Dynamics Of Diversity

For the assigned discussion topic, our group will address the concept of diversity in two perspectives, cross cultural diversity management and managing multicultural teams. On this document we start by defining diversity and move on to multicultural aspects of diversity. Following, we will introduce the concept of managing multicultural teams to whom we will briefly introduce the four challenges of managing multicultural teams as well as some strategies to unravel it. Finally, we list the group dynamic for the class discussion, as well as provide recommendations and conclusion.
The concept of Diversity Diversity describes the many differences and similarities, which exist between people. These differences may be apparent, such as
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