1) What kind of challenges will a manager coming from a low power distance and high uncertainty avoidance culture face when working with employees from a high power-distance and low uncertainty avoidance culture? Explore the main problems that the manager could face in this situation and what could heishe do to overcome these problems? 2) What are the advantages and disadvantages for both organisations and employees of appointing diverse (in terms of ethnicity, age and gender) employees? Explore the benefits and drawbacks of striving towards diversity and equal opportunities when recruiting new staff. 3) What kind of challenges or barriers to communication should employees working in culturally diverse work places be aware of, and which strategies could they use to improve communication among each other? 4) How could a manager use team diversity (think of possible strategies) to enhance the effectiveness of his/her team? Explore the advantages and disadvantages of these strategies. 5) Present three sources of conflict deriving from cultural diversity in teams and explain how team members can manage this conflict. 6) Reflect on the role of time in team diversity and in team processes associated with diversity. Based on this reflection, present strategies that a newly formed and diverse earn can use in situations where time to complete a task is constrained.
