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 and population
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What does it mean to be an American today? This is a very difficult question to answer‚ but I believe that it is not just an academic question. As our society becomes more diverse‚ America will develop a broader and richer culture. At the same time‚ nations depend upon some sort of core values‚ beliefs‚ and identity to cling to. That requires some sort of definition of what it means to be an American‚ so I believe that the questions should be: “How Would You Define an American Today?” An “American”
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of what would become North America was motivated by various reasons‚ including the desire for religious freedom‚ profit‚ or a chance to start over. The colonies were populated by religious groups seeking freedom to practice their religions without interference from England‚ indentured servants‚ debtors seeking a clean slate‚ settlers hoping to find a profit and people who were brought to America involuntarily as slaves from Africa. The establishment of European colonies in North America meant dealing
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1) Economics of Inclusion—We want to promote a local economy that is aware of and responsive to the wants and needs of diverse populations for products‚ services‚ and opportunities. • Diverse offerings of products and services are readily available‚ and people who want them know where they are • Businesses that offer those products and services get customers who want them • The entrepreneurial spirit and initiative of minority communities is supported—entrepreneurs have opportunities to create‚ and
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Assignment 303 - Principles of diversity‚ equality and inclusion in adult social care settings Task B A) The equality act is a legislation that is in place to ensure that people are given equal rights and opportunities regardless of their age‚ gender‚ disability‚ reace‚ religion or belief and sexual orientation. This legislation promotes diversity‚ equality and inclusion by making it a requirement that they are commonly practiced and incorporated into the health and social care setting making it
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Assignment 203- Principles of diversity‚ equality and inclusion in adult social care settings. Task A- Short Questions. Q. Describe in your own words what each term means. A. 1. Diversity- Valuing the differences between people and avoiding the tendancy to sterotype. 2. Equality- Promotion of individual rights giving choice and opportunity‚ respect and fairness. 3. Inclusion- Individuals are put at the centre of the planning and support. 4. Discrimination- Individuals being treated less favourably
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Explain how you could promote inclusion‚ equality and diversity with your current/future learners‚ which underpin appropriate behaviour and respect. Inclusion learning is about acknowledging that each of the learners is different from other learners in many ways‚ and should not be excluded from the activities delivered for and with the other learners. Inclusive learning should ensure a match between the individual’s learner needs and the provision made for them. A way to promote this would
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"mainstream" students with special needs‚ meaning these kids will share classroom time with other‚ non-disabled children. Cheryl M. Jorgensen‚ Ph.D.‚ has written an open letter to the chief academic officer of the New York City school district entitled‚ "Inclusion: The Right Thing for All Students." In her letter Jorgensen states‚ "It’s time to restructure all of our schools to become inclusive of all of our children." Although I recognize that the mainstreaming of special education students can be beneficial
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Culture Diversity Within ETH/125 1/12/2014 Durham Culture Diversity Within When we look at the many different cultures we have around the world‚ we begin to wonder how everyone gets along when placed together. Nevertheless‚ when we look at the United States we see many of those cultures among us‚ for instance we have Hispanics‚ Muslims‚ African Americans‚ Indians‚ and English here in the U.S. However‚ when we
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Public participation is a regarded as one potential solution to the crisis in public trust and governance‚ particularly in the UK‚ Europe‚ and other democracies. The idea is that public should be involved more fully in the policy process in that authorities seek public views and participation‚ instead of treating the public as simply passive recipients of policy decisions. The underlying assumption by political theorists‚ social commentators‚ and even politicians is that public participation increase
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