Let's Be Lefties For A Day Analysis
Let 's Be Lefties for a Day!
Louis Silvestri
DeVry University
Cultural Diversity in the Professions
350
Professor Jeanette Tate
Spring B 2014
Let 's Be Lefties for a Day!
What is the importance of understanding cultural, ethnic, and gender differences by managers and professionals in a business setting? Are we spending too much time, effort, and money training managers and professionals about such concepts and ideas? The importance of learning about cultural, ethnic, and gender differences is significant and crucial to the existence of any business or profession. It is important for us as human beings to acknowledge and accept people for who they are. We need to understand and be sensitive to the cultural needs and practices of others, …show more content…
Recognizing the importance of diversity, many organizations have developed policies and professional development issues to attract, retain, and develop employees, as well as facilitate communication and understanding amongst them (Nichol & Anti-Boasiako, 2012). This makes sense to me. It is important for workers to be able to communicate effectively with the community it serves. Only a diverse workforce can accomplish this goal especially when you need to communicate to others that cannot understand or speak the English language. At my hospital we have been fortunate enough to employee a diverse population of staff capable of speaking multiple languages. This is vital especially when dealing with situations that require emergency or lifesaving …show more content…
I held a rubber ball in my right hand covered it with a sock. I did this for approximately one hour. I could not write with my left hand. I did attempt to open a wine bottle with a corkscrew and was unsuccessful. Even though I could manage certain tasks I was somewhat frustrated. I could not imagine having to perform activities of daily living with my “weak’ hand. I was somewhat at an advantage since I have been trained to use my weak hand as a law enforcement officer if my dominant hand was injured. It was still extremely difficult to complete many tasks. This exercise was valuable to me. It provided insight as to how difficult it must be to live life with a disability or to be different from others. I cannot imagine the struggle of those that are different because of race, creed, color, gender, religion, or political beliefs. It shed light on how challenging it must for those that cannot speak or understand the English
Louis Silvestri
DeVry University
Cultural Diversity in the Professions
350
Professor Jeanette Tate
Spring B 2014
Let 's Be Lefties for a Day!
What is the importance of understanding cultural, ethnic, and gender differences by managers and professionals in a business setting? Are we spending too much time, effort, and money training managers and professionals about such concepts and ideas? The importance of learning about cultural, ethnic, and gender differences is significant and crucial to the existence of any business or profession. It is important for us as human beings to acknowledge and accept people for who they are. We need to understand and be sensitive to the cultural needs and practices of others, …show more content…
Recognizing the importance of diversity, many organizations have developed policies and professional development issues to attract, retain, and develop employees, as well as facilitate communication and understanding amongst them (Nichol & Anti-Boasiako, 2012). This makes sense to me. It is important for workers to be able to communicate effectively with the community it serves. Only a diverse workforce can accomplish this goal especially when you need to communicate to others that cannot understand or speak the English language. At my hospital we have been fortunate enough to employee a diverse population of staff capable of speaking multiple languages. This is vital especially when dealing with situations that require emergency or lifesaving …show more content…
I held a rubber ball in my right hand covered it with a sock. I did this for approximately one hour. I could not write with my left hand. I did attempt to open a wine bottle with a corkscrew and was unsuccessful. Even though I could manage certain tasks I was somewhat frustrated. I could not imagine having to perform activities of daily living with my “weak’ hand. I was somewhat at an advantage since I have been trained to use my weak hand as a law enforcement officer if my dominant hand was injured. It was still extremely difficult to complete many tasks. This exercise was valuable to me. It provided insight as to how difficult it must be to live life with a disability or to be different from others. I cannot imagine the struggle of those that are different because of race, creed, color, gender, religion, or political beliefs. It shed light on how challenging it must for those that cannot speak or understand the English