Diversity‚ Pluralism‚ and Racism in the Workplace: The Managerial Responsibility XXXXXXX MBA 525DL Professor Spangenburg February 27‚ 2008 Diversity‚ Pluralism‚ and Racism in the Workplace: The Managerial Responsibility Many accept the position that today’s leaders and managers are far more attuned to the cultural sensitivities that exist in the workplace that they were just 20 years ago. It’s even sufficed to say that today’s managers
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Diversity in the Workplace In today’s society‚ cultural diversity is at the highest point it has ever been. As companies are becoming more diverse‚ it is becoming more important for them to understand and manage that diversity. People of different backgrounds‚ races‚ ages‚ sex‚ and/or religions create a diverse workforce. There is an importance of having a diverse workforce in order to provide better performance overall. With a diverse workforce‚ there arises a need for new management strategies
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1.1 What is diversity? 3 1.2 What is diversity in the workforce? 3 2.0 Body- arguments for 4 Language diversity 4 Exchange ideas 5 Builds a competitive workforce 6 Problem solving 6 3.0 Body- arguments against 7 Disturbing environment 7 Discrimination 7 High cost 8 Resistance to change and competition 8 4.0 Recommendation 9 5.0 Conclusion 10 References 11 1.0 Introduction 1.1 What is diversity? To begin with some people assume that the concept of diversity have a clear
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Before integration many workplaces were mainly white and male dominated. As the civil rights movement took up stream people pushed for equal access in all areas of American Society. Some of these included entertainment venues‚ churches‚ schools‚ and finally the workplace. Many white males did not see this as a welcome thing‚ because they wanted to hold on to the status quo. This status gave them power over woman and minorities in all areas of life. Woman were forced into a caste system that kept
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customer-facing implications as it relates to accommodating religious expressions in the workplace‚ corporations‚ specifically its human resources professionals‚ must create‚ implement‚ evaluate and modify‚ if necessary‚ its policies and procedures to ensure that employees are able to reasonably express their beliefs. I. With the onset of globalization‚ employers face many obstacles as it relates to religious diversity since religion is not only important to Americans‚ predominantly Christians‚ but with
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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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Fairness and diversity in workplace. By the advance of technology and society are getting more knowledge about rights and legal law. Discrimination‚ prejudice and stereotype are main issue either in society or among the organization. Diversity can be define as difference in various way‚ while in workplace diversity refers to the differences of people in ethnicity‚ age‚ gender‚ social status‚ religion and add on with sexual identity‚ social economic status and even education level (M. Janssens
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A Woman’s Struggle in the Workplace Reference: 1. Eagly‚ A. H.‚ & Carli‚ L. L. (2007). Women and the labyrinth of leadership. Harvard Business Review‚ 62-71. There are many obstacles Women face in the workplace. Gaining access too and holding leadership roles in the workplace is a struggle for Women. Elite positions are given to men due to many reasons‚ mostly because of psychological biases views that most of society hold. It
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The past decades have seen a world becoming more and more interrelated. Globalization has accelerated in all aspects of our life and resulted in the increase of cultural interactions and spread of the cultural evolution and diffusion on a global scale. People from different countries and with different cultural backgrounds started working together‚ leading to an increase of communication across cultures. As a result‚ the necessity of a deeper understanding of other cultures‚ what Harris‚ Moran
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital T c=income taxes of 1987 / income before income taxes of 1987 = 175.9/398.9 = 44% Step 1:From the Exhibit 3 ß equity for each firm in this industry are below Marriot Corporation 1.11; Hilton Hotels Corporation .76 ; Holiday Corporation 1.35 La Quinta Motor Inns .89; Ramada Inns‚ Inc 1.36. Step 2: For each firm in the industry‚ to estimate bunlevered using the bequity estimate: bequity = [1 + (1-TC)Debt/Equity]bunlevered bunlevered of Marriot= 1.11/[1+(1-
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