With a society that is so diverse in its own nature, issues pertaining to cultural diversity are bound to occur in the process of team management and leadership

With a society that is so diverse in its own nature, issues pertaining to cultural diversity are bound to occur in the process of team management and leadership. Using  the Internet, research about cultural diversity. Based on your research and understanding, answer the following questions:

How does having members of different cultures on a team affect the team's performance?

How would you incorporate a person from a culture of your choice into your team, keeping in mind communication differences within your and the chosen culture?"

Impact of Cultural Diversity on Team Performance:Personal and Cultural Diversity on Team Effectiveness:

 Enhanced Creativity and Innovation: That is different cultural people perceive things differently and also HANDLE things differently. This variety may lead to integration of thought processes where ideas can be synthesized or may lead to generation of idea in problem solving.

 Broader Skill Set: Controversy as to whether and to what extent various cultures are important because they form the basis for building pressure on different skills and abilities. This skill set is useful in a team because then with a variety of problems and tasks that may be encountered, then probably there is a more encompassing skill set available in a team.

 Improved Decision-Making: As the specific points of view are introduced by the people from different cultures, it provides a higher value of the analysis and the decision-making.

 Potential for Miscommunication: There may also be issues to do with the manner, in which the two colleagues relate, especially where they come from different background, this is in case there is a language barrier or the two colleagues were trained from different cultures. This may result to time bar or conflict in the group/ team.

 Challenges in Cohesion: This simply means that there is bound to be easy establishment of high levels of team cohesiveness where there is similarity in the cultural postures and attitudes of the team members. This can make it to take a longer time for people to gain trust and be in a position to work closely with their colleagues that they are working with.

 Incorporating a Person from a Chosen Culture into Your Team:Introducing a Person from a Particular Ethnic Group into Your Staff:

 For example, incorporating a person from Japanese culture into your team:For example, if you are using a human resource approach, how you bring in a person from Japanese culture into your team?

 Understanding Communication Style: It is thus believed that Japanese communication is nonverbal and formal, positive with no display of negative as such. At other times one might find his/her self in a position where you have to observe the gestures and ensure that all of the member are comfortable to express themselves.

 Respect for Hierarchy: Japanese particularly have highly valued both seniority and particularistic relationship as the ultimate form of relationship. This cultural aspect has to be considered in order not to have a feeling of disgust regarding positions and duties and to make the individual to feel wanted in regards to the teamwork.

 Encouraging Participation: In order to cover any gaps between you and the Japanese team member, it is possible to create a situation when the team member will be able to express their ideas in a more comfortable setting with less people, or in a written form.

 Cultural Sensitivity Training: Apart from this, to ensure that the staff can work with other cultural people in the organization it is also appropriate that the whole team undergo cultural sensitivity training.

 Despite this being good especially due to the strong asset which is brought in by cultural diversities it is also a fact that at times a number of issues can also happen.