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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Organisational Demography and Team Composition

BOP705 · Team Building — Week 7 of 16

CourseBOP705
Week7 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Organisational Demography and Team Composition

  1. Demographic faultlines and subgroup cleavages
  2. Surface-level versus deep-level diversity
  3. Cohort effects, tenure distribution, and age heterogeneity
  4. Leveraging cognitive diversity for strategic innovation
  5. Diversity & Workplace Discrimination - Organizational Psychology Lecture 2.1
  6. Workforce Diversity
  7. Week 2 : Lecture 5A : Diversity Management: The Introduction

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Analyse the concept of organisational demography in an organisational context.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the concept of organisational demography in an organisational context.

Study materials

Videos

  • Diversity & Workplace Discrimination - Organizational Psychology Lecture 2.1 · YouTube · Professor Q · 13 min · for registered students
  • Workforce Diversity · YouTube · MBA Planet · 33 min · for registered students
  • Personal Attributes & Workplace Outcomes - Organizational Psychology Lecture 2.2 · YouTube · Professor Q · 9 min · for registered students
  • Managing Diversity in Organizations - Organizational Psychology Lecture 2.3 · YouTube · Professor Q · 8 min · for registered students
  • Managing Diversity in the Workplace · YouTube · Galton College · 23 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 5: Diversity in Organizations · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 125–158 · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 2: Managing Demographic and Cultural Diversity · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 33–83 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 12: Diversity in Organizations · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 341–374 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Teams in Organisations
  • Week 2: Strategic Value and Systems of Team Working
  • Week 3: Theories of Team and Group Development
  • Week 4: Anatomy of High-Performance Teams
  • Week 5: Structured Management Team Development Frameworks
  • Week 6: Dysfunctions and Barriers in Team Building
  • Week 7: Organisational Demography and Team Composition
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Values, Attitudes, and Normative Team Dynamics
  • Week 10: Conflict Dynamics and Interventions
  • Week 11: Trust and Relational Architecture in Team Management
  • Week 12: Applying Team Building in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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