Principles of Organisational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Critically evaluate the following statement: "An organization’s effectiveness depends on the successful interplay of individuals, groups, and the organization as a whole.”
Your Name
N1062 (N1585)
Principles of Organisational
Behavior and Human Resource Management
Professor
UNIVERSITY
4TH AUGUST 2018
Introduction
This assignment sets out to critically evaluate the statement that, “An organization’s effectiveness depends on the successful interplay of individuals, groups, and the organization as a whole.” Organizations comprise of systems, individuals, and groups with differing structures and values. This conflict of interest between individuals and groups can lead to conflicts due to competing interests. In a competitive environment, conflicts could emerge hence leading to group dysfunction, hostility and communication breakdown. The assignment will critically evaluate the above statement about the individual, groups, and organizations. The paper will also discuss how different theories from each topic determine organizational effectiveness and the role of human resource management in the attainment of organizational effectiveness. Finally, the paper will discuss the approach taken in completing the group project.
The Role of Individuals
Individual employees play an important role in organizational effectiveness. It is true that organizational effectiveness is predicated on the successful interplay between individuals. Workplace interpersonal relationships and behavior provides an ideal atmosphere for the development of isophormic relationships at the organizational level (Derue et al., 2011). These interpersonal relationships between senior management and their subordinates are critical to the achievement of optimal organizational performance. Still, spontaneity and well-being being of individual employees determines individual commitment to the achievement of the organizational objectives. The organizational goals are best achieved when individuals have a collective vision and work collaboratively toward this end. (Validov&Pulaj, 2016). Interpersonal relationships largely determine the performance and effectiveness of teams. Interpersonal relationships are essential in team cohesion and hence performance. Strained interpersonal relationships can lead to group dysfunction and hence ineffectiveness in meeting the desired objectives. Organisational politics play an important role in determining performance effectiveness (Avolio, Walumbwa& Weber, 2009). However, this depends on the individual personal attributes. Individuals who are extroverts will most certainly have a different impact on the organizational performance as compared to those who are introverts. Still, attributes such as openness, mutual respect, and trust can drastically boost workplace interpersonal relationships, team performance and hence organizational effectiveness as it eliminates stress and unnecessary suspicion (Cherry, 2014).
More importantly, individual flexibility is an important factor in determining the effectiveness of highly dynamic organizations. At the group level, individual openness and active participation are critical. More importantly, the emotional expression is important, parti...