Topic 2: Addressing Demographic Diversity in Real
World Teams
Reflect on course content that highlights the potential for issues
when working with diverse teams.
Locate a resource that identifies at least one
strategy (way of thinking or behaving) that could be used when
working in a diverse team.
Discuss both the challenges and potential
opportunities for growth associated with diverse teams.
(Emerging Team Opportunities and Challenges section: Diversity and
Multicultural Teams)
Lets first define Demographic Diversity: Demography is characteristics which is related to the population. For example age, gender, race, marital status etc. Diversity means how a person is different from another person. Demographic diversity (in teams) hence can be described as how members within the team are alike or different in terms of race, age, gender, socio economic status etc.
Issues when working with Diverse Teams:
Strategy for working in a Diverse Team:
For a Leader to work in team | Strategy for a member while working in a diversified team |
The leader has to be trust worthy, competent, approachable for handling a diverse team.
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Challenges while working with a Diverse team
Potential Opportunities for growth associated with diverse teams:
Conclusion: A diversified team comes with its own challenges but its potential opportunities for growth outnumbers the challenges it has. It depends on the leader/Management how do they deal with the diversity to bring a harmony among the team members to strive to achieve a common goal.
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