Case Study of Managing Diversity at Spence Owens & Co. and Managing Diversity at Cityside Financial Services By: Introduction: The definition of diversity: The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique‚ and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ socio-economic status‚ age‚ physical abilities‚ religious beliefs‚ political beliefs‚ or other
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Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co. by Robin J. Ely‚ Ingrid Vargas 5 pages. Publication date: Dec 10‚ 2004. Prod. #: 405048-PDF-ENG Spencer Owens & Co‚ a disguised consulting firm‚ focuses on domestic and international economic development. As an extension of the firm’s commitment to social justice‚ 20 years ago‚ Spencer Owens management introduced an affirmative action hiring and promotion program. Within 10 years‚ the firm had achieved the most diverse support and professional staff
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Spencer Owens & Co. How well has Spencer Owens done in its diversity efforts? How well are they doing now? As of 1995‚ Spencer Owens was considered as having one of the most diverse staff in their industry of foreign and economic development. Not only was 50% of staff women‚ but also 30% of the firm were people of color. The leaders of the corporation committed themselves to hiring and promoting a diverse staff. From an outside point of view‚ Spencer Owens seemed to be pioneers of embracing
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Analysis Success but then Tension The company is a model of successful diversity efforts and has the most diverse staff in the industry at all levels of the company - 50% female and 30% people of color managers/professional. One third of the executive team were women‚ one quarter were people of color. The firm encouraged people to ignore gender or ethnic differences. Furthermore‚ the firm required that everyone attend sensitivity trainings. Networking groups existed to ensure the development and
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Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co. Case Study – Human Resources Management Fall Semester 2010/2011 19-10-2010 UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA Cátia Santos # Rita Matos Dias #681 Rita Lourenço Leite #689 Tânia Rodrigues #698 Should organizations aspire to be racially‚ ethnically and gender diverse? Why? Diversity is aspired by organizations as a strategic initiative that can bring advantage for the company. The aspiration of diversity is not only concerned with moral issues but it
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summary In this report we will evaluate the definition of managing diversity‚ its importance‚the consequence and some realted application towards certain organization.Managing diversity in generally talks about age and gender.but in real life‚it speak broader than just that. It include more in the likes of race‚culture‚religion‚family background‚personel skill‚ attributes and so on.it is important to understand the dimension of diversity‚ in order for us to take it in a different level. As we go
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Table of Contents 1. MANAGING DIVERSITY ............................................................................................. 1 2. STEP I CAN TAKE WHEN MANAGING DIVERSITY AT AN ORGANIZATION .......... 3 2.1. DEFINING MY TEAM............................................................................................ 3 2.2. ASSEMBLE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES .................................................... 3 2.3. CONSTITUTE A SYSTEM ........................................
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Barriers and Challenges to Managing Diversity In read the Barriers and Challenges to Managing Diversity there was several problems present at Cityside Financial Services. One the problem was how the Sales Division was divided. When the investor banker brought the company it was mostly white. Two different units were created in sales which one catered to rich clients and other one serviced the local community. Knowing that neighborhood was once predominantly white things has changed over the
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Managing Diversity Research Paper Proposal Tim Grant University of Phoenix Managing Diversity Research Paper Proposal Workplaces today are become increasingly diverse with employees of different genders‚ races‚ cultures‚ ethnic origins‚ and lifestyles. Changes in the cultural make-up of organizations have been so vast that it has become imperative for leaders and supervisors to understand cultural diversity and how it can affect their organization. By understanding how this diversity can
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Various literatures indicate that managing diversity within today’s labor force has become a primary concern for companies and organizations today. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2012)‚ compared with the labor force of past decades‚ today’s labor force is older‚ more racially and ethnically diverse‚ and composed of more women. Over the next decade‚ the labor force will become even more racially and ethnically diverse (Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ 2012). Non-Hispanic whites made up
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