interacting. Perhaps these factors are created by cultural diversity. The online dictionary source‚ http://en.wiktionary.org defines diversity in the social context as a business strategy encouraging differences in order to compete in a marketplace with a heterogeneous customer base. Diversity in the general population‚ the work force and the market place give many benefits for organizations. Global managers gain more knowledge on internal diversity in order to maximize the efficiency of their workforce
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Understanding Good Practice in Workplace Mentoring I am a Watch Manger at Crewe Community Fire Station in Cheshire. I have spent 3 years in Operational Training Group and I am competent in an Operational and training role. I now need to mentor my team and Fire cadets within the organisation. There are also new firefighters that I will mentor‚ our phase two firefighters. Mentoring is one of the important and essential skills for leadership and management. First of all we need to define what Mentoring
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Diversity in the College Setting Colleges in America differ from numerous ways. It is noted that some are public while others are private. Some offer professional and graduate programs‚ while others offer undergraduate education. Each of the thousands of the colleges in the US has its own distinct and specific mission. This forms the basis for the diversity in the college setting. Diversity is very essential in America’s higher education system. It has helped to improve education‚ as well as making
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Critical Review of Brendan McSweeney‚ 2009‚ “Dynamic diversity: variety and variation within countries” Introduction Hofstede developed National cultures model (hereafter ‘the model’) to unable one to understand the National culture of any country‚ which he assumed enduring‚ pervasive and constitutive. Using the Hofstede’s (1990‚ 2001) and Hofstede and Hofstede (2005) ‘the model’‚ McSweeney (2009) argued its incapability to explain the diversity within the countries. This research was aimed
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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? I have learned so much from taking this class. I have learned what other cultures and races had to endure to gain the respect from others that ridiculed and disrespected them as humans just because they were different. I have also learned that even though some have worked very hard‚ they are still not accepted by others. I have also learned that
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2013 ‘The importance of diversity in counselling contexts’ The importance of diversity in counselling has been the subject of much research over the last 50 years Patterson (1996) and is aimed at preventing inequalities among different population groups regardless of ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ social class‚ age‚ physical abilities and religious beliefs/beliefs. (Patterson‚ 1996) When considering the different contexts in which counselling takes place‚ diversity appears to be the
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is very important‚ especially in the workplace. In the workplace‚ whether it healthcare‚ politics‚ or even in the business field‚ there will always be people with different opinions and perspectives. With this being said‚ not everyone will agree with each other. It is still important to be heard! Andrea Kay Gannett‚ author of Use it or lose it: Your voice is valuable in the workplace‚ mention how important it is to be heard and the effects it has in the workplace. Andrea Kay Gannett included several
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No matter how many people have fought for diversity and women’s rights in the past‚ these people are still not considered equal to others in the filmmaking and television industry. Diversity‚ mostly in gender‚ is highly unrepresented in the filmmaking industry for hiring directors and writers. Also‚ characters in movies are not necessarily represented positively in terms of showing importance for all people. From the amount of diverse people made as directors and writers‚ it can be concluded that
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understand human diversity because diversity is a big part of the world. Even though diversity is a big part of the world‚ people still face a lot of oppression and discrimination because of who they are. Social workers need to fight off the stigma for the people who are different or believe differently. The quote also expresses the importance of promoting social economic justice‚ so every individual can be treated fairly and with respect. Social workers need to promote diversity‚ so people can stop
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Phoenix GEN-200 Team Building Worksheet . 1. Describe team members’ results on the Discovery Wheel and Develop your multiple intelligences exercises. What similarities and differences exist within the team? Based on our team submission for the assignment of the Discovery Wheel‚ our team at some points‚ were in the same rim of thinking. In other areas‚ we were so far apart in how we place what we value in our lives. In the area of Thinking‚ Diversity and Attitudes our team was within a four
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