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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based training and development in almost every type of organizations. To have this shift‚ the managers‚ the employees and the management together has to work to build a competent employee. Need for competence based Training: In order to use the best out of the employees in the organization‚ competence based training has become one of the inevitable part in almost every organizations. This involves career planning‚ staffing‚ succession planning‚ employee development‚ appraisal of the work force‚ compensation
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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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What makes America such a great place to live is the experiences and the positive gains from ethnic diversity. In America‚ you can take an adventure and learn to speak Spanish‚ eat Indian food‚ dress like the Japanese‚ listen to Australian music with a group of Brazilian friends and still be American. Building optimistic synergy through cultural assortment is what makes the United States of America an original place. However‚ it is not the greetings we learn or the languages we can speak‚ it is the
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images to only appear across the face of the earth in the form of illusions or mirages. A clearer picture can be seen through the lens of cultural awareness; and through the knowledge that comes along with cultural competence. The focus of the cultural issue‚ which surrounds cultural diversity‚
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cultural variety of the planet. As UNESCO’s Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura said "the preservation of languages‚ which are a vector of humanity’s intangible heritage‚ is a priority for the Organization." He added: "As the guardian of cultural diversity‚ UNESCO must reinforce its action to encourage governments to fight against the decline of thousands of languages. This in no way means weakening dominant languages‚ but rather to build truly multicultural societies in which nobody feels excluded
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Defining Diversity Gregory Johnson ADMIN 570 Dr. Gwendolyn Samuel Miller March 25‚ 2013 Defining Diversity Diversity to me involves the understanding of different types of individuals. Diverse characteristics can often include race‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ class‚ exceptionality‚ and orientation. Diversity is apparent in all aspects of our culture today and aspects of different types of diversity often affect our overall way of living
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Diversity is described as the state of having people who are of different races or who have different cultures in a group‚ but diversity can be more than just race or ethnic background. When we are talking about workplace diversity‚ we are referring to the variety of differences between people in an organization. Diversity encompasses race‚ gender‚ ethnic group‚ age‚ personality‚ cognitive style‚ tenure‚ organizational function‚ education and background. The effects of diversity can impact how
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paradigm for managing diversity‚ written by David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely‚ demonstrates the various types of diversity management‚ the ways in which they work‚ and how they can possibly have an adverse affect on companies. As stated in this article: Our goal is to help business leaders see what their own approach to diversity currently is and how it may already have influenced their companies’ diversity efforts. Managers can learn to asses whether they need to change their diversity initiatives and
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Rebecca December 2‚ 2010 FCS 3150 Thursday 4:00-6:20 pm Interview Paper: Cultural Competency Living in a country that has more than on nationality definitely has both its challenges and rewards. For this assignment I interviewed an employee for a German company‚ in the automobile industry. During this interview I asked many questions about his job and responsibilities and the different types of cultures he works with‚ what are the rewards and challenges working with such a culturally
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