Diana Escobar English IV Mrs. Green January 15‚ 2013 “Where is diversity in America today?” Businesses offer training on it‚ politicians support it‚ the media salutes it. But what exactly is diversity? Is it race? Cultural background? Personality type? The answer is yes‚ and much more. Some people let diversity get in the way of their relationships with other people. But successful organizations realize that people’s differences can be their strength‚ if they combine their skills‚ experiences
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Discrimination often reflects an abuse of power within an organisation‚ where members of one group of people yield greater power than others‚ generally women. It is linked with women’s disadvantaged status at work and‚ more generally‚ in society.(Frazier‚ P. A. and Cohen‚ B. B. (1992) ‘Research on the Gender bias against women: implications for counsellor training’. The Counselling Psychologist. 20: 141-158.) The matters of blatant employment dicrimination or sexual harrasment at work seems to be
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affect our professional lives (Harvey & Allard‚ 2011). In order to accept diversity in the workplace‚ an effort must be put forth from both professionals and managers. Even if a company’s employees are open to diversity‚ it will not benefit the company if the “higher-ups” discriminate against certain populations because of their prejudice. Diversity in Business Diversity is good for business. As AT&T’s chief diversity officer Cindy Brinkley noted‚ their customer population is quite diverse
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How to Diversity Effects on Organizations Organizations are dynamic eco-systems of people collaborating and communicating within and across complex systems of relationships and subcultures. These rich eco-systems are full of differences - different personal values‚ experiences‚ perspectives‚ beliefs‚ professional‚ national cultures and emotional states. Diversity consists of visible and non-visible factors‚ which include personal characteristics such as sex‚ race‚ age‚ background‚ culture‚ disability
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Diversity can be defined as people coming together from different races‚ nationalities‚ religions and sexes to form a group‚ organization or community. A diverse organization is one that values the difference in people. It is one that recognizes that people with different backgrounds‚ skills‚ attitudes and experiences bring fresh ideas and perceptions. Diverse organizations encourage and harness these differences to make their services relevant and approachable. Diverse organizations draw upon the
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Diversity and inclusion has become a major priority in today’s work environment. Organizations are committed to ensure that their workforce consist of a wide range of capabilities irrespective of age‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ disability and gender identity and expression. “To achieve success and maintain a competitive advantage‚ we must be able to draw on the most important resource – the skills of the workforce”. Organizations are undoubtedly aware of the benefits of a diverse
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Diversity Darrell Seckendorf ETH/125 12/11/12 Betsy Daniels Diversity In the following pages I will be exploring what I have learned about diversity. I will delve into how I came to understand diversity‚ and then discuss my own culture as it relates to diversity. I will discuss the trend in the United States as it pertains to the population and what challenges
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Businesses are recognizing the need and importance of investing in diversity and inclusion as part of their overall talent management practices and to continually challenge their organizations to make the connection between those principles and their corporate performance.. Diversity is especially crucial in today’s global marketplace‚ as companies interact with different cultures and clients. The payoffs touch every area of the business by potentially resulting in increased creativity‚ increased
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Women in the Workplace: Why We Must Close the Gender Gap Women in the Workplace: Why We Must Close the Gender Gap This is an era in national history that will surely be dissected and scrutinized in the years to come by historians and economists alike. That is because‚ in recent years‚ the state of the economy in the United States has teetered between depression and recession‚ limping along at an alarming low rate. Many of the woes & blows that the U.S. economy has been dealt have
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How could these social networking sites be a threat to a company’s security? In today’s world it seems the human race could not live without information technology in the workplace. More importantly‚ social networks like Facebook and Twitter are becoming very popular tools for business development in today’s world. There are dozens of social network sites and more popping up every day. It is astounding the number of hours that people waste on such sites. Updating‚ checking in and sending out
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