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Field of application
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Dealing with diversity
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Resume / Brief description
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From a list of values and characteristics that are important in their group, the participants identify those with the highest priority by comparing two values.
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Target group
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Students
Lecturers
Entrepreneurs
Colleagues of the same company or work team
Colleagues working in intercultural contexts
Professionals of different area
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Group size
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There is a minimum of 10 participants for this exercise. The ideal size is 20-30 participants.
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Objectives
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The activity has the objective
- To determine the relative importance of different values that are important in teamwork
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Requirements
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Materials
- List “Values at work in intercultural teams”
- Index cards
- Stopwatch
- Signal
Room arrangement
- Furnishing the mediators' corner with chairs
Time
- 30-60 minutes (depending on the number of participants and number of values)
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Implementation - Guidelines
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1. Preparation
- Take the list and select one value less than you have participants.
- Write each of the selected values on a separate index card.
2. Process
- Choose a mediator to take a seat in the meditator's seat.
- Distribute the value cards. Each participant except the mediator receives a card.
- Explain that each card contains a value that is important for cooperation.
- Determine the value with the highest priority (15 minutes).
- Participants form pairs and prioritise the values on their cards.
- The participant with the card that was not chosen gives it to the leader and goes to the mediator's corner. New couples are formed and a new selection process starts.
- If the couples cannot decide, the mediator will do it.
- After the mediation, the couple sits down on the mediator chairs and the mediator goes to the playing area with the more important values card.
- The activity ends when there is only one participant that has a value card.
3. Debriefing
To debrief, you can reflect on the following questions:
- What are the benefits of putting this value into practice?
- How strongly is this value lived by the team members at the present time, and how does it show?
- What would happen if this value was disregarded?
- How can this value be lived in the collaboration?
- How can the awareness and acceptance of this value be promoted among the team members?
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Additional format/references
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Thiagarajan, S. (2016). Interaktive Trainingsmethoden: Thiagis Aktivitäten für berufliches, interkulturelles und politisches Lernen in Gruppen (3. Auflage.). Schwalbach: Wochenschau Verlag.
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