INTRODUCTION Relating and working with people who hold different perspectives and different views brings different qualities to the workplace. Diversity consists of visible and non-visible differences that include sex‚ age‚ background‚ race‚ disability‚ personality and work style. This means that diversity has an impact on the products and services developed by the workforce and on personal‚ interpersonal‚ and organizational activities. Managers of diverse work groups need to understand how their
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Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance Citation Alesina‚ Alberto‚ and Eliana La Ferrara. 2005. Ethnic diversity and economic performance. Journal of Economic Literature 43(3): 762-800. doi:10.1257/002205105774431243 October 7‚ 2012 10:32:49 PM EDT http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4553005 This article was downloaded from Harvard University ’s DASH repository‚ and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material‚ as set forth at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL
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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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Aspect of Modern Technology on Our Society Tapan Roy Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana IMPACT OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY 2 What a great discover of modern technology! Modern technology has astonishment effect in our society. Our life will not fulfill without modern technology‚ and we cannot stay a single moment without it. Although‚ technology has produced an enormous number of benefits for mankind‚ it has been responsible for a number of pernicious effects as well. In fact
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summary In this report we will evaluate the definition of managing diversity‚ its importance‚the consequence and some realted application towards certain organization.Managing diversity in generally talks about age and gender.but in real life‚it speak broader than just that. It include more in the likes of race‚culture‚religion‚family background‚personel skill‚ attributes and so on.it is important to understand the dimension of diversity‚ in order for us to take it in a different level. As we go thru
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Understanding Cultural Diversity in the Workplace Feeling like an outsider is never an enjoyable experience. As humans‚ we have a natural desire to fit within the pack‚ to be a member of the group‚ to feel like we belong. However‚ that is sometimes not how things work. With an ever changing and growing population in the United States‚ we come into contact with people from different backgrounds‚ ethnicities‚ and cultures every day. Unfortunately‚ people that do not fit into the majority come face
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Libertin Stephans English 104 1/06/2012 Diversity Through a Kid Human nature is the reason diversity is such a huge controversy. Looking at the world all around us there are two different views of diversity. The first view is that there should be diversity because it is right and it brings out the best in people. On the other hand‚ diversity could also bring out the worst in people because of human nature. Both in the past and present‚ however‚ diversity has been seen to bring out the worst in people
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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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| Cultural Diversity within the Workplace | | Cultural Diversity within the Workplace Cultural diversity‚ what is cultural diversity‚ and how does it affect the work place? I believe that there are people out there that still may not have a true understanding as to the exact meaning of cultural diversity‚ or they assume that it is something that only pertains to people who are of a different back ground as the next person. Cultural diversity encases more than just people who come from different
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early process of socialization and the process carries over to the way in which they perceived themselves and the world. Some people agree that cultural diversity in the workplace develop our country skills and contributes to the growth. But how far these opinion accepted by the society as a whole. Many corporations have recognized that diversity contributes to the bottom line by making it easier to retain good employees‚ lowering costs by developing skill in-house and developing a reputation that
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