Team Assignment 10
Organizational Behaviour (OB I)
TEAM MEMBERS:
(1) Akshay Unnikrishnan (CB.BU.P2MBA20013)
(2) Prince V (CB.BU.P2MBA20097)
(3) Sasidhar R.A (CB.BU.P2MBA20115)
(4) Sreedevi K U (CB.BU.P2MBA20130)
(5) Vrinda Unni Pisharody (CB.BU.P2MBA20151)
(6) Guru Prasath (CB.BU.P2MBA20065)
ANSWERS:
(1) DIVERSITY:
It means understanding each individual is unique, and
recognizing our individual differences. Diversity can be against race,
ethnicity, gender, sexual, orientation.
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS:
The past workforce gave a way for gender-balance. As an
effect of this there was a growth of 17.2% of women presence in work forces.
Now a days they have an advanced education, and earn wages, as a result
the pay gap decreased.
LEVELS OF DIVERSITY:
Among two levels of diversity, one is surface level diversity
and other one is deep level diversity. surface level diversity is based on age,
race, ethnicity, religion, disability status, because not based on thoughts and
feelings. And deep level diversity is giving more importance to personality
and values. Increased diversity also means increasing discriminatory
practices.
Example: companies giving advertisement with only for male candidates
can apply. L’Oréal sponsors disability awareness workshops in India to
decrease these diversities against disabled.
(2) DISCRIMINATION:
Discrimination, the intended or accomplished differential
treatment of persons or social groups for reasons of certain generalized
traits. While intentional discrimination occurs at the level of individuals,
institutional discrimination denotes explicit policies of social institutions that
exclude, impede, or otherwise harm certain groups. Employment
discrimination happens when an employee or job candidate is treated
unfavorably because of age, disability, genetic information, national origin,
pregnancy, race or skin color, religion, or sex.
when we talk about discrimination, that mean we are
allowing our behavior to be influenced by stereotypes about groups of
people. Stereotype is judging someone. Stereotypes are assumptions made
about a group of people and are applied to individuals, irrespective of their
personal characteristics, because of their affiliation with a certain group.
Stereotypes can be positive, negative or neutral. While both positive and
negative stereotypes can be harmful, they can occasionally serve as a
learning experience, as we’ll find out at the end of the lesson.
STEREOTYPE THREAT:
Stereotype threat refers to the risk of confirming negative
stereotypes about an individual’s racial, ethnic, gender, or cultural group.
There are both positive stereotype and negative stereotype, however
negative stereotype has more influence than the first. First, the stereotypical
ideas you have about yourself. For example, when you are asked to tell
about yourself to a stranger you may tend to tell about your outfit, race and
color which may come under stereotype. Second, the stereotype threat that
people encounter about their work. For example, when you are a white-collar
employer, you are considered to be more intellectual than the one who
performs physical jobs. Third, people may over compensate their work due
to the stereotype threat they feel. For example, Woman tries to do all their
works including the physical works since they are considered to be weaker.
Stereotype threats may be overcome by considering people as an individual
rather than the group to which they belong.
Discrimination in the workplace:
It is often very harmful for employees. The different types
in Forms of discrimination are Discriminatory policies or practices- it is
defined as the action taken by the person in organizations who deny equal
opportunities to the employees. Example: Treating someone unfairly due to
the characteristics such as gender, disability, age, race, color, nationality or
religious belief.
Sexual harassment – A person when sexually harasses their co-worker.
Example: A Male Employee passing sexual comments about his women co-
employee.
Intimidation- it is the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being
intimidated. Example: A person intimidating another person’s deficiency.
Mockery and insult-The negative stereotypes make one to insult or mock
others. Example: insulting one’s behavior.
Exclusion- it is defined as the act of leaving someone out or the act of being
left out. Example: Inviting everyone except one person to the party.
Incivility- It is decreasing others esteem by passing hateful comments or
actions. Example: Delivering a rude speech.
(3) BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Biological features in an organization may be quite a
force that controls both male and female individuals. The following are types
of biological features that can predict an individual’s actions within an
organization:
AGE:
There is a common perception that as age rises, work
output decreases. Regardless of whether this is real, it is believed and acted
on by many people. Also, the U.S. legislation outlaws compulsory retirement
for all purpose. Today, most U.S. employees no longer need to retire at the
age of 70.
Experience, judgement, a good work ethic, and dedication
to quality are the positive attributes that an older worker possesses. But even
older staff are considered to lack versatility and to be immune to new
