The workplace is very different today than it was fifty years ago. Among many obvious differences‚ a lesser seen difference is the change to employee motivation. Social‚ technological‚ and economical changes to the world have changed the way that people are motivated in the workplace. As a manager‚ it is his or her job to motivate their employees to work their hardest for the good of the company and the reciprocal benefit of themselves. Fifty years ago there were lots of changes to the social‚ technological
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An essay on the importance of cultural diversity and cultural competence Julie K Drouillard Devry institute SOC 350 July 2009 The United States is a country consisting of many cultures‚ races and religions. The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and global‚ with many minority cultures and races developing into majority cultures and races. Newer religions take their place alongside traditional faiths. Both cultural and spiritual differences in people are potential causes for misunderstanding
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Antanaitis‚ A. (2015). Mindfulness in the workplace benefits and strategies to integrate mindfulness-based programs in the workplace. Journal: The Official Publication of the Ontario Occupational Health Nurses Association‚ 34(2)‚ 39. The author of this qualitative study examined mindfulness in the workplace‚ benefits‚ and strategies to integrate mindfulness-based programs in the workplace. This article presents stress in the workplace as a serious contributor to job dissatisfaction‚ employee turnover
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THE NEED FOR CULTURAL AWARENESS‚ RESPECT AND COMPETENCY What is culture? It is difficult to define culture. A characteristic usually included in definitions of culture is that it is "shared by people." Culture is also said to distinguish insiders from outsiders‚ those who are members of one cultural group from those who are not. This idea of culture leads to the following useful suppositions: 1. Culture is learned. It is transmitted from one generation to another through observation and discourse
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communication (Eunson 2012:310)‚ argue the importance of listening skills in the workplace. Your analysis should identify three specific listening behaviors and provide examples to demonstrate how these skills promote communication and understanding. Support your analysis with relevant communication theory and evidence from appropriate academic sources. Listening skills play a significant role in evaluating communication capabilities in the workplace throughout the globe. It affects all kinds
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that people fear diversity because they fear what they do not know. In the NASW standards and ethics it states: 1.05 Cultural Competence and Social Diversity
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The importance of cultural competency when working with diverse populations in health care can affect a patients or clients overall health in a positive or negative way and also affect reputation of the doctor and the staff. In the article Cultural Competency: Values‚ Traditions and Effective Practices‚ by Carol Brannon she defines Cultural competency‚ as “the ability to understand and respond effectively to the cultural and linguistic needs of patients or clients”(p.2). Brannon also explains how
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Spitzberg and Cupach (1984) define communication competency as the ability to achieve your goals while you fulfill relational and situational expectations (as cited in Cupach & Canary‚ 1997). Spitzberg and Cupach contend that communication competency is primarily comprised of two dimensions‚ appropriateness (meeting social expectations and social rules) and effectiveness (achieving one’s goals). Understanding the individual’s role in cross-cultural communication has gained the attention of several
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Erica L. Munsey Cultural Diversity In The Workplace Sociology 220B There is presently more than 60% percent of the United States work force that consist of immigrants‚ minorities and woman. Current studies show that in the next 10 – 15 years such groups will rise to 90% in the work force. Today’s leaders are now confronted with the challenges of how to effectively manage the work force that is increasing in the diverse lines of ethnicity‚ physical ability
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The Importance of Boosting Morale in the Workplace A team is only as strong as their weakest link. The same can also be said for a company. It is often forgotten that it takes everyone in a company operating on all cylinders for it to be successful. However‚ it is no secret that humans tend to perform at the highest of their abilities when they are happy. It makes sense that a company would want their employees operating at a higher productivity rate. For the company higher productivity normally
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