Motivate participants to rethink their behavior and attitude toward others. Allow participants to examine their own bias and focus on how they perceive differences. Examine how stereotypes are developed, barriers created, and misunderstandings magnified. Identify diversity issues within the organization that must be addressed. This simulation makes participants personally aware of the issues around culture differences.
Participants feel the alienation and confusion that comes from being different.
They learn the value of all faces in the workplace in a safe, stimulating environment. After an initial briefing two cultures are created. The Alpha culture is a relationship oriented, high context, strong ingroup outgroup culture. The Beta culture is a highly competitive trading culture. After the participants learn the rules of their culture and begin living it, observers and visitors are exchanged.