Members of a religious minority in a workplace are frequently subjected to jokes about their dress and dietary customs, and a bit of name-calling, by non-religious workmates. They find this offensive and hurtful - even though their colleagues say it is
'just a bit of fun'.What type of discrimination (if any) would this represent?
Which of the following is a potential business benefit of a corporate diversity policy?
Which of the following statements about disability discrimination law is not true?
Which of the following would constitute direct discrimination?
A job interviewer asks a woman about her plans to have a family. She eventually does not get the job, because she lacks
qualifications which are listed as essential in the person specification. However, she later finds out that men who attended
interviews were not asked questions about their plans to have a family.
Which of the following statements correctly describes the situation?
The concept of is based on the belief that the dimensions of individualdifference on which organisations currently focus are
crude and performance-irrelevant, and that an organisation should reflect the range of differences within its customer and
labour markets.Which words correctly complete this sentence?
Which of the following is an example of 'positive discrimination' rather than 'positive action' on equal opportunities?
Which of the following is most clearly a sign of an ineffective group?
A team leader is having difficulties with conflict in the team, due to 'clashes' or incompatibilities in the personalities of two of its members. The leader draws up a list of options for managing the problem.
Which option, from the following list, would be the least practicable?
At the Soli-Darretty Bros factory, a project team has been put together by management. The team are engaged in debating
how they are going to approach the task, and who is going to do what. Some of their first ideas have not worked out but they
are starting to put forward some really innovative ideas: they get quite excited in brainstorming sessions, and are uninhibited in putting forward their views and suggestions. Factions are emerging, not only around different ideas, but around two
dominating individuals who always seem to disagree.At what stage of Tuckman's group development model is this team?