothly.

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Role culture: This is based on rules and is controlled with everyone in the enterprise.
Here, in John Lewis the role of culture is examined by the position of the
individual in the organizational structure. This directly affect the decision making
process and business associates are able to take less risk.

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Task culture: In an organization this is farmed when team is build to address
particular assignment or task. Combination of effective people with mixture of
personalities, leadership, skills, abilities etc. turned out to provide productive
outcomes in the set time frame.

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Person culture: Human assets are unique in their own way and are carrying
distinguished abilities and skills in them. The reason behind John Lewis is a
leading firm is all because of skilled and potential staff members. This made the
administration to flourish across the globe with their innovative product.

Maslow's Model
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory which is widely
adopted by small and big organization as per their business type. By
adopting this staff members are motivated to perform better in order to
gain competitive advantages against rivalry.

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Physiological need: In this case the basic needs like, food, water, shelter and clothes
need to be full-filled. John Lewis provide all this necessary needs to their employees so
that they can be retained for longer time period.

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Safety needs: This motivation model is adopted by John Lewis so that they can assured
employees that their career are secured. By doing so they will be encouraged to perform
better as compared to other. Which is a positive sign for the firm as well as helps to
attain set objectives

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Love and belonging needs: John Lewis provides safe and homely environment for
working. This directly boost up their workforce efficiency at a large scale. This leads to
up-gradation in productivity and profitability ratio.