Organisational Behaviour

First of all, in order to introduce to the report, I would like to tell you and briefly explain to you the meaning of which of the organisational behaviour (OB) issues I have identified. I have identified motivation, groups and teams and leadership OB issues. Motivation in simple terms is the will to perform, it is basically the incentive or the encouragement to perform or do a specific task. Groups and teams basically refer to as working in groups or performing a task in team, it is a major feature of organisational life and most activities of the organisation require at least some degree of co-ordination through the operations of groups and team working. In order to explain leadership, I would only like to repeat what Barron and Greenberg quoted in 1990, the process whereby on individual influences other group members towards the attainment of defined group, or organisational goals.

There are many competing theories which attempt to explain the nature of motivation. These theories may be at least partially true and help to explain the behaviour of certain people at certain times. But we will only be discussing two of many theories of motivation and those are Herzberg’s two factor theory and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory. The two-factor theory basically suggests that the prospect of receiving intrinsic rewards will be more likely to motivate individuals. On the other hand, the hierarchy of needs theory expresses the view that human needs are inexhaustible; as one set of needs is satisfied another arises in its place, he interpreted that a person could be motivated if his five main needs (physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, self-actualisation) are fulfilled. As an employee I had experienced that many of the staffs who were working with me had problems with the management and they were demotivated by the fact that there work was not appreciated by the management, although they were highly paid staff and they even used to get...