predisposition

Examples of predisposition in the following topics:

• Gender and Diversity

  • In any communicative setting, whether you are speaking or writing or listening or reading, keep in mind the possible interpretations of individuals whose perspectives and predispositions may differ from yours.
  • People should work to understand relevant languages, regions, and cultural predispositions to avoid communicative misinterpretations.

• Building a Diverse Workforce

  • Attracting a diverse workforce requires a corporate structure supportive of varying backgrounds and predispositions, as well as the internal resources and knowledge necessary to effectively identify with a variety of cultures.
  • Following the process involved in identifying talent, the managers and human resource representatives are then tasked with training various new hires from a number of different backgrounds and cultural predispositions.

• The Impact of Culture on Business Operations

  • Observing the cultural tendencies of an organization and finding ways to accommodate them, and their interaction with other cultural predispositions, requires experience, motivation and self-awareness (of one's own cultural predispositions).

• Cognitive Biases as a Barrier to Decision Making

  • As such, an individual's predispositions can either be an obstacle or an enabler to the decision-making process.

• How Emotion and Mood Influence Behavior

  • Workers must try to identify objectively when an emotional predisposition is influencing their behavior and judgement and ensure that the repercussions of the emotion are either positive or neutralized.

• Considering Cultural and Interpersonal Differences

  • Intercultural exchange drives both manager and employee to think further about what predispositions each holds and how best to maximize the positives and minimize the negatives.

• Cultural Intelligence

  • Understanding cultural predispositions in this regard assists in goal setting and understanding projected timelines.

• Barriers to Organizational Diversity

  • Avoiding miscommunication within teams and work groups can be a substantial challenge when there is a high variance in employee background, as differing predispositions and cultures often result in different forms of expression.

• Challenges to Achieving Organizational Diversity

  • Managers must understand the customs and cultural predispositions of their subordinates and carefully ensure they do not violate crucial cultural rules.

• Defining Culture

  • The ability to understand the cultural predispositions of those around us is important as the world continues to be come more interdependent and intertwined.