MGT200 Organisational Behaviour: Group Project Work Plan Template

This document is a group work plan template for MGT200 Organisational Behaviour, focusing on a project related to diversity training in the workplace. The plan outlines various sections including group member roles, assignment requirements, key milestones, action steps, communication strategies, accountability processes, decision-making processes, and conflict management processes. It emphasizes the importance of diversity training, its historical context, and its impact on team cohesiveness and employee awareness. The template also addresses the challenges and benefits of diversity programs, highlighting the need for engagement, accountability, and flexibility in curriculum design. It also stresses the importance of social media for awareness and communication. The document concludes with a section for group member signatures, indicating their agreement to follow the work plan, and this resource is available on Desklib, which provides a platform for students to access past papers and solved assignments.

MGT200: Organisational Behaviour
Assessment 2
Group Work Plan TEMPLATE
Instructions: This is a template to plan the work for the group assignment. Complete all
sections. Each section has some suggestions for items to consider. You can add items and
sections, but do not delete any sections.
All group members should sign on the last page indicating their agreement to follow this work
plan.
A draft of this work plan is due in tutorials during Week 5. The final and signed copy should be
included in the group portfolio.
Group Members and Roles
Group Member Name Action Tasks, Roles, Responsibilities
Rajbir Singh Sangha Research , referencing, analysing and presentation
Assignment Topic
What topic was our group assigned? The tutor will provide the topic.
The topic provided is the advantages of diversity training and why it is required in workforce. In the following
discussion, the main fundamental aspects of the importance of diversity training will be discussed and the reason
why they are so important in everyday work environment and the daily lives of people.
Assignment Requirements and Scope
What are the requirements for the assignment? What must be included? Is there anything that should not be done
or should be left out? See subject learning guide.
The requirements for these assignments are the steps required by large organizations to include diversity
training. Companies even go to the length of spending millions of dollars on diversity programs and therefore
have increased bias among individual employees and produced meaningful diversity and inclusions. However
due to focus on bias reductions, many workplace diversity programs have shown increase in hostilities within the
employees. It is also found out that many of the diversity training are intended towards toward the managers or
the higher ups. This is because the previous researches show that the benefits of recruiting in diverse groups in
terms of race and gender for training and recruiting from all the levels of the organization
Milestones
What are the key stages and steps that are needed to complete the assignment? What are the expectations for
when we will get work done?
To form a sense of awareness about diversity issues amongst the employees to bring in cohesiveness in teams.
The human resource managers and the departments handle many scenarios that are in related to diversity

therefore many companies started to include diversity training in the 1960s which was as a response to civil
rights movement. It was a major step for the foundation of the black and white race equality in professional
fields like in sports or at the workplace. Moreover other than the factor of skin colour, diversity training also
includes gender, race religion, caste and even disabilities. It can also be stated that people may show the aspects
on diversity on the basis or personality, whether the person is an introvert or an extrovert. Even personal traits
like attitude, values, willpower can be included in the diversity management. When implementing these factors,
a company considers each and every of the following aspects while creating project teams. If in a team, all the
members do take the respective approaches towards work and be on the same page then it could be an
imbalanced team and the team will be successful. The management uses the method of awareness based training
to make the employees aware about the need and importance of a diversified workplace also they make an
employee aware about the prejudice and cultural assumptions about the rest of the employees. These trainings
may be conducted as slideshows, lectures or e-learning courses. However nowadays, some companies have
implemented the method of interactive games and role plays as a medium of spreading awareness.
Action Steps
These are related to milestones. What do we need to do to make sure that milestones are reached? Who is
responsible for each action step?
Due to focus on bias reductions, many workplace diversity programs have shown increase in hostilities within
the employees. It is also found out that many of the diversity training are intended towards toward the managers
or the higher ups. This is because the previous researches show that the benefits of recruiting in diverse groups in
terms of race and gender for training and recruiting from all the levels of the organization. The lack of diversity
and inclusion in a workplace can happen because of personal decisions of the management. It is known that the
most successful workplaces with the presence of diversified programs are the ones which have high amount of
engagement and accountability, like diversified manager and monitoring programs and even the involvement of
the task force. There is also no fixed size for curriculum of the work environment diversities. Each and every
company has different needs therefore facilitators are very flexible in their content and structure.

Communication and Work Strategies
How will our group communicate (e.g., email, Skype, meetings on campus)? When and how will our group meet
(e.g., tutorials, chat rooms, meetings, etc.)? What will work for everyone in the group?
Social media is an important aspect of everyday life and thought the means of social media, it would be easier to
convey messages and educational information which is related to diversity training. Social media is not only
important in conveying messages but also in the process of awareness because it can spread the information is a
matter of minutes.
Accountability Processes
We have allocated tasks and established deadlines and expectations. How will we ensure that group members
stay accountable? What are the consequences for not delivering tasks on time?
To make the group members accountable, target should be set and they should be trained on how to work
efficiently and effectively. Team based work should be conducted so that it would be easier for the organization
to achieve its goal. For not delivering the tasks on time firs the employees should be educated and trained
properly so that they do not miss any further deadline, but if it becomes a habit then penalty should be
implemented.
Decision-making Processes
How will our group make decisions (e.g., consensus, majority rule, etc.)? Which decisions will involve all group
members and which can be made by a single person?
Group decision-making takes the advantage of the diverse strengths and expertise of the members present. By
tapping the unique qualities of the various group members, it is possible that the group can generate a greater
number of alternatives that are of higher than the particular individual. If a greater number of higher quality
alternatives are generated, then it is likely that the group will eventually reach a superior problem solution than
the individual.
Conflict Management Processes
How will we manage conflicts and disagreements in our group?
Understanding and appreciating the various ideas which are involved in conflict are key reasons in its resolution.
These are the main skills for all team members to initiate. The objective is to maintain a healthy balance of
constructive difference of ideas and avoid negative conflict which is destructive. The balance requires well-
developed skills to the team, specially the ability to resolve conflict when it does happens, and the ability to
refrain it healthy and avoid conflict in the day-to-day course of team working.
Group Member Signatures
All group members should print and sign their names below to indicate their agreement to follow the above
group work plan.
Print Name Signature Date
Member 1
Rajbir Singh Sangha

Member 2
Member 3
Member 4