Rasmussen‚ T. (1996). The ASTD trainer’s sourcebook: Diversity. New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill. Managing diversity is both a challenge and an opportunity for management. It is a challenge because it requires organizational change; it means fostering a cultural environment that values differences and maximizes the potential of all employees. It is an opportunity because organizations that proactively address diversity have a competitive advantage. They are able to attract‚ motivate and retain high potential
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normal business activity. Work place diversity meant hire outside of your family not outside of your race. As a result‚ the federal government felt impelled to create employment laws. These new laws were implemented to eliminate discrimination and provide the means for advancement. As a consequence of this implementation‚ these laws have created possible barriers to maximizing the potential of every employee (Chan‚ 2000). Recently‚ the concept of diversity has completely changed from before
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help us adapt to persistent as well as changing circumstances. These beliefs and practices are organized as models or schema about how things work‚ what is ideal‚ and which practices are proper and help individuals or groups survive and prosper. Cultural models are so familiar that their functions and effects are often unseen‚ invisible‚ unnoticed. The evidence of their workings are often most apparent in everyday routines in communities‚ homes‚ work places‚ play yards‚ and schools (McIntyre‚ 2000)
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Assignment- What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? Have you learned something new about your own racial‚ ethnic‚ or cultural history? Trends in immigration will continue to shape the demographics of the United States. What will the U.S. population look like in the year 2050? Why do you think so? What challenges does the United States face due to the diversity of its people? What are the benefits
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Abstract Diversity climate is defined as “organizational members’ attitudes and perceptions toward people from cultural groups other than their own. The attitudes and way different cultures perceived is shown in the behavior of individuals in the workplace” (Kinicki 2009). These perceptions foster stereotypes that usually cause confusion and misunderstanding among staff. Ethnocentrism plays a major role in feeding the atmosphere and promotion of the spread of misunderstanding and confusion
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DIVERSITY AUDIT Diversity Audit at Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is a multinational company based in United States. It was founded in the year 1971 and is headquartered at Seattle‚ Washington. Starbucks is engaged in the business of selling coffee‚ coffee beans and different types of bakery products all over the world. The company also has a division known as Starbucks Entertainment division which is utilized for marketing films‚ music and books (Yahoo Finance‚ 2012). The coffeehouses owned
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Diversity in Healthcare Have you ever been to the doctor and don’t quite understand what the provider is telling you‚ or are you a healthcare worker and you don’t understand your patients? Should the healthcare provider get diversity training or should they maybe learn new languages? More than ever before‚ healthcare professionals are subjected to dealing with a number of immense and different cultural diversities. While diversity is often a term used to refer specifically to cultural differences
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Cultural Diversity: Imagine All the People Cultural diversity will support the idea that every person can make positive and unique contribution to larger society because of rather than being in differences. If in a place diversity is valued and respected; various cultures and their ideas are valued and acknowledged; all groups of people are encouraged; people are encouraged to achieve their goals and their differences are celebrated as per “Lisa D. Belfield.”
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Most people would agree that cultural diversity in the workplace utilizes our country’s skills to its fullest‚ and contributes to our overall growth and prosperity. The reality of the situation is that it hasn’t happened and progress remains slow. One of the reasons for this has been the lack of diversity in corporate America. By not developing a diverse workforce from the top down‚ African‚ Hispanic‚ and Asian Americans are unfairly demoted to lower-skilled‚ lower-pay positions and are not able
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Diversity in Organizations BUS 610: Organizational Behavior May 24‚ 2011 Diversity is the state of being different or having variety. Diversity is more than having individuals who represent different ethical backgrounds. Diversity is also comprised of having a variety of individuals who represent differences in ages‚ race‚ physical abilities and even gender. Being diverse is an essential part of operating a business. Employers have the ability to solicit creative ideas and implement them into
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