Q 1.1 Explain what is meant by Diversity Equality Inclusion Discrimination A 1.1 Diversity means all individuals are not the same‚ everyone has a difference. These differences could be‚ religions or beliefs‚ race or cultures‚ sexual orientation‚ gender‚ marriage or civil partners‚ disabilities‚ class or gender reassignment. Even though we are all different‚ we all have the same rights to not be discriminated against. Equality means no matter what differences an individual has they are equally
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Diversity Management Changing times‚ company reputation and customer demands have led to business practices in companies that profit and benefit from being seen as diverse. Workforce diversity was first presented as an issue of equality by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). EEOC was established in 1963 and is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person ’s race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex
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People of different cultures‚ including immigrants of today seem to differ from past generations in that they seek to retain many of their cultural values and are less interested in becoming homogenized within the U.S. culture. This distinctness can create a potentially complex situation for both the client and therapist who may differ substantially in their own cultural values. For successful therapy to take place‚ it is important for therapists to be culturally sensitive of clients and avoid stereotyping
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Management and Diversity In order for management to make diversity work‚ managers must first understand the definition of diversity. Most simply explained‚ diversity encompasses all of the ways in which individuals are both similar and different. According to Lee Gardenswartz‚ “Diversity involves variations in factors we control as well as those over which we have no choice. These factors give us areas of commonality through which we can connect with others and aspects of difference from which
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1. Most people wouldn’t realize it but cultural appropriation have been around for more years than any of us ever knew. Cultural appropriation didn’t just start in the United States a couple of years ago‚ it actually started all the way back in Africa 4 million years ago. The reason I say 4 million years ago is because the oldest living person in the world was dated back 4 million years ago in Africa. Over the years explores‚ philosophers‚ writers‚ and artist all around the world have studied and
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drag‚ FD‚ on a sphere located in a pipe through which a fluid is flowing is to be determined experimentally. Assume that the drag is a function of the sphere diameter‚ d; the pipe diameter‚ D; the fluid velocity‚ v; and the fluid density‚ ρ. (a) What dimensionless parameters would you use for this problem? (b) Some experiments using water indicate that for d = 0.005 m‚ D = 0.0125 m‚ and v = 0.6 m/s‚ the drag is 6.5×10-3 N. If possible‚ estimate the drag on a sphere located in a 0.6 m diameter
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Burzotta‚ L.‚ & Noble‚ H. (2011). The dimensions of interprofessional practice. British Journal of Nursing‚ 20(5)‚ 310-315. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/. This article is about a prime role which the author experienced as a nurse while undertaking patient-centered care - interprofessional approach in clinical practice and using Gibb’s reflective cycle as a guideline in the process. The author went through the whole process while looking after a palliative female
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Power distance and Hofstede’s dimensions Introduction This paper will be about the relation between the cultural dimension ‘power distance’ and three management principles we chose and will also be about the applicability of these management principles. This is quite interesting because even though we know that the cultural dimensions‚ by Geert Hofstede‚ and the management principles‚ by Fayol‚ have something to do with each other‚ the more the cultural dimensions differ‚ the more the ranking
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FUN TRAVEL DEALS (FTD) Bharathan Swamynathan Radhika Pati Rahul Katta Rakesh Chinnakkan Waaris Savage 1 introduction FTD is a tourism based enterprise in India established in 2007. Fun Travel Deals introduced an innovative app designed for tourism industry called “FTD” in 2012. Fun Travel Deals feature’s overview‚ fast fact‚ history‚ culture‚ maps‚ travel within the tourist spot 2 About the App FTD covers more than 300 tourist destinations and over 75 activities
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Managing Diversity* July 2009 Creating competitive advantage through cultural dexterity Highlights • Cultural dexterity is a business skill that enables effective collaboration and communication among people across multiple dimensions of diversity. • Collaboration within a group of diverse people‚ who approach problems from different perspectives‚ improves corporate performance. • The environment a company creates can enable—or impede— the success of its employees. • Leaders are personally accountable
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