GROUP REPORT QUESTIONS

Group Report should be based on ONE (1) given tutorial question tutor from one of below
topic:
Topic 2: Organizational Culture
2) Explain how an institutionalized culture can be a barrier to diversity. Describe
how an organization could utilize the three forces at play in sustaining a culture to
help create a diverse workforce.

4) Discuss the difference between strong and weak organizational cultures and
discuss the effect that a strong culture can have on an acquisition or merger.

Topic 3: Foundations of Group Behavior & Understanding Work Teams
1) List and briefly describe the stages in the five-stage model of group development.

3) Explain the difference between groupthink and group shift. Give an example to
support your answer.

Topic 4: Motivation Concepts
1) Compare and contrast a manager that implements Theory Y and one that
adheres to the expectancy theory. How would each choose to motivate their
employees?

3) According to Two-Factor Theory, how might a manager motivate employees?

Topic 5: Motivation: From Concepts to Applications
2) Compare and contrast the benefits of intrinsic rewards such as recognition and
extrinsic rewards such as pay as forms of motivation.

Intructions for tutors:
1. Each group in one tutorial class should be assigned ONE of the questions above.
2. If you have 5 or 6 groups in one tutorial class, one group will be doing one question,
and each group should not be assigned to the same question.
3. The group that was assigned to the first few topics will have to submit the report
and were to present first. Submission of report and presentation is done according
to the sequence of the TOPIC (topic 1-5).
4. It is really up to the tutors how you want to assign the questions to each group.