Brief :
Context and Business Scenario (LO1 and LO2)
You have to choose UK based business organisation of your choice as You have been invited to attend a local Employer Advisory Forum that is presenting a discussion topic on organisational culture and motivation.
The objective of the discussion forum will be to establish the impact that organisational culture and motivation have on behaviours and performances at the workplace.
Discuss and evaluate the various organisational cultures and motivational theories and identify which ones can be found in your organisation. Evaluate how the theories will impact the behaviours and performance within organisation. Conclude and give recommendations on how your organisation could improve the performance of its staff to meet goals.
Present a case study report and submit an evidence of your group discussion. Produce an overview of your chosen organisation’s culture, politics and power, with relevant examples of how these aspects of organisational behaviour have impacted at workplace. It should also include how motivational theories and techniques have been applied in your organisation, supported by relevant examples.
Context and Business Scenario (LO3 and LO4)
Frame a small group of 5–6 members per group to participate in an activity to test group and teamwork theories (for example, Belbin, Tuckman, and hard and soft skills) and their effectiveness. Analyse various factors and skills that assist or hinder effective teamwork during this process. Mention appropriate philosophy regarding team performances and the impact on behaviours.
Analyse team dynamics, roles and behaviour of team members. Conclude what factors are instrumental in teams effectively for achieving their objectives and identify those aspects which threaten successful achievement and cohesive group work. Your tasks would be to:
- Analyse the benefits of working in a team: identify the mix of knowledge, skills and experience that are essential for a team to fulfil its functions in your organisation.
- Evaluate the benefits of working as a leader and member in a team towards specific goals, for dealing with any conflict or difficult situations to develop roles during team.
- Review the effectiveness of teamwork for achieving the goals.
- Relate the effectiveness of teamwork for achieving goals at workplace
Learning Outcomes:
LO1 Evaluate the impact of culture, politics and power on the behaviour of others in an organisation.
Critically evaluate how culture, politics and power of your organisation can impact performance and team behaviour of an individual.
LO2 Analyse how to motivate the individuals and teams to achieve a goal.
Analyse how the motivational theories and techniques can help in achieving goals of an organisation. Critically analyse the relationship between culture, power and politics that may allow your team and chosen organisation to succeed by giving relevant suggestions.
LO3 Present an understanding of how to co-operate with others effectively.
Evaluate theories of relevant and group development to support dynamic co-operation development.
LO4 Demonstrate the concepts and philosophies of behaviour of organisation in a given business situation.
Justify and analyse a range of philosophies and concepts and the way in which they influence the positive and negative behaviour. Critically examine the theories of team development in relation of concepts and philosophies that affect behaviour at workplace in context of organisational behaviour.
Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria | |||
Learning Outcome |
Pass |
Merit |
Distinction |
LO1 Evaluate the impact of culture, politics and power on the behaviour of others in an organisation. |
P1 Evaluate how culture, politics and power of an organisation can impact behaviour and performance of individual and team. |
M1 Critically evaluate how the culture, politics and power of an organisation can impact behaviour and performance of individual and team. |
LO1 and LO2 D1 Critically analyse the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that enables organisations and teams to succeed, with justified suggestions. |
LO2 Analyse how to motivate individuals and teams to achieve a goal. |
P2 Examine how content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques allow effective achievement of goals in an organisation. |
M2 Critically analyse how to impact the behaviour of others through the effective application of behavioural motivational theories, concepts and models. |
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LO3 Explain an understanding of how to co-operate effectively with others. |
P3 Determine an understanding of what makes an effective team, as opposed to an ineffective team |
M3 Evaluate relevant team and group development theories to support dynamic co-operation development. |
LO3 and LO4 D2 Critically evaluate and analyse the relevance of team development theories in OB concepts context and philosophies that influence behaviour in the workplace. |
LO4 Consider concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour to a given business situation. |
P4 Consider concepts and philosophies of OB within an organisational context and a given business situation. |
M4 Justify and analyse a range of concepts and philosophies in how they inform and impact behaviour in both positive and negative ways. |