Benefits Case

1. What benefits come from having both women and men in the group?

The benefit from having both men and women is a group is they both bring something different which make the group whole. Women and men don't necessarily have the same approach to tackling a task, and the different approaches create a nice balance that causes the group to make good decisions. As there is usually more than one way to solve a problem, the different outlooks of men and women can be valuable to the company. Women and men do possess many of the same qualities even though gender differences do exist.

2. How would you analyze and describe, in the context of the literature and research, the behavior of the women and men in the group?

I would describe the behavior of the men and women in this literature typical, but biased. These situations are of the norm and happen in the everyday workplace. The men of this literature displayed sexism and stereotypical behavior when it came to the women. In my opinion the women are open-minded but not self-protective.

3. What strengths does each gender bring to the project?

I believe both genders displayed consistency. Specifically, the woman brought

self-determination, and were self-sacrificing - because of the importance of family. I would say the men were clever and flexible.

4. What challenges are evident?

The challenges they men were suffering with was definitely discrimination against women. They were not accommodating at all to the women being women. We as women seem to make our families our priority and sometimes have to put our very important job on the back burner in some cases. These challenges cause us to miss out on opportunities in our career. In some cases, these challenges turn into bad working relationship and some cases law suits.

5. What would you recommend that the participants do differently (both women and men) to increase the effectiveness of the group?

I would recommend that both genders take the time to motivate each other. Research has shown that employees who feel motivated to work are likely to be persistent, creative and productive which in turn creates high quality work for the workplace. This would make everyone's job less complicated and more enjoyable.

6. Based on this case study, what two to four actions will you take to strengthen your effectiveness in a mixed-sex work situation?

I would definitely have diversity meetings on regular bases to get my employees introduced to other races work ethics and just the general way they do things. The long-term plan of the diversity