Leadership Report: In-groups and Out-groups
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You have been invited by the human resources manager of a medium-sized company to prepare a "report" on "In-Groups and Out-Groups." The report will be distributed to departmental VPs and directors.
In the report you should:
Introduce the concepts of In and Out groups.
Describe a situation where you (or someone you know) was a member of the "In group" and another situation where you (or someone you know) were a member of the "Out group." This should be an example from your own business experience.
Analyze and explain the major differences between the two situations.
Explain how having an in-group and an out-group affected the groups and the organization.
To what extent was membership in either the in-group or the out-group based on task related performance factors? What non-task related factors entered into the decision?
Describe the implications for leadership and a leader's relationship with followers.
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Based on the case scenario, this solution provides assistance in preparing a leadership "report" on various aspects of "In-Groups and Out-Groups" e.g. definition, business examples of in and out group business experiences, how the in-group and out-groups impact the organization, etc. Approximately 1200 words.
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For your report, you can use the following questions as a tentative outline. Let's look at each question, which you can draw on for your final report. However, you will need to use examples of your own personal work experiences or someone you know as the assignment asks.
1. Introduce the concepts of 'in/out groups'.
"In/out groups" is a psychological phenomenon whereby separating one group of people from another results in some kind of negative feelings between those two groups. In a mild form these negative feelings might be expressed in terms of distrust, or a feeling that the other group aren't working as hard as you are. Extreme examples of the in/out group effect are racism and prejudice. In the workplace, for example, the in/out group effect is often seen as 'team islands'. These are teams that within themselves work well, but difficulties arise in the relationship between the two teams. In/out groups interfere with the project because they can inhibit cooperation between project members and teams/organization who support the project. http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/soft-skills/project-management-training-part13.html
2. Describe a situation where you (or someone you know) were a member of the "In group" and another situation where you (or someone you know) were a member of the "Out group." This should be an example from your own business experience.
This question is straightforward, as it is asking you to use examples from your work experience. Can you think of a time when you felt that you were part of either an in-group or out-group?
For example, "in/out groups" arise from things that separate one group of people from another, such as boundaries and markers. Boundaries are things in the environment that separate groups, such as geographical location, separate offices, walls of cupboards dividing a room into two, or opposite sites of a meeting table. On the other hand, markers are things on or associated with the individuals that distinguish them, such as clothing ...
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