Organisational Theory and Practice_Case Study Analysis (GC01947)

Table of Contents

1.0        Introduction.

2.0 Examine the management style and state the principle and functions of management used by the CEO of British American Tobacco.

3.0 Analyse the steps taken with regard to organizational structure in order to achieve high performance and state the organizational culture at British American Tobacco and its impact on the employees.

4.0 Describe the leadership style of the CEO of British American Tobacco to enhance organizational effectiveness.

5.0 Analyse the effects of power, influence and conflict at the chosen firm.

6.0 Discuss the various types of motivation used at British American Tobacco.

7.0 Use appropriate corporate examples and literature to justify your stand.

8.0 Suggestions / recommendations (strategies) to increase organisational performance.

References.

1.0  Introduction

Every business works by a group of people who succeed and develop the business to the whole world. To run those businesses accurately, many business theories and techniques help to establish a maintainable judgment for all (Rooney, 2018). This case study on British American Tobacco will talk about the organizational theories and techniques that it has pursued over the year until the big falling down of the company. The style of management, the organizational culture, leadership style, effects of power, influence and conflict, various types of motivation used at British American Tobacco, appropriate corporate examples and literature to justify the stand, recommendations (strategies) to increase organizational performance all are discussed in this essay.

2.0  Examine the management style and state the principle and functions of management used by the CEO of British American Tobacco

Management is a function of receiving people together to achieve aimed destination and purposes using attainable arrangements skillfully and practically. According to James (2019), it is a stable method of handling a business company and its employees and people by planning, organizing, controlling and directing.

The CEO of British American Tobacco is Jack Bowles. He has followed the management style of Henry Fayol. By following this management style, Bowles has separated the activities of British American Tobacco for achieving the goal with ability. According to Kite (2019), he confirmed the authority and duties of tasks to the group or team to understand their duties and responsibilities.  The system, consistency of order, consistency of advice also is imitated diligently.

Image: 14 Principles of management by Henri Fayol

He always gives the concentration on the business welfare in place of personal and accurate payment was given person to person in the start. He also followed much organizational principal. He followed balance, courage the employees and workers, etc.

Basic roles of the management of British American Tobacco: Jack Bowles has imitated the basic roles of management of Mintzberg’s set of management’s roles. Ross (2019) stated that he made his connection between two people with or interpersonal roles like proving allusive responsibilities like he signatures the lawful paper, he was ahead of his subordinates and gave them many instructions and works, he sustained the connection with interior and out parties of the business organization.

The second is the informational role. In this role, he was counseled and gathered the important information, giving that information to the organization for the betterment of their business company. The third one is the decisional role. In this role, Jack Bowles is best for it. He gives new works in business and spends on those. He can manage many problems or any kind of conflict in the business. Makes the payment and money dutifully, deal with many things like meeting in exchanging, marketing, agreement, etc.

Organizational functions of management: Every manager should have the quality of being the master of his organizational function. Jack Bowles is very good at the management of organizational functions in British American Tobacco. According to Winden (2018), it contains projecting for the business goals and visions, fixing the techniques, objectives, and aims. Furthermore, he does many business organizational things like do the organizational print or plan, fix the culture and social networks of business, etc.

After that, he must motivate and lead the people of the organization to do their activities correctly and complete the goal. Leading the employees includes motivating them; communicating with them, treating them with nice behavior, etc. Then he must control the standards, measurements, actions of the organization.

3.0  Analyze the steps taken with regard to organizational structure in order to achieve high performance and state the organizational culture at British American Tobacco and its impact on the employees

Interactions between the organizational structure & different functions: Interactions between the organizational structure & different functions are very essential for the business organization because it confirms the highest amount of success and works and the performances of the business. Jack Bowles chased the matrix organizational structure in his activities because it was led by the committee of directors (Tylor, 2019). The business has various societies for various processes as for example, Finance, HR, Health, Auditing, Society, etc. The board was liable for narrating the director’s part and various sections are also ruled by the various committees who are connected with each other (Irik, 2018).

The mutual connection process is a tiny difficulty that slows the decision-making method but it confirms the usefulness and earns improvements in the organizational performances. According to Luis (2018), this business structure also accommodates workers to gain good connections among the departments. Workers can develop new knowledge and efficiency by doing the project with others.

British American Tobacco’s organization’s culture and its impact on its employees: Business culture forms the standards, exercises, and characteristics of workers that are either invisible or visible. British American Tobacco (BAT) has a very well-organized culture system that accommodates to maintain in the business market more than many years. Nevertheless, its business culture and its influence on its workers are narrated under with difficulties it faces by the appeals of Edgar Schein’s organizational culture model (Goerge, 2019)………………….

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