Business Strategy
5. Whom to Hire?
Objectives
• To explore participants’ cultural biases and expectations
• To examine cultural differences
• To consider the impact culture has on hiring decisions
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To explore participants’ cultural biases and expectations
To examine cultural differences
To consider the impact culture has on hiring decisions
Instructions
Step 1 (10–15 minutes) Read the background information and descriptions of each of the applicants. Consider the job and the cultures within which the individual to be hired will be operating. Rank the candidates from 1 to 5, with 1 being your first choice, and enter your rankings on the ranking sheet in the column marked “My Ranking.”
Briefly, list the reasons for each of your rankings.
Do not discuss your rankings with your classmates until told to do so.
Step 2 (30–40 minutes) Working with three to four of your classmates, discuss the applicants, and rank them in the order of group preference. Do not vote.
Rank the candidates from 1 to 5, with 1 being the group’s first choice, and enter your group rankings on the ranking sheet in the column marked “Group Ranking.”
Briefly list the reasons for each of the group’s rankings.
If your group represents more than one culture, explore the ways in which each person’s cultural background may have influenced his or her individual decisions.
Step 3 (open-ended) Report your rankings to the class, and discuss the areas of difference that emerged within your group while you were trying to reach consensus.
Questions for Discussion
Was your group able to explore openly any culturally based biases that came up—for example, feelings about homosexuality, religion, personality traits, politics?
2. Did you make any comments or observations that you feel would have been fully acceptable in your own culture but were not accepted by the group? Explain.
3. If the answer to question 2 was yes, how did the reaction of the group make you feel about your
Objectives
• To explore participants’ cultural biases and expectations
• To examine cultural differences
• To consider the impact culture has on hiring decisions
•
•
To explore participants’ cultural biases and expectations
To examine cultural differences
To consider the impact culture has on hiring decisions
Instructions
Step 1 (10–15 minutes) Read the background information and descriptions of each of the applicants. Consider the job and the cultures within which the individual to be hired will be operating. Rank the candidates from 1 to 5, with 1 being your first choice, and enter your rankings on the ranking sheet in the column marked “My Ranking.”
Briefly, list the reasons for each of your rankings.
Do not discuss your rankings with your classmates until told to do so.
Step 2 (30–40 minutes) Working with three to four of your classmates, discuss the applicants, and rank them in the order of group preference. Do not vote.
Rank the candidates from 1 to 5, with 1 being the group’s first choice, and enter your group rankings on the ranking sheet in the column marked “Group Ranking.”
Briefly list the reasons for each of the group’s rankings.
If your group represents more than one culture, explore the ways in which each person’s cultural background may have influenced his or her individual decisions.
Step 3 (open-ended) Report your rankings to the class, and discuss the areas of difference that emerged within your group while you were trying to reach consensus.
Questions for Discussion
Was your group able to explore openly any culturally based biases that came up—for example, feelings about homosexuality, religion, personality traits, politics?
2. Did you make any comments or observations that you feel would have been fully acceptable in your own culture but were not accepted by the group? Explain.
3. If the answer to question 2 was yes, how did the reaction of the group make you feel about your