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Dear Colleagues,

There is an exercise that I use in my management classes where the
participants play cards in groups (groups of five sitting at each table) but
each group has a slightly altered set of rules. In the subsequent rounds of
the game students change tables (thus students that have different rules
meet at each table) and they are told that they cannot talk to the other
players. After the game the students reflect on the experience as a group.

Do you know of other versions of this exercise that are already used in diversity training programs.

Dr. Cem Tanova
Ctanova@management.emu.edu.tr
Assistant Professor of Management
Department of Business Administration
Eastern Mediterranean University
North Cyprus

There is a commercial version of this diversity exercise sold under the name
"Barnga." It is available from Intercultural Press in Yarmouth, Maine, USA,
or from its creator, Thiagi. Both Intercultural Press and Thiagi have
websites but I don't have the URLs handy at the moment. They should be easy
to find. I hope this is helpful.

William A. Weech (WeechWA@state.gov)
Leadership and Management School
Foreign Service Institute
(703) 302-7198


-----Original Message-----
From: Cem Tanova [mailto:ctanova@MANAGEMENT.EMU.EDU.TR]
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 4:27 AM
Subject: diversity exercise


Dear Colleagues,

There is an exercise that I use in my management classes where the
participants play cards in groups (groups of five sitting at each table) but
each group has a slightly altered set of rules. In the subsequent rounds of
the game students change tables (thus students that have different rules
meet at each table) and they are told that they cannot talk to the other
players. After the game the students reflect on the experience as a group.

Do you know of other versions of this exercise that are already used in
diversity training programs.

Dr. Cem Tanova
Ctanova@management.emu.edu.tr
Assistant Professor of Management
Department of Business Administration
Eastern Mediterranean University
North Cyprus

The name of the game that I have used is "Barnga"
I and others have been using it for at least a decade that I am aware of.

best regards

alice


On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Cem Tanova wrote:
>
> Do you know of other versions of this exercise that are already used in diversity training programs.
>


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