Group name:

South Wind

  

Group members:

Želimir Stanić

Miranda Mušić

Mojca Plešivčnik

Ivana Novaković

Venesa Škrgatić

  

Distribution of roles:

Chairman: Želimir

Secretary: Mojca

Reporter: Ivana, Miranda

Time-keeper: Venesa

 

 

                                           Stereotypes at the workplace

 

 

In the research, which is based on stereotypes at the workplace, the focus will be kept on the relations between stereotypes and productivity. The problem that is found most interesting is how stereotypes at the workplace disable productivity. When people talk about stereotypes, they make all kinds of assumptions about others and subconsciously they start to look for them. Eventually there might be noticed some random events or actions that confirm their assumptions and because of that, people close their minds about the individual. Because they stop seeing a person as a whole, their whole focus related to that individual is directed to the negative viewpoints. This stereotypical assumption that people make about co-workers damages their abilities to work well and productively with that person. It also has an impact on the quality of the work results and on the very same product.

In that matter, the person responsible in avoiding stereotypes and the workplace is a human resource manager. He or she can reduce stereotypes between employees and on the other hand try to withdraw themselves from all kinds of stereotypes while they are holding interviews. Because of the importance a human resource manager has when it comes to stereotypes at workplace, we decided to include them in our empyrical part of the research.

 

Questions which will help us find the solution are following:

1. What kind of stereotypes appear at the workplace and what are they based on? (Ivana)
2. Why do stereotypes have such a great influence on working atmosphere? (Ivana)
3. How strongly does the stereotype affects the individual? (Venesa)
4. How do stereotypes reduce work productivity?(Venesa)
5. Who has the biggest role in reducing stereotyping at workplace? (Miranda)
6. How does the manager handle the whole problem with stereotyping? (Miranda)
7. Are there any laws or legal acts that protect workers from stereotyping? (Želimir)
8. How can we interact with diverse professional co-workers from different culture? (Želimir)
9. How to connect with people/co-workers on a personal level without creating stereotypes? (Mojca)
10. What are the practices or actions individual can take to remove stereotypes from the workplace? (Mojca)
    
    Glossary:

social justice = socialne pravice
team development = razvoj skupine
collective bargaining = kolektivno pogajanje
freedom of association = svobodno združevanje
impetus = zagon/spodbuda
address head-on = neposredno soočiti
personal idiosyncrasy = osebna značilnost
apprenticeship = pripravništvo
intellectual performance = umska zmogljivost
The employment relationship act = Zakon o delovnih razmerjih

 

While researching, we will use the following literature: 

1. Beardwell, Holden and Claydon, 2004, Human resource management- A contemporary approach, England, Prentice Hall, Financial Times

2. Certo, S. C., Certo, S. T.,2009, Moderni menadžment, Zagreb, MATE d.o.o

3. Cox, TM, 2004, Creating multicultural organizations,Zagreb, MATE d.o.o

4. Černigoj, Sadar, Ignjatović, Kanjuo, Marčela and others,2005, Upravljanje človeških virov, mednarodna primerjalna študija, Ljubljana, FDV

5. Daniel Levi, 2007, Group dynamics for teams,USA, Sage Publications

6. Gary Dessler, 2003, Human Resource Managenent, New Yersaey, Upper Saddle River

7. Mary Jo Hatch and Majken Schultz, 2004, Organizational Identity, New York, Oxford

8. Miroljub Ignjatović, 2002, Družbene posledice povečanja prožnosti trga delovne sile, Ljubljana, FDV

9. Možina, Jereb, Florjančič, Svetlik and others, 1998, Management kadrovskih virov, Ljubljana, FDV

10. Penelope J. Oakes, S. Alexander Haslam and Hohn C. Turner, 1994, Stereotypinf and Social Reality, UK, Blackwell Publichers

11. S. Alexander Haslam, 2001, Psychology in Organizations- The Social Identity Approach, Great Britain, Sage

12. Tatjana Greif, 2006, Ukrepi proti diskriminaciji v zaposlovanju za delodajalce, priročnik, Ljubljana, NUK Ljubljana

13. Harvard Management Communication Letter, 2003, accessible via:

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/3266.html (25.3. 2012)

14. Mallory Stark, 2005, Creating a Positive Professional Image, Harvard Business school, accessible via: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4860.html (27.3.2012)

15. Ministry of Labour, Familiy and social affairs, accessible via:

http://www.id.gov.si/si/storitve/pogosta_vprasanja_in_odgovori/delovna_razmerja/1_prepoved_diskriminacije/1/#c5860 (17.3.2012)

16. Ministry of Labour, Familiy and social affairs. accessible via:

http://www.id.gov.si/si/storitve/pogosta_vprasanja_in_odgovori/delovna_razmerja/1_prepoved_diskriminacije/2/ (17.3.2012)

17. Posthuma and Campion, 2008, Age stereotyps in the workplace: Common stereotyps, moderators and future research directions, accessible via: http://jom.sagepub.com/content/35/1/158.short (25.3. 2012)

18. SmartPros Accounting, 2006, accessible via:

http://accounting.smartpros.com/x53634.xml (25.3.2012)

19. Susan E. Jackson, 1992, Diversity in the workplace, accessible via: http://www.google.si/books?hl=sl&lr=&id=pvtf-p9Yw5kC&oi=fnd&pg=PA3&dq=human+resource+managers+dealing+with+stereotypes+at+workplace&ots=FcEYsQ752j&sig=ZdXYcEb7zQ3OFLxFR7I1f0zk7rQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false (20.3.2012)

20. The International LabourOrganization, accessible via:

http://www.ilo.org/declaration/thedeclaration/lang--en/index.htm (17.3.2012) 

 

 

                                                 MINUTES OF THE E-MEETING "PROBLEM BASED LEARNING PROJECT"

Held on 28th February, 2012

Present: Želimir, Miranda, Mojca, Ivana, Venesa

 

 

 

AGENDA:

1. Selection of group name

2. Distribution of tasks

3. Any other business

 

Item 1:

DISCUSSION: We talked about the name of our group. Miranda proposed the name “Power rangers” but nobody agreed with that suggestion, then Venesa suggested the name “Heroes and Zeros” but unfortunately it was not chosen, finally Miranda proposed the name “South Wind” and we agreed unanimously.

DECISION: We named our grooup South Wind 

 

Item 2:

DISCUSSION: We discussed the division of tasks and roles. We decided who of us is going to be the chairperson, time-keeper, reporter and secretary. We decided that the chairperson will be Želimir, Mojca volunteered for the role of the secretary, Venesa choose to be the time-keeper and we suggested Ivana and Miranda for the role of the reporters. They accepted the role.

 

Item 3:

DISCUSSION: Finally, we discussed the date for the next meeting. Venesa suggested that we meet next Tuesday after class. (March 6^th, 2012)  in the FDV library.

 

Minutes taker: Mojca

Chairperson: Želimir

 

 

                                                           Minutes of the 2^nd meeting

                                                Held on 1^st March 2012, at FDV library, from 2.05PM - 3.25PM

 

Present: Želimir Stanić, Miranda Mušić, Ivana Novaković, Venesa Škrgatić and Mojca Plešivčnik

Absent: /

 

Items of the agenda:

1. Choosing the topic of the research
2. Discussing the main problem related to the topic
3. Selecting some referencing sources
4. Listing research questions
5. Setting the date of the next meeting

Item 1:

Discussion: We discussed the main topic. While choosing the topic we decided for a democratic approach, so we narrowed down some topics and then put them to the vote. 

Decision: We all agreed that stereotypes at the workplace are still present in many companies, so we agreed we want this to be our research topic.

 

Item 2:

Discussion: We discussed specific problems. Since we are Human resource management students, we were trying to find something related to that topic. Želimir made a suggestion about researching how stereotypes at workplace unable productivity.

Decision: All members fully agreed with Želimir's proposition. 

 

Item 3:

Discussion: We selecet our literature. We looked through some literature and sources on the internet. Each participant made a revision of the source he or she found and we selected the literature that most described our problem.

Decision: Based on the summary, we choose four pieces of literature and two internet sources.

 

Item 4:

Discussion: We discussed the formation of our research questions which we will use to find the solutions to our problem. Each team member came up with at least one question and with couple of comments and additions we formed the questions we used in the PBL wiki. 

Decision: We formed ten questions regarding our problem to help while searching for the solutions.

 

Item 5:

Discussion: Finally we set the indicative date for our next meeting. All members agreed to meet on Tuesday.

Decision: The next meeting will be held next Tuesday, 8^th March 2012. 

 

Minutes taker: Mojca

Chairperson: Želimir 

 

Minutes of the 3^rd meeting

HELD ON 8th March 2012, at FDV library

 

PRESENT: Želimir, Miranda, Mojca, Ivana

ABSENT: Venesa

 

ITEMS OF THE AGENDA:

 

1. Distribution of the tasks
2. Any other business

 

 

Item 1

DISCUSSION: We discussed the distribution of tasks. We decided that we should number the questions and write them on pieces of paper. Then each of us drew out 2 questions.

DECISION: We decided who will answer which questions and we put the name of the member next to the questions above. 

 

Item2

DISCUSSION: We discussed the date for the next meeting.

DECISION: The next meeting will be held on 15^th March.

 

Minutes taker: Miranda

Chairperson: Želimir