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2 Januari 2024

Bridging the Diversity Gap

 

Question:

Identify potential benefits to companies that develop diversity in the workplace.

  • Improved employee retention, low turnover, and improved performance
  • Make use of employees' creativity and tap into a broad range of talents
  • Increased ability on the part of employees to deal with conflict productively
  • Improved company image

Question
:

Identify statements about diversity in the workplace.

  • To foster workplace diversity, companies should create a culture that values everyone's contributions, not just the contributions of a few people or groups
  • Workplace diversity can provide business advantages over peers who don't foster diversity
  • Workplace diversity is about encouraging and helping people from different backgrounds to work together effectively

Question
:

In what ways can stereotypes and prejudice negatively affect employees at work?

  • Fault lines divide groups of people
  • Lack of skills hinder an employee's progress
  • Difficult to balance career and family life
  • Lack of access to resources

Question
:

Companies sometimes find that resistance to diversity remains, even after some barriers are worked through.

Why might some organizations encounter resistance to developing diversity?

  • Some employees feel that there's no need to change because their companies are successful just the way they are
  • Some employees have a difficult time understanding the financial benefits of diversity

Question
:

Match the characteristics of workplace diversity with the corresponding approaches.

  • Don't rock the boat - Encourage employees to suppress their differences
  • Help us achieve our goals - Encourage employees to understand, accept, and value differences
  • Welcome aboard - Include employees from a variety of cultures, backgrounds, races, and genders
  • Fit in - Assure employees that differences are meaningless

Question
:

As part of its diversity initiative, your company hires people from different cultures, who tend to have different expectations.

How could this hinder diversity?

  • Cultural expectations can make it difficult for group members to communicate effectively and understand each other
  • When expectations among group members differ, it can have a negative impact on the group's cohesion


Question
:

What are some reasons why an organization may encounter resistance to developing diversity?

  • Some employees may not understand how diversity can offer measurable financial gain
  • Some employees may believe their company's culture should stay the same, even if the current structure might not be working

Question
:

Which statements describe diversity in the workplace?

  • Workplace diversity can provide business advantages
  • A huge part of workplace diversity is avoiding monoculture and welcoming the different perspectives diversity provides
  • Workplace diversity includes invisible attributes such as your generation, sexual orientation, and marital status
Question
:

Your company is made up of many people from different cultures, who tend to have different expectations.

How could this hinder diversity?

  • It can lead to different expectations about management styles, work rules, and appropriate behavior, making it hard for group members to understand each other
  • Different expectations among group members can have a negative impact on the group's cohesion

Question
:

Which are potential benefits for companies that develop diversity in the workplace?

  • Companies can improve their image and be viewed as desirable places to work
  •  broader range of talents means fresh perspectives that can help a company succeed
  • They enjoy higher retention rates since employees are more appreciative of individual differences and similarities
  • Employees may be able to handle conflict better than those in groups where diversity isn't evident

Question
:

What are some of the ways prejudice and stereotypes can cause barriers for employees?

  • Fault lines that split people into groups
  • Lack of access to resources
  • Lack of skills
  • Difficult to balance career and family life

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