Part 1:

Assignment Description

A key component of an effective workplace is the ability of the groups to successfully collaborate. Choose a work group 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?

You must include a minimum of 4 scholarly references.

Please submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Assignment Objectives

Apply principles, concepts, and techniques from the course to case studies and exercises.

Analyze personal, professional, and organizational issues as they relate to diversity.

Examine the various stages of team development and how to build trust among a team.

Discuss team building and various approaches towards building high performing teams.

Recognize various approaches to dealing with conflict.

Assess his/her capacity to manage problems, group think, conformity, and conflict.

Part 2:

Assignment Details

As teams progress, they pass through stages of development. You understand that being prepared with tools and techniques at each stage is important. There is a team forming that will take on a production line. You want to be ready to provide training and development resources for this team as soon as they start working together.

You research various team-development models and pick one model that you will use to determine team-building activities before the team members start working together.

Develop a plan that addresses the following:

What will you do to prepare the team for working together before they start?

Discuss the training and development activities that you will use to build trust and productivity in the group once they start working together.

How will you measure whether trust exists within the team?

How will you measure the effectiveness of this new team in each of the early stages of 3, 6, and 9 months of them working together?

You must include a minimum of 2 scholarly references.

Please submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Assignment Objectives

Examine the various stages of team development and how to build trust among a team.

Discuss team building and various approaches towards building high performing teams.

Recognize various approaches to dealing with conflic