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21 Cards in this Set
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Why is Team Diversity important |
Societal Demographic Changes, Globalization |
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What is the definition of Team Diversity?
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Member's differences in demographics, physcological attributes and social attributes. |
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What factors can be used for Team Diversity? |
Gender, Age, Nationality, Educational Level, Functional Background, Personality, values, attitudes, status, pay |
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What are the benefits of Team Diversity? |
A variety of information is available for the team, and if utilized, can improve decision making quality and enhance creativity. It may prevent groupthinking |
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What are the liabilities of diverse teams? (related to separation) |
Individuals tend to identify themselves with others with similar attributes but distinguish from those with dissimilar attributes, thus creating bias, tension and dislike in a team and harming team cohesion and performance |
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What are the liabilities of diverse teams? (related to disparity) |
High disparity relates to incite (=stimulate) competition, differentiation, and deviance. Foster conformity, silence and withdrawal. Supress Creativity |
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What could high disparity be useful for? |
Facilitate coorditination in certain situations (crisis) |
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What should organizations do with Team Diversity?
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Organizations should create organizational cultures, HRM policies, and practice in promoting and valuing diversity. |
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What approaches can an organization take to promote team diversity? |
Staffing, Training, Mobility, Appraisal & Rewards, Encourage whistle blowing. |
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What Staffing approach is necessary to promote team diversity? |
Express concerns for equal employment opportunities
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What Training approach is necessary to promote team diversity? |
Coaching & Mentoring underrepresented groups |
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What Mobility approach is necessary to promote team diversity? |
Implement Quota for promotion decisions
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What Apprasial & Reward approach is necessary to promote team diversity? |
Equal Pay |
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What should teams to do to allow a good functioning of team diversity |
Create Physcological Safety
Be Inclusive Devils Advocate Team Building |
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How can physcological safety be created within teams? |
Create trusting atmospheres |
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How can teams be inclusive? |
Hear everyones ideas |
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How can teams implement the devils advocate? |
Allow dissents |
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How can individuals be open for team diversity?
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Be aware: Individuals are different. Be understanding: Listening and taking perspectives Be constructive when dealing with disagreement and conflict |
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Definition of seperation |
Difference in a team based on Position or opinion |
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Definition of variety |
Difference in a team based on kind or category primarily of information, knowledge or experience |
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Definition of disparity |
Difference in a team based on Resources (pay), status or reputation. |
