Table of Contents

Introduction. 3

Background. 3

Analysis. 3

Conclusion. 4

Introduction

The right proportion of men and women form a good team in all types of fields. This fact is because the thinking process of males and females varies. Research shows that the brain arrangement in women is slightly different from that in men. According to Gregory (Gregory, 2014), there are four major regions of the brain in which the researchers base their research namely: processing, chemistry, structure, and activity. For example, the male gender utilizes seven times more gray matter while the female utilizes almost ten times more white matter in processing. This difference influences the decision-making process, aggressiveness, stress release strategies and character of an individual.

This report will evaluate issues that influence the demography of rescue teams for complex and simple tasks. It will also give a brief description of the responsibilities of a rescue team. Lastly, there will be the provision of solutions to the identified problems or how they can be minimized.

Background

The rescue teams in hazards, disasters, and catastrophes work best if they have mixed gender. These teams are trusted with the following tasks or responsibilities. First, the team is expected to keep businesses running in the affected area. Secondly, the team is expected to respond to the impacts of the event (Alexander, 2015). In addition to that, the team is expected to develop emergency plans in response to future contingencies. A mixed team in rescue operations has been criticized in the past especially in complex operations. Among the issues that have been brought up include segregation of duties based on sex and gender, an act that is commonly known as gender stereotyping. Complications in social interactions determine how people develop an attitude of self and towards others. Lastly, gendered occupations with regards to society’s attitude compel some institutions to practice gender stereotyping (Knarr, Tumley, Stewart, Rubright, & Quirin, 2014). These factors influence the nature of demography in a rescue team.

Analysis

Men and women differ from each other in various ways including their communication and behavior. Each of these genders has advantages and disadvantages associated with how they do things. All teams should, therefore, focus on utilizing these differences in their human resource. The rescue team is one of the teams where gender stereotyping is common. This stereotyping is especially the case for complex rescue missions (Knarr, Tumley, Stewart, Rubright, & Quirin, 2014). The team members should consider the following solutions when solving their human resource gender segregation issues.

First, allocation of duties should always be done based on capabilities and not gender. This approach will reduce chances of poor allocation of duties and hence avoid segregation of duties on the basis of gender. The female gender is known to have good communication skills, and in most cases, the females are posted in the customer care services while men are allocated field work. This allocation does not serve social interactions well. Mixed teams help a team solve its problems and reduce cases of staff burnout as well as improved performance.

The human resource management team should ensure that the males and females are mixed in their job allocations to foster social interactions and at the same time utilize behaviors that are gender oriented. Research has shown that the innate social construct of females and males influences the social interactions of both genders (Module 4, 2018). Therefore, having a healthy ratio of males to females will lead to healthy interactions and as such, the teams will be successful in their allocated duties.

Conclusion

As a recap, women, and men have different levels of competencies which should not be ignored when forming a team. The human resource managers should utilize the behavior and communication techniques of feminine females and masculine females when allocating duties. The same case should apply to males. In addition to that, job evaluation is necessary when assuming different roles in rescue teams. This evaluation will help organizations to reduce gender stereotypes in rescue teams.

References

Alexander, D. (2015). Oxford Research Encyclopedias. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.12

Gregory, J. L. (2014). Psychology Today. Retrieved from Brain differences between genders: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hope-relationships/201402/brain-differences-between-genders

Knarr, W., Tumley, J., Stewart, D., Rubright, R., & Quirin, J. (2014). SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES MIED-GENDER ELITE TEAMS.

Module 4. (2018). Module Notes: Diversity in the Workplace: Women in Business. Retrieved from https://excelsior.instructure.com/courses/3204/pages/module-4-module-notes-diversity-in-the-workplace?module_item_id=289315

This entry was posted on February 11, 2018 at 2:20 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.