Importance of Understanding Culture Diversity in the Workplace Jennifer Schulz Devry University Cultural Diversity in the Professions SOCS350 William Tutol January 10‚ 2014 Importance of Understanding Culture Diversity in the Workplace In business today it is important to have a diverse group of employees in the workplace. Our textbook defines diversity as real or perceived differences among people in race‚ ethnicity‚ sex‚ age‚ physical and mental ability‚ sexual orientation‚ religion‚
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ASSIGNMENT : UNDERSTANDING GOOD PRACTICE IN WORKPLACE COACHING UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT FOR EFFECTIVE WORKPLACE COACHING • 1.1 Describe and define the purpose of workplace coaching Coaching as defined by the International Coach Federation (ICF) is: … an ongoing partnership that helps clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Through the process of coaching‚ clients deepen their learning‚ improve their performance and enhance their
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Running head: SEVEN MAJOR CHANGES IN THE WORKPLACE Seven Major Changes in the Workplace Seven Major Changes in the Workplace With the ever-growing population and technological changes many employers are going to have to adapt. Robert Barner highlights seven major changes that will affect the places where we work‚ both for the employer and employee (Kreitner‚ 2004‚ p. 76). The seven major changes are (1) The virtual organization (2) The just-in-time workforce (3) The ascendancy of knowledge
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their own theories to themselves. After years working as labour researchers or workplace change consultants we found ourselves in the position of having the stories we told other workers and their managements about why change was happening being reflected back to us by our managers and the people employed to facilitate our departures. We shifted from being purveyors of the discourses and narratives about why change was necessary to sitting in judgement of whether these very discourses and narratives
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The workplace is very different today than it was fifty years ago. Among many obvious differences‚ a lesser seen difference is the change to employee motivation. Social‚ technological‚ and economical changes to the world have changed the way that people are motivated in the workplace. As a manager‚ it is his or her job to motivate their employees to work their hardest for the good of the company and the reciprocal benefit of themselves. Fifty years ago there were lots of changes to the social‚ technological
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Growth and organizational evolution causes change‚ resistance to that inevitability and stress as a byproduct. The tactics individuals and leaders adopt can cause harmful consequences if not managed with sensitivity and awareness. Change can be threatening for those experiencing job insecurity (Robbins & Judge‚ 2007) or develop teams and co-workers that act at cross-purposes (Huy & Mintzbereg‚ 2003). Change can be a source of stress‚ but so can workload‚ leadership styles‚ and the shuffling of roles
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WORKPLACE ETHICS AND ATTITUDINAL CHANGE Learning objectives At the end of the presentation‚ participants should be able to; - Understand what work ethics is all about and be able to classify decision as ethical or unethical. - Appreciates the categories of ethical questions - Analyses ethical reasoning based on the tools of ethics - Grasp some of the actions which may be breaching the boundary of ethical practices at workplaces. - Learn some of the ways ethics in the workplace
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……………………………………………..…………………. 6 RESPONSIBILITY TO EMPLOYEES ……………………………….…………… 6 NON-EMPLOYEE SEXUAL HARASSMENT ……………………..…………….. 7 DEMOGRAPHIC INCIDENCE RATES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ……..……….. 8 MINIMIZING WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT ……………………………….…… 9 SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICIES/TRAINING …………………………...………. 10 BANNING WORKPLACE RELATIONSHIPS ………………………………...……… 11 “LOVE CONTRACTS” ………………………………………………………...………. 12 CONCLUSION ………………………………………………………………………...………. 13 Appendix I – Sexual Harassment Charges EEOC & FEPAs
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UNDERSTANDING GOOD PRACTICE IN WORKPLACE COACHING What is coaching – “The coach works with the clients to achieve a speedy‚ increased and sustainable effectiveness in their lives and careers through focused learning. The coach’s sole aim is to work with the client to achieve all of the client’s potential-as defined by the client” The Coaching Manual Starr‚ J 2008. There are fundamental personal qualities‚ coaching competencies and skills that are needed to become a good coach. These include
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Understanding change in the work place Introduction I work in a residential care home there are 26 bedrooms but 28 beds as two of the rooms are double rooms most of them have en-suite. The home provides care for the elderly of different needs and different levels of care. All members of staff are trained to the highest standards with on-going training throughout the year both in house and from funded outside agencies (i.e. distance learning programmes). This means that each resident gets the
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