How Did The Nature Of Diversity Affect Committee's Activities?

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QUESTION 1………………………………………………………………………2
1Group Behavior…………………………………………………………………..2
1.1Group Roles…………………………………………………………………….2
QUESTION 2……………………………………………………………………….2
Diversity……………………………………………………………………………..2.
2.1 How did the nature of diversity affect committee’s actions……………….3
2.2 How should diversity be accommodated……………………………………3
QUESTION 3……………………………………………………………………….3
3 if you were in Jose’s position, what would you have done differently………3
3.1 What would you do now……………………………………………………….4
References………………………………………………………………………….5

1 Group behavior is the scientific study of groups and also the actions, processes and changes that arise in social groups
Billy bob “Tex” Johnson role is opinion giver as he states what he believes, in this case he beliefs the old coffins are good enough (Benne & Sheats, 1948).

Furuary Masahiko, Hamado Isao, Thomas Boone, Richard moret, Hector Bonilla and Mauricio Gomes are social loafers as they are decreasing individuals productivity on the task where contributions are pooled, in this case they just nodding their heads and contributing less (Kassin, Fein & Markus, 2014). They are also known as free riding as they are contributing less to collective work (Forsyth, 2014)

2 Diversity in itself it’s a simple notion to understand, it refers to acknowledging, understanding, accepting, celebrating and valuing our variances or difference among people with respect to class, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, spiritual practices, physical and mental ability (Gwele,
Diversity can enhance a committee’s performance, if the group has good communication that allows the members to integrate their diverse perspectives. Diversity can be accommodated by allowing brainstorming task to take place in the committee (Galanes & Adams, 2013). Brainstorming is a method that allows individuals to have freedom to express their ideas without fear and embarrassment from others (Barker, Wahlers & Watson, 1995). Brainstorming allows the group to generate more ideas and become creative. To accommodate diversity the committee could use the nominal group technique (NGT) which is a group method whereby individuals work alone to generate ideas (Forsyth, 2006).

3 If you were in Jose’s position, what would you have done differently?
Often a chairperson reserves the right to make a decision regardless of what the members suggest the final decision is made by the chairperson. In this case one would tell the group that they need to make new coffins as it was requested by the presidents. Also distribute roles among them and will not let them overcome