Running head: IMPACT OF DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE McCann School of Business and Technology Janet Miller BU115 Customer Service Instructor’s Name: Mr. Andrew Roth Assignment Issue Date: April 28‚ 2010 Assignment Due Date: May 10‚ 2010 Outline Introduction to Diversity …………………………………………………………………………3 Impact of Diversity in the Workplace……………………….……………………………………4 Why is diversity beneficial to a business? ………………………………………………………..5 What are the legal risks? .......................
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This report is dedicated to the contradictory questions about the multicultural workforce‚ its benefits and disadvantages and eventually to the issues how to manage the diversity in the workplace. The research is focused on the most important and beneficial issues and on all possible negative effects that may dramatically increase or decrease the productivity of the organization and have various effects on the workers. The research shows that diverse workforce is a great driving force for the company
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The article explains that white males could improve diversity of lawyers of color‚ women‚ of LGBT (lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender). White males are known for holding a higher position of power. As a result a white male such as management will be able to influence numbers to make an organization successful. Having white males support the change with these groups of people‚ will provide help influence change. Lesson one: “no diversity initiative can succeed without the support of the institution’s
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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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HLT7D21V Cultural Diversity and Workplace Legislation V43201304 Diploma of Counselling Units of Competency HLTHIR403C Work effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workers HLTHIR404D Work effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people HLTWHS300A Contribute to WHS processes ACAP regularly revises its course materials‚ including assignment requirements‚ to ensure that the content is current and relevant. The online class space has the most up-to-date version of the course
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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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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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Benefits Of Diversity in the workplace • Categorized as Business‚Miscellaneous Benefits Of Diversity in the workplace The acceptance of the term globalization all over the world has made the term ‘diversity’ quite prominent at workplaces. Apart from differences in race and gender‚ workplace diversity includes many other forms like age‚ ethnicity‚ physical attributes‚ educational background‚ sexual orientation‚ geographical location‚ income‚ marital status‚ parental status‚ spiritual practice‚
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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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Managing a wide range of cultural diversity in the Australian workplace impossible. We are now in the 21st century and immigrants are entering Australia in greater numbers than they did a decade ago. Nearly double‚ 70‚200 in 1999–00 to 168‚685 in 2010–11 (Australian Bureau of Statistics.)[4] The workforce demographics have indeed changed and a reflection of these changes are occurring in the workforce. Cultural misunderstandings and language barriers are enormous obstacles to overcome for effective
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