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b.       Limitations on the research

During the research, I emailed a number of the organizations but none was able to respond. Therefore, a majority of the research that I carried out was from the internet.

Budget

This is a sample of the spreadsheet utilized at Boston College to track expenses. There is more than one affinity group at the college which have different budgets hence making it difficult to outline a specific budget using the outline. The annual report is often used to determine the annual budget for the group. Therefore, failure to submit an annual report makes it impossible to arrive at an appropriate allocation for the group. When it is not possible to allocate the appropriate budget, the group is often required to request for funding and other resources for events on a case by case basis.

Scope

The end result for this project would be better management of NEU’s affinity groups. To achieve the end results, there are several phases which will be undertaken. They include:

·       An analysis of the existing way of managing NEU’s affinity groups. This will help in identifying any shortcomings and areas that need improvement.

·       This will be followed by identifying other organizations which have affinity groups and have shown a level of success in their management. An example of this organization is Boston College.

·       An analysis of how this organization manages their affinity groups will be carried out to determine the reasons for their success.

·       The identified areas will then be incorporated into the management of the affinity groups at NEU which will help to improve the way that they are being managed.

Monitoring and Evaluation

To enable monitoring of project of the progress, there will be reporting which is required at very stage. It would then be evaluated against the proposal of the project.

The indicator for the objectives would be identification of the successful management practices being implemented by other organizations. An indicator for the results would be implementation of these practices in NEU’s affinity groups which would subsequently lead to better management of the groups.

Recommendations: add two recommendations about how to manage NEU’S affinity group. Totally 500 words.

1. Boston College has done a commendable job in managing their affinity groups. Their approach on annual reporting is helping the college to keep track of the activities of this group while providing the much needed finances to plan their events. The annual report is also used to determine the appropriate budget to be allocated to the different affinity groups. This enables accountability and better utilization of the finances which have been allocated to them.

This is the approach which should be taken by Northeastern University. The budget should be set depending on the activities of the group and not a standard one. This way, the affinity groups will be encouraged to involve themselves more in activities so that they may be allocated a greater budget. This approach also enables accountability for the financial resources which have been allocated to the affinity groups.

2. Each of the members at the affinity groups should have specific roles. This is very important since it helps in making the members committed. When members have specific roles, it will make things easier for the groups since each of the members has something to bring to the group. That will also help in ensuring that none of the members will take advantage of the others. The members are different from each other in one way or another and that contributes in showing that they all seem to have different abilities and strengths. Therefore, each of the members should be assigned to the tasks that they can perfectly handle. Assigning specific roles to the group members will also help in ensuring that each of the team members will feel some sort of responsibility towards that group. That is because having a role in the group means that the group has certain expectations from each of the members. Cohesiveness will also be achieved in a situation where the specific roles are assigned. That is because people are seen to be more cohesive in their performance in a situation where each of the members recognizes what is expected of them. As a result, all the group members will cooperate in achieving the group objectives. In a situation n where one gets to work on a task that they are familiar with, it will result to a better performance of the group since the group members will have the opportunity to share their information and also have a better engagement between themselves. Assigning specific roles will also help the affinity groups manage to come up with solutions that are constructive for the problems that they might experience along the way. Assigning specific roles to the team members will be of great help in ensuring that the objectives for every affinity group are achieved. Since the entire group members will be working towards achieving their specific goals, which will then translate to the overall achievement of the goals that the affinity groups have set.

3. Northeastern University is an institution that incorporates different people. The infinity groups, should, therefore put more focus on creating diversity awareness in the institution. The groups should have various programs that aim at increasing the awareness of diversity in the institution. The programs should be well planned to ensure that they are effective and successful as well. Increasing awareness regarding diversity is important for a number of reasons. One of the reasons is that it will help in identifying the different cultures and the differences that people in the institution have. That will help in ensuring that people will get to understand the importance of respecting the differences in their cultures, ideologies, perspective towards life, and ethnicity among many other factors. Increased awareness diversity will also be important since it will be of great help in ensuring that people in the institution can use their differences to help each other and also help each other see things from various perspectives. When people in the school understand how significant diversity is, they will be motivated to be part of the affinity groups and that will help in increasing membership in the affinity groups. This recommendation is important since it will help in ensuring that the students, staff, parents, and faculty can all come together and work together with the aim of creating a diverse institution. Diversity in the institution will also help in creating a perfect environment for everyone thus ensuring that no one will feel left out in any way. There are various ways through which the affinity groups can end up increasing diversity awareness in the institution. One of them is through frequent communication. The affinity groups should always be vocal regarding awareness and its importance. They should urge the members to learn regarding the various backgrounds for them to have a better understanding of other people. Increased awareness regarding diversity will make the affinity groups more significant since they will ensure that the different groups will get to understand and also value what is offered by the other cultures. It will also act as a form of encouragement to the people for them to make some sort of contribution to their diverse groups. Coming up with programs aimed at increasing diversity awareness will also help in acknowledging the fact that the different contributions and perceptions that result from the different cultures are all valid and thus they should all be respected. As a result, the affinity groups will have an easy time achieving their objectives since they will be working towards a noble cause.

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