The Manager Conducts Team Building Activities - 1694 Words

The manager conducts team building activities from time to time. One of these activities includes Stereotype Party, meant to reduce or eliminate Stereotypes and related issues such as Labeling. This activity can be done by a small, medium or a large group. In this activity, the participants are given name tags where they are asked to write personality types and after doing that are asked to put them on the back of their colleagues where they will be able to see every ones tag except theirs. Nobody knows the tag on their back, but is able to see the others tag. The manager then asked each participant to figure out the type of personality on their back and this he does by asking the questions about other participants, such as â€Å"Am I a man?†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦show more content†¦In this regard, the manager had instituted a companywide team building initiative that is aimed at changing the employees mind set about diversity; address intersections of diversity, influence on culture, ge nder as well as age differences and attitudes and performance as well as overall team dynamics, reduce tension and help employees work together and enhance collaboration, understanding as well as innovation and trust among the employees. The manager had clear goals expected outcome as well as implementation process. According to King et al., (2010), naturally, the effectiveness of such training is closely linked to the goals, outcomes and implementation. There instances where the manager fails to effectively communicate to the employees. Blunt is an Australian manager and as afore mentioned, the company has over one hundred employees from different backgrounds. The company has more than 20 employees from South East Asia and out of them eight are Chinese. As much as the manager expects these employees top perform, the employees themselves feel subjected to the manager and look at him as some sort of God. The Chinese background is collective where a person is seen as having no rights except those which society allows them to enjoy (Biddle, 2012). The manager is ineffective in communicating to this section of the work force as they have trouble reconciling their traditional roles and their new found duties. Communication is a very critical