Chapter 1 Homework Narine Jackson Diversity in Organization (BSM 315) Alexa T. Jackson June 24‚ 2010 Chapter 1 Home Work (1) What is Diversity? Diversity is defined as real or perceived differences among people that affect their interactions and relationships. (2) List and discuss the six areas that Cox and Blake proposed as reasons for valuing diversity? Cost‚ Resource acquisition‚ Marketing‚ Creativity‚ Problem solving‚ system flexibility and Cooperative behaviors. (b) Inclusion
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and technological aspects‚ leads one to address the concept of cultural diversity or multiculturalism. Cultural diversity in the health-care system touches lives of many Americans in one way or another. No matter what our own cultural background is‚ when we go receive medical care‚ we may encounter a care giver who comes from a different cultural background than ours(Naylor 1997‚291).. In the concept of cultural diversity‚ it can be recognized that two terms are equally important. The first concept
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Within a few pages of the buldingsroman novel ‘The Chrysalids’‚ written by John Wyndham in 1955‚ a number of significant issues and ideas are introduced. Set in a post-apocalyptic world‚ Wyndham captures the fears and pessimism of Cold War Europe and explores how such fear and rigid principles can lead to destruction. Utilizing archetypal characters and techniques such as irony‚ Wyndham incorporates numerous issues and ideas within his dystopian and myopic world that are relevant to the rest of the
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Diversity in the Workplace MGT31 Diversity is a term used most often to describe the different types of race‚ religion‚ and nationalities but in today’s business world‚ it is used to describe the different individual behaviors of employees. Diversity is about characteristics and demographics that differ from person to person and how they affect human behavior. To understand how diversity affects the work place let us look at four types of diversity--Differences in skill and abilities‚ Values
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workplace‚ verbal and written. Both of these formats are important‚ but written communication takes more effort to be clear‚ brief and informative. There are various styles of written communications‚ and each style has a purpose and audience. Written communication can have significance as in legal documents and manuals‚ and it provides function in the workplace in the form of reports and presentations (Suttle‚ n.d.). Depending on the writing skills of the writer‚ the written communication can negatively
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Businesses are recognizing the need and importance of investing in diversity and inclusion as part of their overall talent management practices and to continually challenge their organizations to make the connection between those principles and their corporate performance.. Diversity is especially crucial in today’s global marketplace‚ as companies interact with different cultures and clients. The payoffs touch every area of the business by potentially resulting in increased creativity‚ increased
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Faculty Diversity in Community Colleges Pam Dooly AET/510 April 22‚ 2013 Deborah Hornsby Faculty Diversity in Community Colleges In this paper I will discuss the importance of having a more diverse faculty in community colleges. It will be discuss how having more ethnic people among these schools would help in better enrollment as well as more graduates of an ethnic background. I will also discuss how community colleges have a large number of students come from ethnic backgrounds. I will
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Magazine Article: Advertising techniques in modern advertisements – how women are exploited in advertisements - Sex used in adverts Different Perspectives Ideology – Belief systems CHEATED BY FALSE ADVERTISING False beauty in advertising The Beauty Myth - The Week Magazine (Column) (Semi Casual) - Time Magazine (Formal) 2. This advertisement uses the actress Hayden Panettiere to promote the milk product. Because Hayden Panettiere has enough popularity to bring the audiences
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Diversity is crucial and inevitable for any service organisations to create opportunities for more innovative ideas. Diversity involves individuals from different ethnic background‚ culture‚ age‚ gender‚ status and personality characteristics to communicate and share values. To promote and implement diversity‚ managers should have an effective recruitment strategy. Although diversity creates opportunities‚ it can create contemporary issues. The issues on diversity are rather complex. This is due
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Diversity exists simply because of the human race. There can be differences even within the same group of people‚ and that’s important to weave communities together to grow. The United States is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Because of this‚ the United States is also referred to as a ‘melting pot’ by citizens and foreigners. Cultures from all over are found in the U.S. along with American culture that also helps contribute to other cultures. This is so important because
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