ORGANIZATION AND BEHAVIOUR

The report stresses different types of organization structure and culture along with their interdependence. It also highlights the different behavior and theories which are prevalent in context of organization.

TASK 1

1.2 Relationship between organization structure and culture with its effect on the business

Organization structure and organizational culture have a mutual relationship with each other. For the city college to achieve its goals effectively it can adopt divisional structure. This will help in distributing different tasks among different groups and will ensure that, there is no duplication of work which will further give maximum output from the efforts. being College or university a part of service industry is led by people attitude, behaviors, perceptions and traits with difference in their individual aptitudes. The staff in colleges is confined to perform the task allotted to their department in order to reach a set objective by rendering their services in that particular field (Robbins, 2013). The divisional structure also makes it convenient for the College to adapt changes due to the integration of Abbey management into City College. Principle Mr. Adam Wakefield can divide the Abbey management team into different departments for ensuring a stable divisional structure within the Organization.

The interaction between the staff forms the organization cultures whether it may be knowingly or unknowingly done by them. Organization culture in some or the other way defines the company structures and hence they are inter-related. The communication system is enhanced in a divisional structure which leads to better communication. The task-culture is quite prominently seen in such organization as the departments are individually responsible in undertaking the decisions in a particular field.

The business performance is enhanced as the structure and culture followed by City College give a sense of self-freedom and encourage staff to take their decisions on their own. On the other hand, where employees are conflicting on different interests and have the tendency to speak against others could affect the organization and its performance.

1.3 Factors influencing individual behavior at work

Human behavior is a complicated phenomenon which cannot be defined in an absolute terms. An individual behavior may vary due to changes in either same environment or due to exposure to different environment (Gillespie and Mann, 2004). Here, because of incorporation of Abbey College into City College it has the possibility to affect the behavior of both people working within the City College and those that have been earlier a part of Abbe