People and Organisations Report: Tesla Inc. Analysis

This report analyzes Tesla Inc.'s organizational structure, leadership, and employee motivation. It begins with an overview of Tesla's mission, culture, and the impact of globalization on the company. The report examines employee issues, key topics such as rational and social organization, power dynamics, and governance. It delves into Tesla's team structure, including the autopilot team, and explores motivation and job design. The report then reflects on group work, differentiating between groups and teams, discussing team roles, stages of group formation, and the Asch effect. The report also examines group dynamics, including unconscious group dynamics and the characteristics of real teams. Finally, it reflects on leadership within the team, personal strengths and weaknesses, and development targets. The report incorporates insights from relevant literature on leadership, organizational behavior, and teamwork.

PEOPLE AND
ORGANISATIONS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Effectiveness of the organization................................................................................................3
Key Topics..................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Reflection on group work............................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
Types of organization would most engage and motivate you? Why would you be more
productive in these organizations? Compare and contrast with other organisations where you
would be less engaged and productive. Reflections on the literature on leadership, classical,
human relations and contemporary approaches to organisational behaviour, culture,
motivation, or teamwork. ...........................................................................................................7
Reflect on how the literature on identity, personality and emotions relate to your experience of
work.............................................................................................................................................8
Strengths and weaknesses when it comes to employment..........................................................8
How will you address your weaknesses? What targets will you set for your development?......9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Organizations should redefine the way work gets done and create innovative talent ecosystems
that build engaged, enabled and agile workforce and as organizations face the future, we know
that every organization is different. Each has a unique history, culture, leadership style and
capability set in its employees. Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors, Inc.), is an American
automotive and energy company based in Palo Alto, California. The company specializes
in electric carmanufacturing and, through its SolarCity subsidiary, solar panel manufacturing. It
operates multiple production and assembly plants, such as Gigafactory near Reno, Nevada, and
its main vehicle manufacturing facility at Tesla factory. This report covers questions such as
impact of globalization, employees of the company, reflection of the group and personal
reflection. Company hires those people who want to work with them for achieving their vision
rather than just for a decent package to take home.
TASK 1
Effectiveness of the organization
Spotlight of Tesla's Culture
Mission of Tesla is to manufacture electric cars as they are the future of the environment
and they want to achieve the affordability and accessibility that is the aim of the company. They
want to make the world towards a more sustainable approach. The company does not generate
huge profits. They even don't provide them with a handsome package so that they can attract
talented employees. They only work with people who want to work towards their mission. Even
the values of the company are based on their mission and that is making the products sustainable
with the help of innovation. (Rees and Porter, 2015.)
Employees at Tesla
Elon Musk has fulfilled his promise and that is to bring autonomous cars and cars which
runs on battery. It has helped the company to increase their value than Ford but the thing is there
have been a lot of complaints on the work load of workers that the company is not being able to
handle. According to reports because of the aggression of the CEO towards reaching his goals
more than 100 times an ambulance have been called in the company because they have gone
through seizures, dizziness, breathing problems, pains in chest and over that some of them has

even fainted while working in the company. There are over 10,000 workers working in their
facility and even Musk has admitted about the issue of hard work and work load but he has
assured that every measure has been taken in the facility to cope up with the health issue of the
workers. They have improved lot of their equipment due to this reason. The company is loosing
money in the market and it cannot be compared with giants such as general motors as they don't
even produce 2 per cent of their production.
Key Topics
Impact of Globalization on Tesla-
It has been easy for the company as globalization allows them to export their products
other than US which is ultimately beneficial for all as currently they are the only manufacturers
in the world who have been able to produce cars which don't release carbon and other harmful
emissions. It is helping to save the environment and it is the future of the automobile industry.
Even after they have bring the advancement in the field of technology and the whole industry
their numbers just don't add up. It is because they don't have the reach that their competitors have
in the market and they sell their products online they don't have any dealerships which limits
their sale against their competitors. Apart from putting the focus on technological area they also
need to focus on increasing their reach. Still the hub of the automotive industry is in Detroit US.
It has helped many companies including Tesla to increase their production and excluding Tesla it
has helped other countries to increase the level of production in various countries. This has
surely increased the scope for Tesla to enhance and expand their operations but they have to wait
for the development of other countries as others don't have battery charging points or stations
available in their country which rises the issue of advancement. (Winter and et.al., 2016)
The rational and social organization
Tesla is considered to be as rational and social organization as they are the first ones in
the market who has adapted the change and has successfully implemented it. The company is
putting a lot of pressure on their workers and increasing the load so that they can achieve their
orders and task on time. They are improving on that aspect by increasing the awareness of time
so that they can meet with their goals. They take tasks which requires special skills and expertise
in that area. It helps the company to increase the efficiency in reaching the goals. (Petch, 2019. )
Power and politics

Tesla provides a base for their employees. Their aim is to increase their revenue by
satisfying the needs and wants of the market. They are the pyramid for the candidates in order to
make and develop their careers. Due to the competition in the market on a extent level
sometimes it create scarcity of products still the politics which is in the internal aspects of the
organization shifts far from the existence.
Governance, organizational Culture and organizational leadership
Tesla follows approaches which are ethical in every manner and they are related and
based on the demand of the value which are needed practically in the market. Ethical values and
culture of the organization is linked together so that they can use in solving the problems which
are internal and external in an organization.
Groups and Teams
Company has formulate a team in which has helped them to develop and open the market
for autonomous cars and cars with zero emissions. This has made the company reach several
heights. They are the leader in the market and now known as autopilot team. The company has
been working on it for several years but they made it official in 2014 when they were sure that
the outcome will be successful. Apart from cars the company has also announced their new E
truck which will also release no emissions and has the range of above 800 kilometres. It is also a
shockproof truck which means it will reduce the impact at the time of accident. (National
Collaborating Centre for Cancer (UK, 2016.)
Motivation and Job Design
Tesla needs to motivate their employees as they already put a lot of pressure on them.
Their job design is to hire those employees who want to work for their mission. (Moxen and
Strachan, 2017. )
TASK 2
Reflection on group work
Difference between a group and a team
By working in a group of members I got to know that group is a collection of an
individual who works with their efforts individually. Talking about team, people in the team
work towards achieving a common goal and serve a purpose which is challenging. I learned that
members of the team in Tesla are committed mutually towards their goals and coordinate with

each other. I observed that if the team has no goals or purpose then the team won't have a clear
direction of working or reaching to the path. (Mayo, 2016.)
Team roles
There are nine roles in a team and they are given by Belbin such as shaper, implementer,
complete finisher, coordinator, team worker, resource investigator, monitor evaluator, specialist
role and plant role. These roles are derived by the character and the area of expertise of the
individual. (Taylor, Doherty and McGraw, 2015.)
Balance of team roles
Balance in the roles of team is required so that the company can fill their gaps and I
analyzed that any duplicacy in the responsibility of the team member is replaced and relocated
by this method of balance of team roles. I learned that Tesla uses it to categorize the people
according to there area of interest and area of expertise so that they can maintain the gap and
balance between the responsibilities of the team.
Stages of group formation
I learned that Tesla uses the model of Tuckman for forming the group in the company and there
are five stages in the model which was implemented by the company.
Asch effect and Group think
I observed that if the company is working on something they will follow the decision which is
taken by the group even if they are wrong. This is highlighted by the effect of Asch. This effect
is implemented with the help of three of its factors. On the other hand group think I learned that
at the stage of group think employees and other people in the company knows each other very
well but in the effect of Asch they don't know each other. That is the reason why Tesla follows
group think in their culture as it helps in maintaining the coordination of task between them and
complete the task in an smoothly flow of manner. (Marques, 2019.)
Group dynamics, including unconscious group dynamics
When I was studying the aspects of Tesla I learned that company has gone through the dynamics
of the group so that their skills of decision making can improve. By this method no one in the
company differentiate people on the basis of sexism, racism or any other forms on which they
can be judged or discriminated. They solely judge their people on the basis of their qualities and
abilities to work and how much impact they have on the productivity and the profitability of the

company. There are three main factor to this theory which Tesla has to keep in mind and they are
environmental, leadership and personal. (Kakabadse and Bank, 2018)
Were you a pseudo team? Potential team? Real team? High performance team?
We were a real team in the company as we were small in numbers and we all worked towards a
common goal and purpose. We all had skills which was complementary for the company.
Talking about the results and outcomes of our decisions we took the full responsibility whether it
was positive or negative for the company. In comparison with the potential team our outcomes
were way ahead from them. There were several teams among Tesla which were high
performance, the potential team, pseudo team and the real team. (Goffee and Scase, 2015.)
Leadership of the team
Elon Musk is the leader of the company and he made me lead with purpose. He taught me to be
creative so that ideas which I come up with will be new for the company as Tesla is an
innovative brand. Leaders at the company help me to improve my skills of decision making so
that I can work up on the task which requires a high degree of skills in an efficient manner. They
taught me to set up the bar of my standards so that I can reach up to my potential and be
beneficial for the company by making a good impression to others. They taught me to choose the
area of interest I want to work in so that I can learn that area and be a expert in that area.
I recognized my strength and weakness while I was working in a group. My strength was that I
can easily adjust in the team, I can work with them without involving in a conflict and coordinate
with other people. My communication skills was good which helped me to coordinate the task
with the team. My weakness was taking decisions for the company in a timely manner and
complete the work in an efficient manner. I had to improve them so that as if the decisions were
not taken on time then company will held me responsible for that and that would have made a
bad influence on my portfolio. (French and Rees, 2016)

TASK 3
Types of organization would most engage and motivate you? Why would you be more
productive in these organizations? Compare and contrast with other organisations where
you would be less engaged and productive. Reflections on the literature on leadership,
classical, human relations and contemporary approaches to organisational behaviour,
culture, motivation, or teamwork.
Private organization is the type of organization which will motivate me and keep me engaged to
pursue my future goals. I feel that this type of organization will be best suited for me as I don't
feel comfortable to raise money from the market and list the company on stock exchange as it
makes the management of the company so messed up which creates difficulties in maintaining
the operations. Apart from that requirement of answering to the stockholders won't be necessary
as I won't list the company into the market. It is a stereotype that only public limited companies
can make it big in the market but it is not true private company can also make it big in the
market. Private companies raises the fund with the help of venture capitalists and investors in the
market rather than bonds or shares. It helps the companies to maintain the privacy in the market
and not reveal their plans and operations to the general public. I feel that in private organizations
I can lead the people in my company with more influence. I will implement a ethical code of
conduct in the company. (Franco and Pais, 2017)
Reflect on how the literature on identity, personality and emotions relate to your experience of
work
I believe that my personality will help me to improve the productivity of the company
and expand their operations because of my communication skills. It can help me to make
connections easily which will help the company to acquire raw materials or technology in a
cheaper rate so that they can increase the profitability and help the company to focus on other
aspects. I can identify the outcomes of the decisions I have taken according to the factors which
are affecting in the market. So I know the possibility and probability of the outcome. I will not
give up on the prospect if I don't get successful results as it won't help me to be emotionally
weak and consider myself to be a leader of the company. So I will keep on continuing the
approaches with different thought process until I achieve success. These steps are necessary if I
want to survive in the market and achieve success as my personality and emotions will reflect

how far I will go and how far I will be able to lead people on the right path. (Connolly and
Dolan, 2017. )
Strengths and weaknesses when it comes to employment
My strength is to hire the people based on their abilities and experience of the people
which are required and suitable for the job. I don't make decisions which are bias such as taking
the employee if he or she is in a reference with someone, if someone is in a relation with the
employee who is already existing in the market. If I start hiring people into my company on these
basis then they will affect the working of the organization in a negative manner. My only
weakness while hiring candidates is I tend to get emotional for the people who are freshers and I
end up giving them the chance in my company which is not always right as some are talented so
they grasp the work easily but some of them are not and they take time to learn the operations of
the company. It is difficult for them to understand the working pattern of the company and they
need a constant focus by a leader as they are a beginner. I have to change this behavior as it
affects the working of the company. If I don't then even the employees who are working in the
company for a long period of time may leave as they get jealous that the new ones are getting
more attention and special treatment than us. (Christie and Marshall, 2019.)
How will you address your weaknesses? What targets will you set for your development?
I will address my weakness by limit the chances I am giving to new candidates and hire
candidates on the basis of their specific talent rather then getting emotional at the time of
employment. Apart from this I will focus on the department of research and development and
marketing and check their working that if they are coordinating on a regular basis or not. The
reason behind this mindset is because if they coordinate regularly then they will help in bringing
more suitable and appropriate employees for the job. This will make the work easy for the
leaders and the department of HR as employees who are new but possess talent in an specific
field will not require more attention and will learn the pattern of work with less amount of
training and effort from HR as it will help the department of HR to focus on other aspects and
give time to other areas which require their attention. I will set targets such as hiring a specific
no of employees which don't have experience for the job and who are new and looking towards
to make a career in the company. (Borzaga, Gui and Povinelli, 2018.)

CONCLUSION
From the above studies it has been concluded that due to Globalization Tesla faces a lot of
competition but the company still has a wide scope to expand their operations around the world.
They just need to wait for other countries to develop or take some actions themselves in order to
expand. Their workers face a lot of pressure so that company can reach their goals in an timely
manner but because of that a lot of them are facing illness, dizziness and pain in the body which
is affecting their health though the company has ensured that their health is the prime focus of
the company and a lot of equipment have been changed and improved in order to increase the
safety of the 10,000 workers that the company has working on their facility and so that they can
reduce the calling of ambulance at their place.

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