Workshop 2 - Diversity in Teams
17 important questions on Workshop 2 - Diversity in Teams
What are the 2 types of level-based diversity?
2. Deep-level diversity --> invisible diversity (attributes that are not readily seen, e.g. educational background, work experience, etc.)
What are the two typologies of diversity?
2. Functional diversity (less easily discernable, more job-related, e.g. personality, educational background, etc.)
What are the two ways in which you can discern between diversity?
2. At a typology basis
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Why is diversity important to an organisation?
2. Leads to better utilisation of talent (get talent from all over the world)
3. More creativity, innovation and problem solving
What is the war for talent?
How do you measure the diversity within a team?
What is vertical collectivism (V-C)?
What is horizontal Individualism (H-I)?
What is the difference between tight and loose cultures?
What are the 2 perspectives on diversity?
2. Information/decision-making perspective (make use of rich information that stems from diversity, diversity is GOOD for performance, elaboration is key)
What 3 factors make a category salient?
2. Cognitive accessibility (perceiver's readiness to use categorisation)
3. Comparative fit (extent to which categorisation provides good reflection of similarities/differences between people)
When does social categorisation lead to intergroup bias?
What is vertical individualism (V-I)?
What is intergroup bias?
Why is diversity good, according to the information/decision-making perspective?
2. Different perspectives & networks
3. Better problem-solving, decision quality, creativity, idea generation and innovation.
When will diversity bring about information elaboration?
1. task complexity/interdependence
2. Individual motivation
3. Individual ability
4. Diversity mindset
What are the 3 consequences of faultlines?
2. Competition, distrust and conflict between sub-groups
3. Less communication, information exchange and collaboration between sub-groups
bottom line: they cause increase in intergroup biases, and reduce information elaboration
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