MGT311 Organizational Development Week 3 DQs__2 SETS OF ANSWER

How can understanding stages of group development and group properties help employees in a work group function more effectively? As a manager, how would you help employees come to that understanding?

Although the optimal level of conflict can be functional, no conflict or too much conflict can be dysfunctional. What steps would you as a manager take to stimulate some degree of conflict when appropriate and reduce conflict when it is excessive?