UCSD MGT 18 FINAL FULL SOLUTION STUDY
GUIDE
◉ What does Goldsmith say about diversity tension as a positive?
Answer: Produces valuable brainstorming sessions
Imaginative problem-solving/decision-making
Unique perspectives on strategic planning
Inventive product development ideas
◉ What is super-additivity?
Answer: Where the product is greater than the sum of its parts:
1+1=3
◉ Who do we tend to be biased towards? (as in, who do we prefer to
be with?)
Answer: People who are very similar to ourselves. Often
look/think/speak the same way, are from similar backgrounds, etc.
This is also known as in-group favoritism or homophily.
,◉ What are the different circles that make up identity?
Answer: Primary: age, gender, ethnicity, etc.
Secondary: religion, education, working style, if you're married or
not, etc.
Organizational: industry, tenure, network, division, department,
location, etc.
Cultural: flexible v structured, individual v team, power views, body
language, time, etc.
◉ What are Page's 4 conditions for diversity to trump ability?
Answer: 1: the problem must be hard
2: the people must be smart
3: the people must be diverse
4: teams have to be reasonably large and were chosen from a large
and diverse pool of candidates
, ◉ What does Goldsmith call the stress created by having a mix of
cultural differences and similarities?
Answer: Diversity tension
◉ Banaji at al. calls attention what factor that can impact decision
making in the workplace?
Answer: Implicit biases
◉ According to Page, which team do we think we would we enjoy
more and find more fun?
Answer: A homogenous team
◉ What does Page think will increase the probability of innovation?
Answer: Two or more smart individuals who have various
perspectives and disagree on them
◉ What is a way of understanding ourselves and others as grounded
in various group memberships, such as organizational membership,
religious affiliation, gender and age etc.?
Answer: Social identity
◉ Does Sucher thinks that social categorizing and labeling someone
as an "other" in the work environment is a positive?
Answer: No
GUIDE
◉ What does Goldsmith say about diversity tension as a positive?
Answer: Produces valuable brainstorming sessions
Imaginative problem-solving/decision-making
Unique perspectives on strategic planning
Inventive product development ideas
◉ What is super-additivity?
Answer: Where the product is greater than the sum of its parts:
1+1=3
◉ Who do we tend to be biased towards? (as in, who do we prefer to
be with?)
Answer: People who are very similar to ourselves. Often
look/think/speak the same way, are from similar backgrounds, etc.
This is also known as in-group favoritism or homophily.
,◉ What are the different circles that make up identity?
Answer: Primary: age, gender, ethnicity, etc.
Secondary: religion, education, working style, if you're married or
not, etc.
Organizational: industry, tenure, network, division, department,
location, etc.
Cultural: flexible v structured, individual v team, power views, body
language, time, etc.
◉ What are Page's 4 conditions for diversity to trump ability?
Answer: 1: the problem must be hard
2: the people must be smart
3: the people must be diverse
4: teams have to be reasonably large and were chosen from a large
and diverse pool of candidates
, ◉ What does Goldsmith call the stress created by having a mix of
cultural differences and similarities?
Answer: Diversity tension
◉ Banaji at al. calls attention what factor that can impact decision
making in the workplace?
Answer: Implicit biases
◉ According to Page, which team do we think we would we enjoy
more and find more fun?
Answer: A homogenous team
◉ What does Page think will increase the probability of innovation?
Answer: Two or more smart individuals who have various
perspectives and disagree on them
◉ What is a way of understanding ourselves and others as grounded
in various group memberships, such as organizational membership,
religious affiliation, gender and age etc.?
Answer: Social identity
◉ Does Sucher thinks that social categorizing and labeling someone
as an "other" in the work environment is a positive?
Answer: No
