Assignment Objectives
Analyze personal, professional, and organizational issues as they relate to diversity.
Apply principles, concepts, and techniques from the course to case studies and exercises.
Assess his/her capacity to manage problems, groupthink, conformity, and conflict.
Discuss team building and various approaches towards building high-performing teams.
Examine the various stages of team development and how to build trust among a team.
Recognize various approaches to dealing with conflict.
Deliverable Length: 6–8 slides (excluding title and reference slides) and speaker notes of 200–250 words per slide
Assignment Details
Assignment Description
A key component of an effective workplace is the ability of the groups to successfully collaborate. Choose a workgroup within your organization. Using a model of organizational improvement, plan a development project for this group. Include responses to the following in your presentation:
- Describe the group, its purpose (work function), how this group fits into the overall organization, its reporting relationships, and its key stakeholders.
- How will you gather data (interviews, questionnaires, or group discussions) from the group and any key stakeholders?
- Describe the type of data that you will need to design your development plan.
- How will you diagnose the level of functioning for the group?
- Give a few examples of developmental activities that you would use for various levels of functioning that are based on your diagnosis.
- How would you communicate the progress of the group to both group members and key stakeholders?


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