T‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍his activity aims to develop and enhance your conceptualising skills, analytical and team building skills. Activity Brief The goal of this activity is for the group to analyse and apply group dynamics and teamwork concepts in a real organization and provide recommendations for change if needed. Your group’s task will be to use concepts you’ve learned throughout the course to identify, analyse, and develop recommendations for a work team or department that is currently existing in the organization selected. Thorough and in-depth analysis should be provided to apply the topics learned throughout the course. Each group will be responsible of choosing a work team that should be in an organization operating in UAE (this may be public or private / profit or non-profit) to analyse their structure and group dynamics. Interviews and/or surveys will be administered for data collection if necessary. The organization can be the company any of the team members are working in or one that you have a good access inside to be able to collect your data. Report Guidelines The below questions should guide you while structuring your report. Try to look for answers to the following questions, using data from your research, interviews, and/or surveys to support each answer: 1)Which team of work or department have you selected? Why did the group select that team? 2)What are the properties of the team selected? You need to describe your team in terms of size, any common norms or values, cohesiveness, ..etc. 3) To what extent do you see there is interdependence among the team members and are team goals present? 4) How is leadership and power shared among the team, referring to leader’s approach and sources of power identified. 5) What is your opinion regarding current power and leadership within team, based on nature of task and team members? Refer to changes later if nee‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍ded 6) Which conflict management strategies are mainly used and your opinion about it? 7) Assess the overall team dynamics and to what extent it is impacting it performance? 8) Provide any recommendations, if applicable, to the team structure, goals, leadership, training,. Etc based on what is more relevant to your findings? Note: The above questions are only guidelines. It is up to your group to see what is relevant to their research, and should then select most relevant questions. You can add to the topics discussed as seen necessary or relevant to the scope of the report. Activity Grading (10 marks) There are two parts of this project A. Written parts (8 marks): this includes the group activity report B. Presentation part (2 marks): short group presentations will be scheduled and each group will present their findings to the class. Presentation grades may be different depending on each learner’s performance. The written report will be graded on five criteria: i. Organization and structure: The paper employs a logical framework and analyses a critical issue. ii. Depth of analysis: The paper demonstrates thorough research. The information is gathered from appropriate sources and is presented in a persuasive manner. iii. Creativity and insight: The material is presented in an original, engaging, and interesting manner. iv. Integration with course readings, lectures, and discussions. v. Style: The paper is professionally written, using appropriate grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Please be aware that plagiarism is a serious violation. Report Format The report should be in 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font. The minimum length for the body of the report (excluding references and cover page) is 5-6 pages and (2500 words). Throughout the report, make sure to link your discussions and analysis to concepts and theories discussed in the ‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍course.