UNIT 12

UNIT 12. Discrimination Equity Importance of diversity Role of innovation and innovative work behaviour.

Week 12 – Session 2. 2.

Integrative Model of OB. The graphic is the integrative model of organizational behavior..

What is Diversity?. Diversity: is the multitude of individual differences and similarities that exist among people. For example, a diverse organization would have male and female employees, with varied nationalities, religion, experience, family size, and personalities..

Role Play Activity – 40 minutes. Teams will showcase the Role Play developed in the previous session..

The Four Layers of Diversity. There are four layers of Diversity. Personality is at the center of the diversity wheel because it represents a stable set of characteristics responsible for a person’s identity. Internal characteristics like race, gender, physical ability, and age are at Surface-level because they are unchangeable and clearly visible. The third layer is of external influencers that alters your perceptions, behaviour and attitudes. It includes your educational background, experience, parental/marital status, income, habits, and appearance. The outer-most layer includes organizational dimensions like seniority, work location, job title, department, management status and work content. Layer 3 and 4 are considered as Deep Layer. These characteristics are under your control and with time you can alter your attitudes, opinions and values..

Addressing (Managing) Discrimination *. Affirmative Action: An action taken by any organization to minimise the discrimination and to improve diversity. Companies can take following affirmative actions to address discrimination: Focuses on changing organizational culture and structure. Enable people to perform to potential. Relies on competencies (education, enforcement, and exposure). Improve recruitment practices and hire people on merit (education, experience). Train managers to be fair. Set policies against discrimination, harassment, and bullying. Provide training to employees for career advancement. Set disciplinary policies and educate employees to raise their concerns against discrimination..

Building the Business Case for Managing Diversity*.

Barriers and Challenges to Managing Diversity*. Inaccurate stereotypes and prejudice. Ethnocentrism. Poor career planning. Negative diversity climate. Unsupportive and hostile environment. Lack of political savvy of diverse employees..

Figure 15.6 Approaches toward Innovation. Access the text alternate for slide image..

Improvement Versus Transformational Innovation. Improvement. Target existing products, services, or processes..

Figure 15.7 Components of an Innovation System. See Notes on this slide for more details.

Project work. 13. Discuss the project presentation and oral defense. Review the entire project requirement and submission..