IOP3095 - Work Group Dynamics and Diversity

Purpose: To introduce students to individual, group and organisational dynamics by studying aspects such as intra personal behaviour and the evaluation and development of interpersonal styles; interpersonal styles in relationships; developing the interpersonal effectiveness of employees; group relations: psychodynamic approach and the Tavistock model of group dynamics, unconscious behaviour and dynamics in groups, underlying anxieties in relationships between leaders and followers and between subgroups; diversity: the role of employees in diversity and relationship building, diversity initiatives, management of the diversity paradigm, a model for managing diversity.