Diversity & Inclusion Flashcards
What are some types of teams?
Office Teams
Project Teams
Accounts Teams
Design Teams
What is the Tuckman Theory?
Focuses on how a team approaches a task.
Forming - assembling a team, planning and collating information
Storming - Address task by suggesting ideas, strong facilitative leadership crucial.
Norming - Agreeing rules and values of operation.
Performing - Identified by high levels of independence, motivation, knowledge and competence. Decision making is collaborative.
Adjourning/Transforming - End of the project and breakup of the team.
What is workplace diversity?
Diversity in the workplace relates to the acceptance and inclusion of all employees of all backgrounds.
Ensuring diversity in the workplace, is an important asset of an organisation as it acknowledges the individual strength of each employee and the potential they bring.
What are some advantages of a diverse team?
Increased productivity - diversity of talent will result in a broad range of skills amongst the team and result in increased productivity.
Increased creativity - differing skill sets and perspectives within the team will increase the chance of generating solutions to workplace problems.
Improved cultural awareness - A diverse range of cultures within the workplace allows companies to operate more effectively within a global market place.
A positive reputation - Companies that have a diverse workplace are often perceived as better employers. Potential employees want an employer who accepts and is tolerant of all backgrounds and who treats their employees fairly.
What are inclusive environments?
A culturally inclusive environment requires mutual respect, effective relationships, clear communication, understanding of expectations and critical self-reflection.
Within an inclusive environment, people of all cultural orientations can freely express who they are, their own opinions and points of view.
Why are inclusive environments important?
Research indicates diverse and inclusive teams outperform their peers. Companies with inclusive practices in hiring, promotion, development, leadership and team management generate up to 30 percent higher revenue per employee and greater profitability than their competition.
What legislation or regulations relate to inclusive environments?
Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998.
What does diversity and inclusion within the workplace mean?
Inclusion means creating an environment where all company employees feel like they belong in the organisation.
This results in all employees being comfortable to voice their opinions and that no one person is excluded on the basis of their identity.
What is meant by the term unconscious bias?
This refers to the associations and assumption that a person may have about someone solely because of their race, gender or disability.
These judgements are made without conscious awareness.
These automatic assumptions and stereotypes are a major contributor to a lack of workplace diversity.
