Building Inclusive workplaces by harnessing diversity Introduction Why should a successful organisation embrace diversity? Some will say discrimination is wrong‚ illegal and immoral. Others will talk of the social need for inclusion. There is‚ however‚ a larger reason for organisations to embrace diversity. The paradigm through which the organisation sees diversity is crucial and that will shape the organisation’s diversity philosophy. Diversity management brings a variety of gender and ethnic
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Diversity in the workplace is a topic that many industries and organizations spend an abundant amount of time and training on in order to ensure its presence. Today’s workplace is more diverse than it has ever been in history. While the workforce has made strides in the direction of equality‚ it is still far from attaining total equality in the workplace. A company must value diversity. The main objectives of valuing diversity include awareness‚ education‚ and positive recognition of the differences
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business to other counties rather than to focus on their local business. People from all over the world now have more opportunities to work together. For this reason‚ cultural diversity has become a big challenge for both foreigners and native residents. The United States is a typical example. Especially in the state of California‚ diversity is one of the most crucial characteristics. We can encounter thousands of people‚ who come from different countries around the world‚ immigrating to California
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Most people would agree that cultural diversity in the workplace utilizes our country’s skills to its fullest‚ and contributes to our overall growth and prosperity. The reality of the situation is that it hasn’t happened and progress remains slow. One of the reasons for this has been the lack of diversity in corporate America. By not developing a diverse workforce from the top down‚ African‚ Hispanic‚ and Asian Americans are unfairly demoted to lower-skilled‚ lower-pay positions and are not able
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The workplace changed while we weren’t looking. No longer is it dominated by white middle class men. With changes‚ increased minorities numbers and the movement of women in the workplace‚ companies need to address issues of diversity in the workplace. The field of diversity has gone beyond even culture and gender but also recognizes that different styles and approaches can be useful to have in any workplace. "In an ideal world‚ every person is treated equally when it comes to getting a job‚ advancing
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Conduct a short literature review on the following topic as they relate to the workplace and work behaviour: diversity in terms of gender; sexual or religious orientation; You may move beyond these topic - with permission from your tutor. The topic of diversity in the workplace has been thoroughly researched and analysed. A variety of concepts and theories have been established to try and explain
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Diversity Diversity in the Workplace Western International University MGT 352 Political‚ Legal & Ethical Issues in Business 1 Diversity 2 Introduction Workplace diversity has taken on a new face. Today‚ workplace diversity is no longer just about anti-discrimination compliance. Diversity in the workplace is not buzzwords for affirmative action or equal employment opportunity. Diversity represents a company ’s fundamental attitude that it not only respects and values the
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Implementing Diversity in the Workplace Workplace diversity could mean different things to different people and organizations. We typically refer to workplace diversity as the variety of differences between people in an organization. businesses are realizing that diversity encompasses not only some general differences‚ but all the differences that individuals bring to the workplace to include but is not limited to‚ race‚ gender‚ ethnic group‚ age‚ education‚ personality‚ cognitive style‚ tenure
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Lockwood‚ N.R. (2005). Workplace Diversity: Leveraging the Power of Difference for Competitive Advantage. HRMagazine‚ 50(6)‚1. Retrived from EBSCO host This article is an example of how broad diversity within companies has become in current years. The broad definition of diversity includes an employee’s personality and work style to the visible dimensions‚ to secondary dimensions‚ to work diversities (Lockwood‚ 2005). The concept of workplace diversity is changing from compliance to inclusion
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Workplace Diversity Diversity July 7‚ 2013 Introduction: Every day the global workforce is growing and for many years there has been big issues within the workplace. One of those big issues being diversity. Every employee has something very unique to bring to the company. The ideal company will have the best team players with great work ethic. In most cases a successful company holds employees that have different views which come in handy for big business decisions. In a growing global
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