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Workplace cultural diversity tool - Methodology

Understand the research and measurement approach behind the Workplace Cultural Diversity Tool, designed to help organisations assess and improve cultural

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Summary

This page provides information on how your score in the assessment tool will be calculated. It explains the methodology behind the results that you receive once having completed the assessment tool.

    Weighting

    Within the Workplace Cultural Diversity Tool there are 10 "Good Practice Areas". Each "Good Practice Area" consists of a series of "Good Practice Goals", with 52 goals in total across the tool.

    Within each "Good Practice Area", weighting is divided equally between each "Good Practice Goal". Each goal has a maximum score of 10, with the following weighting:

    • Starting out – 2/10 points
    • Developing – 6/10 points
    • Advanced – 10/10 points

    How overall scores are calculated

    Your overall score is based on your performance across all 10 "Good Practice Areas" and is provided as a percentage. To calculate this overall score, each "Good Practice Area" is weighted 10%.

    Score

    Maximum overall score: 520 points = 100%

    Minimum overall score: 104 points = 20%

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