workplace diversity by derek hendrikz
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Workplace diversity dynamics with Derek Hendrikz covers concepts, management, benefits, identity, power, reference systems, relatedness, discrimination, culture, isms, paradigm and world views.TRANSCRIPT
Copyright © 2014
Derek Hendrikz Consulting
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Diversity – The Concept
Human Diversity is a term that refers to variety and difference between people.
These differences could include race, gender, age, intelligence, skills,
qualifications, physical ability, religion, sexual orientation, general thinking,
values, beliefs and any other dimension of human variation.
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Diversity Management
Diversity management is the art of moving people who are different towards common
organisational objectives.
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Benefits of a Diverse Workforce:
It stimulates creativity. It induces growth and transformation. It keeps the organization relevant. It brings fresh views and different
perspectives into the organization. It keeps us in touch with our customers.
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The core concepts of diversity:
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Identity refers to the boundaries that define and
differentiate subsystems from one another.
This experience explores all manifesting identities such as
race, gender, age, physical features, etc.
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Reference Systems entail the beliefs, attitudes and values according to which a person views the world and
evaluates behaviour ideas and feelings.
This experience explores the ways in which our reference systems are
influenced by our worldviews, culture, race as well as individual and
collective identity.www.derekhendrikz.com
Reference Systems (cont)
• Reference systems determine our focus
& become the filter through which all
new information and experiences are
filtered and interpreted.
• It becomes the lenses through which we
view and make sense out of the world.www.derekhendrikz.com
Collective paradigm or…Culture
Culture is a relatively organised system of shared -meanings, -beliefs, -customs, -
attitudes, and social behaviour that identifies a group.
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Relatedness refers to the way that people relate to both
sameness and difference in other people.
This dimension is directly influenced by the elements of
identity, reference systems and power.
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Power refers to the elements of empowerment, disempowerment,
over-powerment and powerlessness.
Discrimination and its various forms such as racism, sexism, homophobia, ethnocentrism, chauvinism, ageism
are all directly related to power.
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Understanding Diversity
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In which ways are we the same????
AND…
How do we differ??? www.derekhendrikz.com
How do we….
Find our power within????
AND…
Work with the difference between???www.derekhendrikz.com
CAN…..
DIFFERENCE
Become an illusion…..?
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