FMST 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Erik Erikson, Team Dynamics

• School: Towson University
• Department: Family and Human Services
• Course: FMST 360
• Professor: Hanna Bor

Document Summary

Diversity at the top of many organizations agenda. Composition of the work force being dramatically changed by global demographic trends i. e. immigration. Growing demand for equal rights for many groups: Managing workforce diversity will be necessary in a globalizing world and will benefit national economies and international employers. The concept of identity: people distinguish themselves in a variety of ways. Personal characteristics: changeable: education, political affiliation, income, not changeable: sex, race, age, ethnicity. Personal characteristics may influence self- image and sense of identity and even work place experiences. Sex, age, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical and mental abilities: secondary dimensions. Education, income, marital status, religion, work experience, political views, health, ability: erik erikson. Claimed that the social, cultural, and historical context is the ground in which individual identity is embedded. When inner experience and outer circumstance are in harmony with one another the identity escapes conscious attention (heterosexual, white)