...Understanding Organisational Behaviour IB1230 ID: 1323413 Describe how either Taylor or Ford changed organisational management and workplace practices. Critically analyse how they continue to influence contemporary organizational behaviour Student ID: Word count: 1976 Submission Date: 1 1323413 20/01/2014 Understanding Organisational Behaviour IB1230 ID: 1323413 Introduction “In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first.” Frederick Winslow Taylor. In the late 19th century, Frederick Winslow Taylor, known to many the forefather of scientific management, sparked the automation revolution, the third great transition in the history of humanity (after the Neolithic Revolution, a result of the development of agriculture around 6,000 B.C and the industrial revolution in the 18th century) (Souza, 1999, p.1). However, it can be argued that Taylor’s greatest contribution to capitalism was not the revolution itself, but how Taylorism brought about the era of competition and syncretism with contrasting or corresponding concepts on organisational management and workplace practices, particularly Fordism, which arguably extended the dynamics of Taylorism centered on the use of assembly line. This essay will examine how Fordism developed organisational management and modified workplace practices by exploring known historical application of its principles and theories. Thereupon, it will further analyse how elements...
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...Dr Alf Crossman Organisational Behaviour Management Work 1 Key Areas of Focus • Division of Labour • Adam Smith • General Principles of Management • Scientific Management • Frederick Winslow Taylor Organisational Behaviour • Henri Fayol • Bureaucracy • Max Weber 2 Session Objectives • To explore the nature of classical organization theory • To become familiar with the key classical theorists’ work • To understand the principles and impact of: Organisational Behaviour • Bureaucracy • Management • To understand the principles and impact of: • Division of labour • Scientific management/Taylorism • Fordism • To explore the arguments surrounding ‘deskilling’ and labour process 3 The Obsession with Organization Before the factory system production took place primarily in cottages – the ‘putting out’ system and small workshops. Output was the main priority. Self-organization was the predominant approach. The introduction of the factory system introduced a new imperative – time. Time became a valuable resource and organization of labour became increasingly important Organisational Behaviour 4 Of the Division of Labour • Adam Smith – An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1776 • Pin-making example • Division of Labour In an early chapter of his book, Smith observes: “One worker could probably make only twenty pins per day. However, if ten people divided up the eighteen steps required to make a pin...
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...To begin with,organisational behaviour illustrates the performance of members in the organizations and helps to understand the external environments in order to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the organisations, as well as achieve their own mission(Aswathappa,2009).This essay aims to evaluate the statement that understanding organisational behaviour is important to organisation success. First and foremost, organizational behaviour helps enterprises to utilize the limited resources in their commercial activities such as machinery and land. It also helps employees to develop their skills and potential capacity. For instances, Taylor advocated that division of labour should be used by organisations as it can minimise the costs of production and strengthen the control of labour manually and mentally (Nair,2010). Employees can concentrate on specific task and utilize their strength effectively. Accordingly, it can avoid the overlapping of valuable resource and increase the productivity which is essential to the organisational success. Besides, Fordism indicated that the allocation of work task should be according to the ability of the workers(Brooks,2009).For example, untrained employees should do the simply equipped work. Conversely, skilful and reliable employees should be responsible for the complex task such as marketing and finance. It is feasible to improve the quality of production as they are given appropriate task. On the other hand, the theory of Henri Fayol...
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...ORGANISATIONAL BEHAIVOUR 1.1 Organisational Behaviour-It’s nothing more than developing our individual understanding and development of people skill. A multidisciplinary field devoted to understanding individual group behaviour, interpersonal process and organizational dynamics. 1. Organisation 2. Behaviour An organization is a collection of people working together in a division of labour to achieve a common purpose. The study of organizational Behaviour (OB) is very interesting and challenging too. It is related to individuals, group of people working together in terms. The study of organisational behaviour relates to the expected behaviour of an individual in the organisation. No two individuals are likely to behave in the same manner in a particular work situation. It is the predictability of a manager about the expected behaviour of an individual. Organisational Behaviour is concerned with the study of what people do in an organization (social system) and how that behaviour affects the performance of the organization: * Individual Behaviour * Individual and Group Behaviour * Organizational Structure 1.1.1 DEFINITIONS OF ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR: According to Luthans (OB: 2002) OB is directly concerned with the understanding, predicting and controlling of behaviour in organizations. According to Stephen P Robins (1999: 31-43) Organizational Behaviour is a systematic study of the actions and attitudes that people exhibit within organisations According to Roman...
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...Essay The purpose of this essay is to critically evaluate the statement “Mechanistic and bureaucratic organisations will probably struggle to encourage organisational learning”. I will approach this statement by highlighting my main argument then providing four key points which will reinforce said statement. I understand of this question that encouraged to be defined as “To give support” in the sense of designing policies to encourage organisational learning. With this in mind main argument for this statement is mechanistic organisations wouldn’t struggle to encourage organisational learning however scope for learning will be limited due to employee behaviours and management styles and in order to enable full capacity within organisation learning a shit would be required away from the mechanist approach. First of all I believe it would be simple for burecratic organisations to encourage organisational learning due to the Strict hierarchy, rules and regulations and power in position slides which exists combined with employee’s to have strong compliance to manager commands, processes and rulers and regulations (Max Weber). I believe if managers were to enforce forms of organisational learning such as group work, single and double loop learning (Agyris & Schon, 1978), Kolbs learning cycle (Kolb, 1984) employees would follow procedures due to the high controlling authairitive relationship which exists between employees and managers. An example of this would be when working...
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...2 The Nature of Organisational Behaviour The scope for the examination of behaviour in organisations is very wide. There are a multiplicity of interrelated factors which influence the behaviour and performance of people as members of a work organisation. It is important to recognise the role of management as an integrating activity and as the cornerstone of organisational effectiveness. People and organisations need each other. The manager needs to understand the main influences on behaviour in work organisations and the nature of the people–organisation relationship. The learning objectives of this chapter are to: G G G G G G G explain the meaning and nature of organisational behaviour and provide an introduction to a behavioural approach to management; detail main interrelated influences on behaviour in work organisations and explain the nature of behavioural science; explain contrasting perspectives of organisations and different orientations to work; explain the importance of management as an integrating activity; assess the importance and nature of the new psychological contract; recognise the need for an international approach and the importance of culture to the study of organisational behaviour; appreciate the complex nature of the behaviour of people in work organisations. Chapter 2 provides an introduction to the study area, a perspective on the nature of organisational behaviour and the importance of the role of management in work organisations. This chapter...
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...Organisational Behaviour Structure and Culture HND in Business Management (Assignment 1) Lecturer- Damir.jovic Eindray Kaung [Type text] Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College Hammersmith Campus Page 1 4/8/2011 Organisational Behaviour Introduction The purpose of this essay is to understand the term of organistion and how it is important in forming a business. Moreover, it also describes the organisational behaviour, which means how people behave in an organisation, and why it involves a major role of within the organisation in general. Furthermore, why organisation is essential for every business and how it can make the company successful in the business area. What is more, it expresses why people need to study organisational behaviour and how it is important to a certain extent for every business. In addition to this factor, it compares and contrasts different organisational structures and cultures which have a great impact on culture as well as performance. This essay concludes by presenting how different types of leadership styles stand in both organisations and their effectivness. Marks & Spencer's background The company of Marks & Spencer is a well-known retail store in the UK with 21million people visiting each week. The profitable UK company, Marks & Spencer, operates over 600 stores in the United Kingdom employing over 75,000 people in the UK and abroad with the support of 2,000 suppliers globally. The largest store is located at Marble Arch...
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...Programme: PGDM Area: Course Name: Course code: Course Instructor: Objectives: Batch – 2012-14 Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour Individual and Group Behaviour in Orgnisations PGDC 102 Prof. B K Mohanty, Asst. Prof. Amaresh C Nayak This course is designed to help the students to understand why employees behave the way they do and also there by predict how they are going to behave in the future. It is the study of how people think, feel and act in the organisational setting. Prediction and understanding of the behavior of employees as an Individual and in Groups. K. Aswathappa, Organisational Behaviour Stephen P. Robbins, Organizational Behavior. Trimester Credits : 1st :3 Learning Outcome: Text Book: Text Books are only indicative and not subjective and also not a limiting exercise. Being the Post Graduate Students you are required to refer to the online and offline journals. Besides you should also refer to other publications (Journals and Magazines) and books on the subject. Evaluation: Case Studies Current Issues Quiz / Surprise Test Mid Term Class Attendance End Term : : : : : : 15 Points 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points. 05 Points. 50 Points. Case Studies: This would involve the Groups of students taking up a case assigned to them for analysis and Presentation in the class. Besides, students need to produce the Individual analysis in writing of two cases for their evaluation as instructed by the course instructor. Current Issues: This...
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...Table of Contents Introduction 3 Task 1 3 Task 1.1: The comparison and contrast of organisational structures and cultures of Newton, Chambers and Co and Hi-Gen Power Limited 3 Task 1.2: The relationship between structure and culture that can impact on business performance of Newton, Chambers and Co 4 Task 1.3: The factors of influencing individual behaviour in Newton, Chambers and Co 5 Task 2 6 Task 2.1: The comparison of effective leadership styles within Newton, Chambers and Co and Hi-Gen Power Limited 6 Task 2.2: The way of management functions, managerial roles and management authorities will under plain the practice of management in this company 7 Task 2.3: The evaluation of different approaches of management used by Newton, Chambers and Co and Hi-Gen Power Limited 7 Task 3 9 Task 3.1: The impacts of having different leadership styles on organisational motivation in the periods of change in Newton, Chambers and Co 9 Task 3.2: The comparison of the application of two different motivational theories within my work place 9 Task 3.3: The usefulness of these motivational theories for managers in Newton, Chambers and Co 10 Task 4 11 Task 4.1: The nature of groups and group behaviour within Newton, Chambers and Co and Hi-Gen Power Limited 11 Task 4.2: The factors for promoting the development of an effective team work within Newton, Chambers and Co and Hi-Gen Power Limited 11 Task 4.3: The impact of technology on team functioning in Newton, Chambers...
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...Effective team building. Aldershot: Gower. Armstrong. M. (2006). A handbook of Human Resource Management Practice (10th edition) London: Kogan Page , Bakan, J. (2004). The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. New York: Free Press. Becker, H.S. (1982). Culture: A Socialogical View. Yale Review, pp 513 – 527 Birkinshaw, J.. The Structure behind Global Companies. Cited in Pickford. J (2001) Financial Times Mastering Management 2.0. Harlow: Financial Times: Prentice Hall Brooks, I. (2009) Organisational Behaviour. 4TH ed. Harlow: Pearson/FT Prentice Hall. Buchanan, D. and Huczynski, A. (2010). Organizational behaviour. 7th ed. Harlow: Pearson/FT Prentice Hall. California Department of Pesticide Regulation. (2010). CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES GUIDE: REDUCING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS . Available at: http://ucanr.org/blogs/UCDWeedScience/blogfiles/6526.pdf. [Last accessed 07.04.2012.] Drucker, 1989 cited in Mullins, 2010, p. 552 Hersey, P and Blanchard, K.H. (1988) Management of Organisational Behaviour; Utilising Human Resources. 5th edition. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall Kew, J. and Stredwick, J., 2008. Business environment: managing in a strategic context. 2nd ed. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Mullins, L. 2010. Management and organisational behaviour. 9th ed. Harlow: Pearson/FT Prentice Hall. Pittock, Barry, ed. (2003). Climate Change: An Australian...
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....................................................3 1.1. Different organisational structure and culture..............................................................3 1.2. Relationship between organisational structure and culture..........................................4 1.3. Factors influencing individual behaviour at work........................................................5 2.1. Organisation theory and management practice.............................................................6 2.2. Different approaches to management used by Peacocks and Primark..........................6 3.1. Leadership styles and their effectiveness......................................................................7 3.2. Application of different motivational theories in workplace........................................8 3.3. Relationship between motivation theory and the practice of management..................10 4.1. Nature of groups and group behaviour.........................................................................11 4.2. Factors lead to effective teamwork and threaten the success......................................12 4.3. The impact of technology on team functioning............................................................13 References...........................................................................................................................14 Introduction: Organisation behaviour refers to the study and of knowledge related to people, individuals...
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...Division of Business | Course: HND Level 5 Business (management) | Year: 2015/16 | Student Name: | UNIT 03: Organisations and Behavior | Lecturers Name: Dr O. Shittu | Date Issued: 25th of April 2016 | Completion Date: 20th of July 2016 | Fail Pass Merit Distinction P11.1 | P21.2 | P31.3 | P41.4 | P52.1 | P62.2 | P72.3 | P82.4 | P93.1 | P103.2 | P113.3 | P123.4 | P134.1 | P144.2 | P154.3 | P164.4 | M1 | M2 | M3 | D1 | D2 | D3 | | Learning Outcomes: 1 Understand the relationship between organisational structure and culture 2 Understand different approaches to management and leadership 3 Understand ways of using motivational theories in organisations 4 Understand mechanisms for developing effective teamwork in organisations. Comments:Assessor’s Signature:______________ Referred Date:______________ | Late: Yes No | Internal Verification: Yes No | I declare that the work I am submitting for assessment contains no sections in copied in whole or part from any other source, unless it is explicitly identified by means of quotation mark or by means of wholly indented paragraphs. I declare that I have also acknowledged such quotations by providing detailed references in an approved format. I understand that unidentified and un-referenced copying both constitutes plagiarism which is an offence. I give my consent for my work...
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...in Business - Level 5 Unit 3: Organisations and Behaviour Submitted by: Silviu Daniel Varvara ID: 22716 Edexel: FA62596 Date: Lecturer: Statement of Authenticity: I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own. Where the work of others has been used, has been used to support my work and credit has been acknowledged. Task 1 1.1 You are required to select any two companies from UK energy industry to compare and contrast the different organisational structures and culture with another company from the same industry. 1.2 Explain how the relationship between structure and culture can impact on business performance of the first organisation you have selected 1.3 Also discuss the factors which influence individual behaviour at your first organisation that you have chosen. Task 2 2.1 Compare the effectiveness of different leadership styles with another business organisation in the same industry. 2.2 Also explain how the management functions, managerial roles and management authorities will underpin their practice of this company management. 2.3 You need to evaluate the different approaches to management used by the both organisations concerned in this task. Task 3 3.1 You have to discuss the impacts on different leadership styles on organisational motivation throughout the change of periods in the first...
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...ECM62EKM: Organisational Behaviour and HRM |Module size |15 Credits, Level M | |Total student study hours |150 | |Pre-requisites and co-requisites |None | |Excluded Combinations |None | Aims and Summary This module provides a thorough grounding in the theories of organisations, the processes of organisational designing, and the practice of human resource management. The first part of the module concentrates on the concepts of organisational structure and behaviour. The second part reviews the changing nature of the employment relationship and critically evaluates the contribution of HRM to organisational effectiveness and efficiency. Intended Module Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this module, the student will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concepts of organisation structure and behaviour, and the practice of organising. Critically discuss the relationship of HRM to the traditional practice of personnel management and industrial relations. Assess key areas of HR practice, such as strategic planning, resourcing, development...
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...Organisational behaviour is the study of individual and group dynamics in an organization. It focuses on the behaviour and attitudes that contribute to the effectiveness of any organization. It can assist management in assessing themselves, understand and identify problems that may confront them and maximize the organization’s potential. Having knowledge of organisational behaviour can assist management in assessing themselves. In that, it can help them determine if they have the necessary skills and abilities to manage their organisation effectively and efficiently or if they have to alter their management style so as to create a harmonious working environment. In addition, by understanding organisational behaviour, managers would become more skilful in identifying problems that may affect their employees. Once they are able to use these skills efficiently, such as, empowering members of the organisation to work, resolving conflicts that may confront them as well as communicating effectively with the stakeholders. For example, members of staff, other levels of management and the external customer so as improve productivity within the organisation. Furthermore, mangers with an understanding of Organisational Behaviour would be able to conduct themselves in an ethical manner; they would be able to make sound decisions that would benefit all members of the organisation. Finally, managers who have acquired the tools of organisational behaviour are able to handle...
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