HNC Business: Organizational Behavior and Team Dynamics Presentation

This presentation provides an overview of organizational behavior, focusing on team dynamics and leadership styles within the context of Microsoft. It begins with an introduction to organizational behavior, highlighting its impact on performance, motivation, communication, and leadership. The presentation then contrasts effective and ineffective teams, emphasizing the importance of mutual respect, clear objectives, and effective communication. It delves into team development theories, specifically the Tuckman model, outlining its stages of forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Furthermore, the presentation explores philosophies of organizational behavior, including the path-goal theory of leadership, discussing directive, supportive, achievement-oriented, and participative leadership styles and their impact on employee performance and organizational growth. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of organizational behavior in enhancing efficiency, quality, and productivity, referencing Microsoft's application of various leadership styles. The presentation incorporates references to academic sources supporting the discussed concepts.

ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

TABLE OF CONTENT
◦ INTRODUCTION
◦ P3 – Effective team v/s ineffective
◦ P4. Philosophies of organization behavior
◦ CONCLUSION
◦ REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
◦ Organizational behavior refers to the study of both individual and group performances and activity within
the organization.
◦ It study the human behavior in a work environment and its impact on performance, motivation ,
communication, leadership and others.
◦ Microsoft is American Multinational company with headquarters in Washington.
◦ It develops, manufactures, license, sells computer software, personal computers and various others.
Presentation will brief into how to work with co-operation in a team and concept and philosophies of
Organizational behavior.

P3 – Effective team v/s ineffective team
◦ Effective team refers to the team when there is mutual respect between the members of Microsoft. They work
together to achieve the common goals of the company. Effective team accounts with having clear mission, vision and
objectives of the company for which they work day and night to achieve the same. The team have proper flow of
information and communication which support various business dynamics. Effective team leads with having
creativity and innovation which helps them to support with effective decision making at the workplace.

CONTINUE…
◦ There are various team and group development theories as mentioned below such as
◦ Tuck Man model of team development.
◦ It includes various stages of team development such as
◦ Forming
◦ It states that there is being high dependence for direction and guidance. It states
that individual roles and responsibilities are unclear. It can simply be understood as the
orientation stage in the company. The team has just been introduced and everyone is being
overly pleasant and polite. This stage discusses up with skill, interest and background of
individuals, project goals, roles and responsibilities and others. This relates with developing
relationships.

Cont.…
◦ Performing stage
◦ In this stage team focuses on achieving goals and completing mission of team. All the
members are motivated to perform well and achieve their target. In this stage team members
know what work they have to do , they don't wait for the instructions by leader.
◦ The possibility of conflicts among team members get reduce as members get familiar with each
other . Leader of the team delegates work to team members, and they work accordingly and
sometimes team take necessary decisions without leader.
◦ However, senior leader has to focus on maintaining discipline as well as decrease difference
that arise during any work place situation and hence impact on growth of firm. If the conflict
ans issues increase in this stage then it will take it to first step from where company has started
its business and hence effect on business of Microsoft.

P4. Philosophies of organisation behaviour
◦ Path goal theory
◦ It helps in understanding which type of leadership will be suitable for increasing
efficiency, quality and productivity of work and hence impact on growth of organization.
In changing business it is important that proper leadership style is used by senior
management. There are four types of leadership styles such as the directive path,
achievement, participative and supportive.
◦ The direct path goal
◦ In this type of leadership style leaders describe about various task and what are
the requirement of company from them and hence employees remain focused towards
particular and positively impact on growth of firm. However, Less inclusion of workforce
in work framing sometimes negative effect on smooth run of business and it is only
suitable for ambiguous as well as intrinsically satisfying.

CONTINUE…
◦ The supportive leader behaviour
◦ In this leader focus on need of workforce such as type of environment for work,
resource that are required for changing business and can impact on smooth run of firm and
hence impact on business of firm in long run.
◦ This type of leadership are used by management when tasks are complicated and workers
need motivation. Manager use Maslow's theory for improving their behaviour and hence
impacting on business of firm.

CONCLUSION
◦ It can be analysed from the report that organization behaviour plays important role in increasing
efficiency, quality and productivity of workers.
◦ Microsoft is one of well-known firm which use different leadership style to improve behaviour of
workers and hence impact on growth of organization in long run.
◦ Report emphasizes Tuckman's team stage development theory which has followed steps in building
relation between workers and increase collectivism behaviour.
◦ It also describe Path goal theory and in this leaders of Microsoft use supportive as well as participative
leadership style at workplace.

REFERENCES
◦ Guttenberg, J.L., 2020. Group development model and Lean Six Sigma project team outcomes. International
Journal of Lean Six Sigma.
◦ Jones, D., 2019. The Tuckman’s Model Implementation, Effect, and Analysis & the New Development of Jones LSI
Model on a Small Group. Journal of Management, 6(4).
◦ Pessagno, R., 2020. Group Therapy: Stages of Group Development. Case Study Approach to Psychotherapy for
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses.p.95.
◦ Rana, R., K'aol, G. and Kirubi, M., 2019. Influence of supportive and participative path-goal leadership styles and
the moderating role of task structure on employee performance.
◦ Cote, R., 2017. A comparison of leadership theories in an organizational environment. International Journal of
Business Administration.8.(5).pp.28-35.

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