Difference, The: Diversity at Work (2 Parts)

Synopsis: Shows how a strategy which recognises people’s diversity in a work situation can release potential, enhance staff motivation, improve performance and deliver better service to customers. The package consists of two videos and a training manual.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 1995
Year of production: 1995
Documentation: The manual includes a detailed supplement about the legal framework for diversity and equal opportunities.
Subjects: Business studies
Keywords: cultural diversity; equality of opportunity; personnel management; prejudice

Title: What the photocopier saw
Synopsis: Dramatised scenarios showing the costs and benefits of managing a diverse team badly or well. The action revolves around the office photocopier, a silent witness to countless everyday incidents revealing how the business suffers when team members fail to treat each other with respect. This is a subtle training video and there is little spoonfeeding - because Diversity is a subtle and complex subject. Guidance about training points is given in the accompanying Training Manual. The scenes could contribute to training in a number of other areas, including communication skills, team working and supervisory skills.
Duration: 48 mins
Title: Real people: different people
Synopsis: Six people talk about the prejudices and stereotypes they encounter at work because of their personal characteristics: their age, gender, race, sexuality, disability or parental responsibilities. Each has their own way of dealing with other people’s attitudes towards them. For some, prejudice causes extra pressure to achieve. Some are less able to work effectively because of the attitudes they meet. The programme also illustrates the positive benefits each of the six brings to work by being ‘different’.
Duration: 24 mins

Name: Angel Productions
Contact: Stephen Engelhard
Email: enquiries@angelproductions.co.uk
Web: http://www.angelproductions.co.uk External site opens in new window
Phone: 08444 1555 34
Address: 239 Preston Drove
Brighton
BN1 6FL
Notes: Videos to support doctoral students on topics ranging from preparing for a viva to working with supervisors and coping with stress, produced in partnerships with Birkbeck, University of London and other institutions. For sale to HE institutions. Angel Productions also has an older catalogue of videos for equality and HR training in the workplace.

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