Analyzing Organisational Culture and Motivation for UK based Business Organization

Discussion on Organisational Culture and Motivation

Questions:

Assignment Context and Business Scenario (LO1 and LO2)
You have been invited to attend a local Employer Advisory Forum that is presenting a discussion topic on organisational culture and motivation. You are to choose UK based business organisation of your choice to research and discuss as a case study within the forum.
The purpose of the discussion forum will be to establish the influence that organisational culture and motivation have on behaviours and performances within the workplace.

You will be required to discuss and analyse the various organisational cultures and motivational theories, and to identify which ones can be found in your organisation. The discussion must then evaluate how the above-mentioned theories influence behaviours within organisations and how this affects the performance of your organisation. You will conclude with recommendations on how your organisation could improve the performance of its staff to meet goals.

You are required to produce a report based on your chosen organisation’s culture, politics and power, with relevant examples of how these aspects of organisational behaviour have influenced behaviour in the workplace. It should also include how motivational theories and techniques have been applied in your organisation, supported by relevant examples. 

Assignment Context and Business Scenario (LO3 and LO4)
You should form small groups to participate in an activity to test group and teamwork theories (for example, Belbin, Tuckman, and hard and soft skills) and their effectiveness. During this process you are required to analyse various factors and skills that assist or hinder effective teamwork. You also have to consider appropriate philosophy regarding team performances and the impact on behaviours.
After the activity you will individually reflect on the various concepts and theories in a reflective statement of your team performance, analysing team dynamics, team members’ roles and behaviour. You should conclude with an explanation of what factors are instrumental in teams effectively achieving their objectives and identify those aspects which threaten successful achievement and cohesive group work. Your tasks would be to:

• Assess the benefits of working in a team: identify the mix of knowledge, skills and experience necessary for a team to fulfil its functions in your organisation.
• Demonstrate and discuss the benefits of working in a team as a leader and member towards specific goals, dealing with any conflict or difficult situations.
• Review the effectiveness of teamwork in achieving the goals.
• Relate the effectiveness of teamwork to achieving goals in the workplace.

Analysis of various Organisational Cultures and Motivational Theories

What you must do
The following issues are required to be carried out:
L01 Analyse the influence of culture, politics and power on the behaviour of others in an organisational context. Using your chosen orgnisation analyse how an organisation’s culture, politics and power can  influence individual and team behaviour and performance. You should critically analyse how the culture, politics and power of your organisation can influence individual and team behaviour and performance.

L02 Evaluate how to motivate individuals and teams to achieve a goal.
Using your orgnisation evaluate how content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques enable effective achievement of goals in an organisational context. You should critically evaluate how to influences the behaviour of others through the effective application of behavioural motivational theories, concepts and models.
To demonstrate your understanding of the influence of culture, politics and power and how to motivate individuals and teams, you should critically evaluate the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that enables teams and your chosen organisation to succeed, providing justified recommendations.

LO3 Demonstrate an understanding of how to co-operate effectively with others.
Using your chosen orgnisation demonstrate an understanding of what makes an effective team, as opposed to an ineffective team. You should analyse relevant team and group development theories to support the development of dynamic co-operation.

LO4 Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour to a given business situation.
Using your orgnisation apply concepts and philosophies of OB within an organisational context and a given business situation. You should justify and evaluate a range of concepts and philosophies on how they inform and influence behaviour in both positive and negative ways. You 
should also critically evaluate the relevance of team development theories in the context of Organisational Behaviour concepts and philosophies that influence behaviour in the workplace.

Guide to student
1. Preparation guidelines of the Coursework Document
a. All coursework must be proof-read.
b. Document margins must not be more than 2.54 cm (1 inch) or less than 1.9cm (3/4 inch).
c. The assignment should be in a formal business style using single spacing and font size 12. 
d. Standard and commonly used type face such as Arial should be used.
e. All figures, graphs and tables must be numbered. 
f. Material taken from external sources must be properly referenced using the Harvard referencing system.
g. You should provide references using the Harvard referencing system.
h. Do not use Wikipedia as a reference.

2. Plagiarism and Collusion
Any act of plagiarism or collusion will be seriously dealt with according to the College regulations. In this context the definition and scope of plagiarism and collusion are presented below:
Plagiarism is presenting somebody else’s work as your own. It includes copying information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material; submitting joint coursework as an individual effort.
Collusion is copying another student’s coursework; stealing coursework from another student and submitting it as your own work.
Suspected plagiarism or collusion will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be dealt with according to the College procedure. (For details on Plagiarism & Collusion please see the Student Handbook)

3. Submission
a. Initial submission of coursework to the tutors is compulsory in each unit of the course.
b. Student must check their assignments on ICON VLE with plagiarism software Turnitin to make sure the similarity index for their assignment stays within the College approved level. A student can check the similarity index of their assignment three times in the Draft Assignment submission point located in the home page of the ICON VLE.
c. All Final coursework must be submitted to the Final submission point into the unit (not to the Tutor). A student would be allowed to submit only once and that is the final submission. 
d. Any computer files generated such as program code (software), graphic files that form part of the coursework must be submitted as an attachment to the assignment with all documentation.
e. Any portfolio for a unit must be submitted as a hardcopy to the Examination Office.
f. The student must attach a tutor’s comment in between the cover page and the answer in the case of Resubmission.

4. Good practice
a. Make backup of your work in different media (hard disk, memory stick, etc.) to avoid distress due to loss or damage of your original copy