Conflict in organization

Conflict in the organization.
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Question 1.
On the basis of your knowledge of group dynamics, explain why the packaging division is less productive than other Treetop divisions (10MKS).
Leadership is a key input tool towards the prosperity of any department in an organization which translates to the overall prosperity of an organization (Lee, 2013). Treetop as an organization has six departments of which five departments are excelling in their activities expect for the packaging department. The main reason as to why the packaging department is failing in its operations is poor group dynamics culture.
All other departments in Treetop have supervisors on site. However, the packaging department lacks a supervisor on site since they are led by a planer supervisor for the morning shift and sawmill super visor over the afternoon shift. These are supervisors in other departments meaning they cannot be available all the time to the packaging department since they have a responsibility in their respective departments ((Lee, 2013).The command chain is undoubtedly compromised in this department. Conflicts are bound to happen in this department since the chain of command here is not elaborate. In fact there is a great possibility that these supervisors from other departments who have the responsibility to supervise the packaging department lack the skills, experience and training required to be a supervisor in the department.
The intra-dynamic relationship in this department is poor. As a leader, a supervisor must be in apposition to influence, communicate, interrelate and guide his or her juniors. However, with seasonal supervisors these responsibilities cannot be executed as required. As a matter of fact, employees in the packing department are operating under their own rules since the supervisors appear technically to represent top management. In group dynamics, everyone is important in a department. In this department, t...