Various literatures indicate that managing diversity within today’s labor force has become a primary concern for companies and organizations today. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2012)‚ compared with the labor force of past decades‚ today’s labor force is older‚ more racially and ethnically diverse‚ and composed of more women. Over the next decade‚ the labor force will become even more racially and ethnically diverse (Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ 2012). Non-Hispanic whites made up
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normal business activity. Work place diversity meant hire outside of your family not outside of your race. As a result‚ the federal government felt impelled to create employment laws. These new laws were implemented to eliminate discrimination and provide the means for advancement. As a consequence of this implementation‚ these laws have created possible barriers to maximizing the potential of every employee (Chan‚ 2000). Recently‚ the concept of diversity has completely changed from before
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Managing Diversity No two humans are alike. People are different not only in gender‚ culture‚ race‚ social and psychological characteristics but also in their perspectives and prejudices. Society had discriminated on these aspects for centuries. Women and minority groups were denied of their due rights. But not any more. Since 1960s‚ when federal legislation prohibited employment discrimination‚ minorities and female applicants have become the fastest-growing segment in the work force. Diversity
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Rasmussen‚ T. (1996). The ASTD trainer’s sourcebook: Diversity. New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill. Managing diversity is both a challenge and an opportunity for management. It is a challenge because it requires organizational change; it means fostering a cultural environment that values differences and maximizes the potential of all employees. It is an opportunity because organizations that proactively address diversity have a competitive advantage. They are able to attract‚ motivate and retain high potential
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An Analysis of the Dick Spencer Case The career of Dick Spencer presented in the assigned case offers several opportunities for the business student to examine principles of management using a realistic example of the modern business environment. This paper undertakes to perform an analysis of Mr. Spencer’s career in order to identify and explore those factors that contributed to his early career success as a sales person as well as those factors that contributed to significant challenges experienced
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Executive Summary Marks & Spencer is a long-established UK-based retail chain selling men’s and women’s clothing and high quality fresh food and ready made meals. The Marks and Spencer’s service mission is to do the right thing for our customer. Recently‚ the marketing campaigns develop the new slogan “Only at Your M&S” reminding our customers of the extraordinary lengths we go to‚ to deliver unique products. This group project studies about the Marks & Spencer (M&S) internationalization department
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CASE 2 - XEROX QUESTION 1 How would Xerox define diversity? How has its definition changed over the years? In business ‚ diversity has seen action in the managing of human resource as essential capital in fostering businesses at a global scale . Diversity is also seen as a concept where differences can be a powerful resource . Based on the Case facts‚ Xerox value diversity as the most priceless resource to drive the company towards achieving its goals. According to Xerox Chairman & former
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In the article‚ “Executive Excess 2008: How Average Taxpayers Subsidize Runaway Pay‚” by author Sarah Anderson‚ the author takes a look into top CEO compensation plans and how the rich are saving on taxes. The article begins by stating its opinion on this matter‚ which is described in the article as unlawful and unjust. The author strongly believes that it is unfair for CEO’s to be paid so highly‚ and on top of that to be able to utilize tax strategies that create even more wealth for them. This
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In reading both scenarios the generation differences are very clear. In the first situation with Stan and Alex at the Davis Agency the biggest difference was the technological advances that could be under taken to improve process to deal with the client’s needs. Stan being with the company for 33 years was having a very difficult time trying any new ideas that he did not understand. Even though Alex conferred with Connor on his way of doing a project‚ Stan felt as if Alex was being insubordinate
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MGT 3302 Case #1-Diversity at PepsiCo 1. If I were just appointed the HR manager at PepsiCo‚ I would implement several mandatory training sessions for the employees and board members. In order for a company to integrate a diversified culture into their organization‚ every single member of the company has to be involved. Several key components that would be introduced would be legal awareness‚ cultural awareness‚ and sensitivity training. Legal awareness would be a very important training component
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