An inclusive and diverse workplace is one of the Group’s main priorities. “As a Group, we are committed to non-discrimination, non-sexism, and non-racism across all our policies, practices, and daily operations”. Woolworths value diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as key components of their Employee Value Proposition, and believe that a strong, diverse, and inclusive strategy that is unique to each of the regions in which they operate should be a key part of their employee attraction and retention framework. As a Group, they also continue to ensure that gender parity remains a focus they have also engaged with the South African Commission for Gender Equality on certain aspects of our operational policies, to ensure that they are gender-neutral and non-discriminative The case study alluded to above reflects contemporary management issues of some of the greatest multicultural companies surveyed in the South African workplaces. 

1. Based on this case study, please provide relevant answers to the following questions! 
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5. Which form of workforce diversity is at play in the above case? Explain. 
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7.  With compassion to diversity in the above case, critically explain the most relevant strategies which you would incorporate for added value to the vast majority of multicultural workplaces? Include relevant examples. 
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9. It is evident that Woolworths is a successful work team. By virtue of the team effectiveness model, discuss in detail which set of characteristics applies best to the Woolworths scenario?