Diversity Reflection Abstract The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the diverse experiences that I have had in my personal and professional life. Fortunately‚ I have had a large mix of diverse friends and experiences in my life. This paper will discuss those diversities as well as the plan to expand on my current knowledge. Keywords: Diversity‚ culture‚ differences Growing up I always had the opportunity to interact with diverse groups. My father is a retired master sergeant
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Rasmussen‚ T. (1996). The ASTD trainer’s sourcebook: Diversity. New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill. Managing diversity is both a challenge and an opportunity for management. It is a challenge because it requires organizational change; it means fostering a cultural environment that values differences and maximizes the potential of all employees. It is an opportunity because organizations that proactively address diversity have a competitive advantage. They are able to attract‚ motivate and retain high potential
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Diversity in the Workplace Patricia Wooley Comm400 February 3‚ 2014 Merrill Mayper Diversity in the Workplace Richter (2011)‚ Diversity in and of itself is neither a good nor a bad thing. It’s what we do with it that renders its quality. (para. 1). I believe that as a manger you should always be diverse when communicating to your employees. Diversity is showing a great deal of variety; very different. When you are communicating with your employees you must realize that everyone is different. This
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Understanding Cultural Diversity in the Workplace Feeling like an outsider is never an enjoyable experience. As humans‚ we have a natural desire to fit within the pack‚ to be a member of the group‚ to feel like we belong. However‚ that is sometimes not how things work. With an ever changing and growing population in the United States‚ we come into contact with people from different backgrounds‚ ethnicities‚ and cultures every day. Unfortunately‚ people that do not fit into the majority come face
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Unit 6: Promoting Children’s Rights P1- Describe the meaning of diversity in today’s society Diversity means to take into account and celebrate everyone’s differences. Each person is an individual and that should be honoured. Everyone looks different‚ has different views and opinions and is part of a different culture and religion. No two people are the same. This may need to be taken into consideration sometimes but everyone should always be treated the same‚ have equal opportunities. Everyone
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Diversity Management Changing times‚ company reputation and customer demands have led to business practices in companies that profit and benefit from being seen as diverse. Workforce diversity was first presented as an issue of equality by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). EEOC was established in 1963 and is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person ’s race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex
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Diversity in a Workplace Discrimination are more common in workplaces‚ because some people only think of discrimination as making a distinction and judgment of a person based on color of skin. Discrimination goes far beyond color of skin. A person can be disseminated agonist for their age‚ disability‚ gender‚ religion‚ or even for being pregnant. In a workplace there are standards and policies in place to decrease the chances of a person being discriminated against. When the staff is diverse
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UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY Defining DIVERSITY Definitions of diversity range from distributive concerns based on the traditional categories of race‚ ethnicity and gender to the inclusion of a vast array of differences in age‚ sexual orientation‚ disability‚ employment status‚ tenure‚ function‚ educational background‚ lifestyle‚ religion‚ values and beliefs in addition to race‚ ethnicity and gender. In the recent CIPD report‚ Diversity: Stacking up the evidence (Anderson and Metcalf 2003)
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learning. This type of connection between special education and music is a great example diversity in the classroom. It is a great and useful way to learn and hold the interest of the children with learning disabilities. Diversity is a point of difference‚ and it is good to have diversity in the classroom‚ because it keeps things interesting and the students involved. Music is a great way to bring diversity into the classroom. There are many different ways of incorporating music into your lessons
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Diversity Diversity in its simplest terms means variety. Diversity is everywhere‚ in neighborhoods‚ our workplace‚ schools‚ and communities. To address diversity in relation to people would be to say that diversity is a variety of characteristics that make an individual unique. According to the University of Tennessee (2003)‚ these characteristics consist of a person’s age‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ physical traits‚ language spoken‚ relationship status‚ cultural and economical
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