Organizational Behavior and Team Dynamics at Ryanair

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Organizational Behaviour
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18
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INTRODUCTION
In the simple term, organizational behavior means the human behavior in the organization while
doing a different type of activity. On the other hand with the help of organizational behavior, the
organization will also identify the behavior of the individual performance and different type of
activity held in the organization (Aga et al., 2016). This will identify the human behavior in the
working environment and this will also identify the positive and the negative impact of the job
structure, performance, communication, motivation, leadership, etc (Aga et al., 2016).
The managers of the organization have to understand the organization behavior because with the
help of this the manager can easily identify the people behavior toward their work. On the other
hand, the manager of the company will also identify the causes and effect of the behavior (Aga et
al., 2016). They will easily understand the organization and employee in a better way. With the
help of this, the manager will develop a good and healthy relationship with their employee (Aga
et al., 2016).
With the 25 staff, the Ryan family introduce the Ryanair. In 1985 they launched their first route
with the 15 seat aircraft introduction to Ryanair. Their aim and objective are to offer the lowest
possible of airfare (Aga et al., 2016). In 2016 the Ryanair was one of the largest European budget
airlines all over the world. They always try to carry a more and more international passenger as
compare to the other airline. In all over the world, most of the passengers are using the Ryanair
airline (Aga et al., 2016). On the basis of the latest scenario, they will get more than 1 million in
profits in their organization. This is the public sector company. This is one of the first European
airlines which provided their services at a lower cost (Aga et al., 2016).
As per the latest scenario, the company is operating more than 400 Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
They always provide a proper training and development method to their pilots. In Europe, the
Ryanair serve there route in 37 countries (Aga et al., 2016). The company is growing very fast
because they want to provide better services to their customer. In 3 of June 2019, the company
announces one announcement with the government of Malta that now they will open the new
setup of subsidiary airline which is basically known as Malta air (Aga et al., 2016).
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TASK 1
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE
Organizational culture is basically defined as the different culture which is using in the
organization for analyzing the vision, value norms, systems, symbols, language and many more
(Alsharo et al., 2017). With the help of organizational culture, the organization can easily
identify the organization expectations, experience and some value the will handle all of them.
This is basically based on the sharing of their attitude, belief, customer and they are considered
as valid in the organization (Alsharo et al., 2017).
On the basis of the Hofstede (2011), this is one of the collective phenomenon’s but on the other
hand, this is connected to different collectives. There is a much different type of individuals in
the organization (Alsharo et al., 2017).
 CULTURE WITHIN RYANAIR
The organizational culture of the Ryanair is totally different from others. The organization
paid more attention which is related to the different culture which is basically affecting the
organization, stakeholder and management (Alsharo et al., 2017). This is one of the most
controversial concepts that will identify the business and some of the academic studies. In the
organizational study, this is one of the most important concepts because with the help of this
the organizations influence their business in every aspect of an organization like development
and implementation of the strategies in the organization and many more (Alsharo et al., 2017).
In this case, the Ryanair is one of the highly revamped with the management of different
activity of some effective decision making. With the help of Handy’s cultural typology, this
can be elucidated. On the basis of the culture typology, some of the cultures will be defined
as a Power, Task, Role and Person culture (Alsharo et al., 2017).
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FIGURE 1 HANDY’S CULTURE
[SOURCE: Alsharo et al., 2017]
POWER CULTURE
With the help of this culture, all the organization will understand the distribution range of the
different actors in the organization. Some of the power culture practices are carried out by the
organization (Antonakis, and House, 2013). There is much different type of rules and regulation
in the power culture. This is basically one of the strongest cultures in the organization.
ROLE CULTURE
In the organization, if the role culture is done that's means that this is based on the same rules and
regulations. On the other hand, they are basically controlled by each and every person
organization (Antonakis, and House, 2013). An organization with the role culture is making
some of the important detailed organization structure which is basically large.
TASK CULTURE
Task culture is basically formed when the organization has to address some of the specific
problems or some improvement projects. In the organization different task are performed by the
different departments (Antonakis, and House, 2013).
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Power Role
Task Perso
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PERSON CULTURE
In the personal culture, most of the people believe that they are superior or unique in the
organization. This is one of the most collections of the individual who happen to be working in
the same organization (Antonakis, and House, 2013). In each group of individual all the power
lies with each other.
This is one of the most controversial concepts that will identify the business and some of the
academic studies. In the organizational study, this is one of the most important concepts because
with the help of this the organizations influence their business in every aspect of an organization
like development and implementation of the strategies in the organization and many more
(Antonakis, and House, 2013). In this case, the Ryanair is one of the highly revamped with the
management of different activity of some effective decision making.
 POWER
The simple meaning of power is that the ability or implement some actions making something
happen in the organization is called power (Antonakis, and House, 2013). On the other hand,
power simply means that the power of an individual to do some particular activity in a particular
way.
 TYPE OF POWER EVIDENT IN RYANAIR
There are many different types of power in the organization (Antonakis, and House, 2013)
• COERCIVE POWER
The coercive power is basically one of the abilities that will give some of the permission for
influencing them from the other individual. With the help of coercive power, the organization
can apply some different type of force in the organization (Berkenkotter, and Huckin, 2016).
This is also an element of leadership. In the organization, leadership has different techniques to
influence the people around them (Berkenkotter, and Huckin, 2016).
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•REWARD POWER
An organization most of the employees do their work due to reward power. Most of the time
employees are motivated by financial term. With the help of some rewards, most of the
employee are doing their work with full of dedication and with full interest (Berkenkotter, and
Huckin, 2016).
•LEGITIMATE POWER
With the help of this, some of the legal powers are provided towards the management. The
legitimate power is basically identified from the formal position of authority in the organization
(Berkenkotter, and Huckin, 2016).
 POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR
Political behavior means that the activity which is related to the authority in general and
government in some of the specific area. This is also some of the activity which is
particularly not requiring in the organization (Berkenkotter, and Huckin, 2016). Most of the
time the political behavior affects positively in the organization and sometimes negative
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TASK 2
DEFINITION OF MOTIVATION
The term motivation is basically derived from the word motive. Motivation is the inner state of
the employment mind that will direct some of the behavior of an employee. The manager of the
company must motivate there employee so that they will do their work with full of affords and
with high dedication (Block, 2011). If the employee is doing their work with full of dedication
then the organization will active their goal and the revenue of the company will increase rapidly.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTENT AND PROCESS THEORIES OF MOTIVATION
CONTENT THEORY
Content theory of need theory can be identified as the earliest theories related to the concept of
motivation (Block, 2011). It outlines the reasons for motivating an individual; that means it
explains the necessities and requirements that are essential to motivate a person
PROCESS THEORIES
Process theories outline various behavioral patterns of individuals in fulfilling their needs and
requirements. There are four process theories such as Reinforcement, Expectancy, Equity and
Goal setting (Block, 2011).
CONTENT THEORY
HERZBERG'S' TWO FACTOR THEORY
In this theory, this explains that with the help of two factors theory in the organization will
influence some of the motivation in the organization (Block, 2011). On the other hand, they
always try to get the root of the motivation in their organization so that all the employee will do
their work with full of dedication and full of affords (Block, 2011). With the help of Maslow’s
and Herzberg’s theory the company can easily describe the level and the different type of need
and how this will satisfy the customer need and wants (Block, 2011).
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PROCESS THEORY OF MOTIVATION TO RYANAIR
In the process theory, Ryanair has set some goals that are basically associated to the individual
related with their inputs and they will also identify that how an individual behavior will influence
to achieve their satisfaction (Block, 2011).
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TASK 3
IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE TEAM WORKING IN ORGANIZATIONS TODAY
With the help of teamwork, the performance of the organization will improve and on the other
hand unity in employee and the culture of the company will also improve. The project-based
approach will help the organization to improve new ideas or product and assemble there team
member in order to different responsibility (Calo et al., 2013). Team member of the organization
is using the teamwork to generate new ideas with different people so that they will easily take
any decision to achieve the objective of the organization. There is much different type of benefits
that will affect the working condition of the organization (Calo et al., 2013).
Teamwork is very important in each and every organization because in this most of the people
are giving their ideas or view to solve some particular problem in the organization. If in the
organization two or more than two people are working together to solve one particular problem
then they will easily achieve their target (Calo et al., 2013).
On the other hand with the help of this, the organization will improve the communication of
ideas. As per said that the teamwork is one of the backbones of the most effective
communication in the organization (Calo et al., 2013). Due to the lack of communication in the
organization will increase the time for completing the project or task of the organization (Calo et
al., 2013).
At last, the teamwork will also increase the working speed of the organization. With the help of
cohesion in the organization, most of the employee will gain trust and increased their chemistry
with their working on projects as a team (Calo et al., 2013).
FUNCTIONAL; PROBLEM-SOLVING; PROJECT; VIRTUAL
There are many different types of the team in the organization some are explained below:
FUNCTIONAL TEAM
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In the functional team, a group of people is doing their work with some of the common or
specific functional to shares there objectives. They are basically a traditional corporate team
(Caputo et al., 2019).
PROBLEM-SOLVING TEAM
With the help of the different type of facilitators, they are trying to solve all the problem of the
organization (Caputo et al., 2019). They will also try to solve real-time project problems.
Problem-solving teams are the group of individuals who will solve all the problem of the
organization or they will deal with some of the issues as they arise (Caputo et al., 2019). In every
organization problem-solving team are the most formed for some particular time period.
PROJECT TEAM
In the project team, all the member are belonging from the different type of groups, functions
and they are basically appointed to the activity for the same project (Caputo et al., 2019). On the
basis of the need of the organization, all the teams are divided into sub-team. Basically, the
project teams are only used for some of the specific time periods. After the project work is
completed in the organization the project team will destroy itself (Caputo et al., 2019).
VIRTUAL TEAM
A virtual team is basically referred to as a group of individuals who will do a different type of
activity in the organization from a different geographic location. They will also do their work
together across the organizational level (Caputo et al., 2019). There are three different types of
aspect in the virtual team are the purpose, people and links.
There are many different types of the team in Ryanair. The Ryanair Company is doing their work
with the help of functional team because this will help to do their work with the common goal.
They are basically a traditional corporate team (Caputo et al., 2019). On the other hand, the
problem-solving team will always try to solve all the problem of the organization. With the help
of the different type of techniques and tool, the Ryanair try to solve their problems so that they
will easily achieve the organizational goal (Caputo et al., 2019). The project team in Ryanair
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belonging from the different type of groups, functions and they are basically appointed to the
activity for the same project. And at the end, the virtual team in Ryanair will also do their work
together across the organizational level (Caputo et al., 2019).
IMPORTANT TO HAVE EFFECTIVE TEAMS/GROUPS IN THE WORKPLACE
Teamwork is very important in each and every organization because in this most of the people
are giving their ideas or view to solve some particular problem in the organization. If in the
organization two or more than two people are working together to solve one particular problem
then they will easily achieve their target (Griffin, and Moorhead, 2011).
On the other hand with the help of this, the organization will improve the communication of
ideas. As per said that the teamwork is one of the backbones of the most effective
communication in the organization (Griffin, and Moorhead, 2011). Due to the lack of
communication in the organization will increase the time for completing the project or task of the
organization.
In every organization, teamwork is very important (Griffin, and Moorhead, 2011). On the other
hand with the help of teamwork, all the business organization will get more and more success in
the market. In the professional world, teamwork is important. There is much different type of
things which are important in the workplace (Griffin, and Moorhead, 2011).
IT BRINGS NEW IDEAS
With the help of teamwork, all the new ideas are a success in the most competitive world.
Different people have a different tool and techniques to produce a good quality of the product
which will make a huge impact on the organization (Griffin, and Moorhead, 2011).
TEAMWORK HELPS SOLVE PROBLEMS
On the other hand with the help of teamwork, all the problems are solving easily in the
organization. The teamwork will also increase the working speed of the organization. With the
help of cohesion in the organization, most of the employee will gain trust and increased their
chemistry with their working on projects as a team (Griffin, and Moorhead, 2011). With the help
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