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Running head: ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Organisational Behaviour
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Table of Contents
Question 1
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Question 2
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Question 3
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Question 4
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Question 5
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References
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Question 1
With the help of the case study, it was undermined that five of the working employees
in the cheese factory which was working with water removing the system in its factory had
been known to carry unethical means of working behaviour during the working hours of the
factory. Thus, the norms concerned with the off-job behaviour in the working organisation
were known to exist in the group of the five male employees. As opined by Hess, Orthmann
and LaDue (2015), off-job behaviour is considered to be the misconducted behaviour of the
employees, which disturbs the working conditions and healthy environment of the entire
business organisation. In this context, the norms related to the off-duty conduct of the
employees can be divided into two sub-groups.
Descriptive Norms
The descriptive norms are termed to be the ones in which the common behaviour of
the individual or group of workers is taken into consideration (Homans 2017). Thus, the
common and the real behaviour of the five male employees was referred to be measured to
imply the descriptive norms on their typical behaviour. This type of norm is mostly taken to
indicate a warning through word of mouth to the employees so that they understand the need
of changing their work behaviour (Myers 2019). This norm was initially imposed on the five
male employees in the initial when they were warned not to continue with their unethical and
undesirable behaviour.
Injunctive Norms
The injunctive norms, in lieu of the descriptive norms, are determined to be the ones
who serve the law standards as well as the guides that are legally known to impose correct as
well as appropriate behaviour of the employees (Farrow, Grolleau and Ibanez 2017). When
the cheese processing firm had recorded that the behaviour of the five employees are not at
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all changing and they continued to behave worst in the working hours, the supervisors of the
company imposed the injunctive norm concerned to the off-duty behaviour of the group of
five male employees. The supervisors segregate the working time as well as hours of all the
five employees.
Question 2
Based on the case study named Workplace Behaviour in a New Zealand factory, it is
undermined that a group of five male employees connected to the working organisation of a
cheese processing factory had been recorded to talk nuisance during the working hours and
not maintain the legislative and the ethical working environment of the firm. In addition to
this, they were recognised to smoke in the work area of the factory which was determined to
be entirely against the rule of the factory, as the unethical smoking activities would have led
to disastrous consequences and destruction in the properties of the factory as well as the
entire factory. In consideration of this unethical activity carried up by the male employees,
the norms and rules were aroused to control the concerned workers from the hazardous
activities they had indulged into. Moreover, the employees were also recognised to be not
concentrated on their given tasks and responsibilities and complete the same in an ethical and
effective manner. The five male employees also used to sing loudly whenever a supervisor
used to enter the factory and did not make the decisions and words of higher authorities into
consideration. Thus, the norms leading to off-job behaviour were implemented on these five
workers as their behaviour was not getting into control through verbal warnings.
Question 3
As stated by Trevino and Nelson (2016), when a productive business organisation
works along with the specific policies and procedures concerning to the legal norms and
laws, the employees of the company are aware that they are under check and any unethical
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behaviour would lead them to be liable to be the legal suites. Thus, the norms related to the
off-duty conduct imposed by the cheese processing factory to its five male group employees
would prove useful and beneficial for the members of the factory, all the working groups of
the factory as well as the entire factory itself. This is because the legislative norms and rules
will help the factory to keep its employees into strict eyes in maintaining the ethics of the
factory and not carrying up those activities which could harm the property of the factory in an
adverse manner. In addition to this, the norms and rules regulated in the factory will let the
factory have an adequate and sufficient level of production and also maintain its water,
removing the section in a recognisable way. This is because the employees would understand
the fact that they are accountable towards working and fulfilling their duties in the
organisation and that too, in an ethical manner. In case, the employees who would not
perform the responsibilities they would be charged will face penalties, and their salaries
would also be kept on hold (Keynes 2017).
Moreover, the employees and the groups of the factory working together will also be
able to build their individual selves as they would work for the better productivity of the
organisation and the same would make their work strength and the understanding related to
the work. This will also let the employees understand that they are an integral part of the
organisation and that they need to work better for improving themselves and the organisation.
Question 4
Based on the analysis of the concerned case study in the given report, it is undermined
that the level of cohesiveness that existed in the group of the five male employees of the
factory was at a profound level. The given statement can be proved by stating that the group
of this five male employees were always found together in the factory either while
performing their tasks and mostly while carrying up some unethical activities in the factory.
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This high level of cohesiveness between the group of the male employees only provided
enjoyment to the group, which was unethical for the working hours connected to the factory.
The factory was recognised to be in complete loss because of the off-duty behaviour of the
employees. The production level of the factory decreased, and the water removing system
also came down to be ineffective. Moreover, the factory was also in grave danger because of
adverse and hazardous activities of smoking carried by the group of employees.
However, this high level of cohesiveness was only proved to be fruitful for the group
of those five employees. This was evident from the fact this working group of employees had
turned to a leisure group as they were recorded to meet outside the factory when their
working hours were segregated. The group met at the pub to enjoy their drinks, spoke
together as well as playing pool together. The only advantage the factory received out of this
pool playing activities of these five male employees is that it led the group to participate in
the local level competition of the pool playing representing the factory. This helped in the
prior advertisement and promotion of the factory and its working systems.
Question 5
As analysed with the help of the case study that the cheese processing factory was
lacking in its water removing department because of the off-duty behaviour of its employees
which showed their disinterest in work and gaining the goals and objectives of the
organisation. The five male group employees of the factory were also into some nuisance that
affected the entire working structure of the factory as their off-duty behaviour negatively
impacted the working conditions of other workers as well. In this connection, the given report
is concentrated on providing strategic suggestions that would help the factory to maintain its
water removing system in an effective and efficient manner. The same are specified as below.
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Changing the sediment filter of the system on an annual basis which will not let the
water clog inside the machine (Raudales, Fisher and Hall 2017).
The carbon filter system of the machine should also be replaced on an annual basis to
maintain the contaminants of the water that would affect the performance of the water
machine.
The factory should implement prior rules and regulations for the ethical working
consideration of the employees (Mamic 2017).
Legal suites to be imposed on the employees would do not follow the rules and norms
of the organisation (Cooter and Ulen 2016).
Ensuring that the tasks and activities are carried in an effective and efficient manner.
Keeping a prior check on the performance level of the employees.
Providing the employees with variable payout schemes that would motivate the
employees to overshoot their target and earn the different incentives offered by the
company (Donegan, Lester and Lowe 2018).
Fostering the synergy of the practical and significant program connected to the
training and development process of the firm. In the concern of letting the employees
understand their part of work and work effectively to achieve the desired
organisational as well as individual goals (Park, Jung and Lee 2019).
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References
Cooter, R. and Ulen, T., 2016.
Law and economics
. Addison-Wesley.
Donegan, M., Lester, T. and Lowe, N., 2018. Striking a Balance: A National Assessment of
Economic Development Incentives.
Farrow, K., Grolleau, G. and Ibanez, L., 2017. Social norms and pro-environmental
behaviour: a review of the evidence.
Ecological Economics
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140
, pp.1-13.
Hess, K.M., Orthmann, C.H. and LaDue, S.E., 2015.
Management and supervision in law
enforcement
. Cengage Learning.
Homans, G.C., 2017.
The human group
. Routledge.
Keynes, J.M., 2017.
The economic consequences of the peace
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Mamic, I., 2017.
Implementing codes of conduct: How businesses manage social
performance in global supply chains
. Routledge.
Myers, M.D., 2019.
Qualitative research in business and management
. Sage Publications
Limited.
Park, J., Jung, D. and Lee, P., 2019. How to Make a sustainable manufacturing process: A
high-commitment HRM system.
Sustainability
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(8), p.2309.
Raudales, R.E., Fisher, P.R. and Hall, C.R., 2017. The cost of irrigation sources and water
treatment in greenhouse production.
Irrigation Science
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(1), pp.43-54.
Trevino, L.K. and Nelson, K.A., 2016.
Managing business ethics: Straight talk about how to
do it right
. John Wiley & Sons.
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