...DIVERSITY WORKSHEET 1. Diversity is defined as: the condition or quality of being diverse different, varied, difference, and unlikeness (Oxford English Dictionary). It has also been defined as the “condition of being different.” Google defines. Diversity is valued by recognizing the differences between people and acknowledges these differences. Susan J. Barkman and Hannah L. Speaker, Valuing Diversity. It is what members of a communities can do to also acknowledge their differences, but celebrate their similarities. They can build strong and rich relationships among the diverse memberships. Larry LeFlore, Ph.D. (2004). 2. Ethnocentrism is a person that perceives their culture, traits, and identities as normal and will correct other cultures and traits as abnormal and inferior. Janine M. Schall, Cultural Exploration Through Mapping (2010). Ethnocentrism is detrimental to society because, such generalizations -- often made without a conscious awareness can be way off base and cause us to misjudge other peoples. Ethnocentrism can lead to cultural misinterpretation and it often distorts communication between human beings. Southern Nazarene University (2010). This can best be described as making statements, like: “We are better at driving then Asian Americans, they don’t see as well and cannot maneuver a vehicle through traffic. 3. Emigration is leaving your native country and settling in another. Immigration is coming into a new country. Exploring...
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...Diversity in the American workplace is very important but corporate culture in this country works against women and minorities to a certain extent (Tannen, 1995). The conversational styles that most women use tend to be less popular with businesses and corporations than the conversational styles that men use. Because of this, women are often overlooked for promotions, are seen as less confident, and are not considered as worthwhile when it comes to individuals giving their ideas and helping out with teamwork. Much of this comes from childhood when little girls were taught to be nice to other individuals and help to downplay their weaknesses, while little boys were taught to play up the weaknesses of other individuals and claim strength and domination if they were able (Tannen, 1995; Adams & Galanges, 2005). Individuals who come from one part of the country to another also face this and some men who lack a great deal of self-confidence and are not willing to speak up are also treated as though they are weak. Because of this, many women are overlooked for promotions and other issues in which they are extremely well-qualified but it is not believed that they are confident enough to do the job due to the fact that they do not speak up in the same manner that men do (Michard & Viollet, 1991). Women are not the only ones having difficulty, however. One of the main issues for organizational behavior that is both a challenge and an opportunity is the diversity of the workforce, and this...
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...Workplace diversity refers to the variety of differences between people in an organization. That sounds simple, but diversity encompasses race, gender, ethnic group, age, personality, cognitive style, tenure, organizational function, education, background and more. So why should companies concern themselves with diversity? Is this just because discrimination is wrong, both legally and morally? Or is there more to it? A recent Harvard Business Review article asked this question to 24 CEOs from around the globe who ran companies and corporate divisions that had earned reputations for embracing people from all kinds of backgrounds. When we asked these executives why advancing diversity in their organizations was so important to them, the aggregate answer was twofold: They believed it was a business imperative because their companies needed it to stay competitive, and they believed it was a moral imperative because of their personal experiences and values. These CEOs spoke forcefully about diversity as an advantage. Paul Block of the U.S. sweetener manufacturer Merisant pointed out, “People with different lifestyles and different backgrounds challenge each other more. Diversity creates dissent, and you need that. Without it, you’re not going to get any deep inquiry or breakthroughs.” Or, as Jonathan Broomberg of the South African insurer Discovery Health put it, diversity is “a source of creativity and innovation.” A more diverse workforce, they say, will increase organizational...
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...Unleashing the Real Power of Diversity Major Thesis The workforce is becoming increasingly diverse, and organizations are doing more to address employee concerns and to maximize the benefit of different kinds of employees. But to benefit from those differences managers need to look past the obvious differences such as how they think, learn, work, solve problems, manage their time, and deal with other people. One of the enduring roles of HR managers is to serve as employee advocate – listening to employees’ concerns and representing their needs to managers – to make certain that the interests of employees and interests of the organization are aligned with one another (Snell and Bohlander, 2013). Authors of The Inclusion Breakthrough, Unleashing the Real Power of Diversity, Frederick Miller and Katz Katz believe that organizations are strengthened by a diversity of perspectives, nationalities, and backgrounds; and that all groups posses the inherent potential of diversity, but to truly leverage it you need inclusion (Miller and Katz, 2002, pg.1). An inclusion breakthrough is a process to transform the organization from a mono-cultural organization that values and supports sameness in style and approach, to a culture of inclusion that leverages diversity in all its many dimensions. It also is an approach for any organization that wants to transform their efforts from, a diversity in a box approach, to one that truly unleashes the power of diversity. An inclusion breakthrough...
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...measured as a combination of education, income and occupation. This often will reveal the persons or groups opportunity to acquire resources. The socioeconomic impact of the business we chose, McMenamins has on the public and its employees is great. For the public it provides a melting pot where many different backgrounds can come together and blend without prejudice for a meal and a craft beer. McMenamins is also active in helping the communities its business is related to such as, the Bagdad Theater and Pub helps with the Annual Hawthorne Holiday Stroll, “dedicated to the ideals of community involvement and making Hawthorne a desirable place to work, shop, and live”. (McM web) Their web page has many more events just like this one. As for the employees, I’ve read reviews of current and former employees some say it’s great place to work, some didn’t like it as much. The biggest complaints were working conditions, low pay and lack of upward mobility. All being equal this is a very tough business where there is a lot of turn over. I also discovered that there’s a large number of employees that have worked for McMenamins for twenty years or more. This also creates a tougher market for upward movement because of long term employees getting the opportunities because of their commitment. Resources American Psychological Association.http://www.apa.org/topics/socioeconomic-status. 2015 Merriam Webster .Online....
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...MHF Module: Understanding Differences Misty Norrod Understanding Differences Worksheet Research a culture from a country that is different than your own. Complete the table below for the culture you chose. Include 50 to 150 words for each response. Culture: Islam/Middle Eastern Countries |Topic |Cultural View of the Topic | |Raising children |Those of the Islamic religion, living in Middle Eastern countries believe similar to the United States in raising | | |children. According to Hilal Plaza.com, there are 15 tips the Islamics use to raise their children. Teach their | | |children the importance of worshipping Allah, is the first. Next, treat the children kindly. Next, Teach examples| | |of Muslim Heros. Next, let the children sit in with adults. Next, Make the children feel important. Next, go out| | |as a family. Next, praise the children, and avoid humiliating the children. Next, get the children in some type | | |of sports activity. Next, do not be friends with the children, and do not spoil them. Next, pray with their | | |children. Next, emphasize Halaal, and finally, set examples. Although the Islamic faith does have other beliefs | | |in different...
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...Diversity Training In America today, we have all sorts of people. Each of these people, for the most part, needs to sustain jobs in the U.S., and have the right to do so. Furthermore, they have many more rights that enable them to work in a comfortable environment whilst being treated fairly, and not receive different or "special" treatment due to age, sex, race, or religion. All of these aspects play a part in our cultures and mean different things to each culture. This is why it is so important to be culturally competent and have positive and effective diversity training for companies. With so many different cultural people mingling in the workplace, it is important to know that your employee will not only respond to each other respectfully and with kindness, but also know how to communicate properly with their peers that tend to have "different" qualities than them. Diversity training is specific training given to employees by companies to protect their employees from civil right violations as well as to include more cultural and social groups into their work pool. These trainings also greatly increase teamwork and employee relations. Diversity training is meant to increase their employee’s cultural awareness in many ways, making communication and interactions between employees as pleasant and non-incidental as possible. Diversity training has been a very controversial issue here in the U.S. While its supporters will say it is only right to teach respect to other cultures...
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...Change Work and Diversity (British Airways) HR 0277 Change, Work and Diversity Part 1 Jasmine Koh W11039857 Word Count: 1893 Contents |Description |Page | |Executive Summary |3 | |Introduction |3 | |Change Management in British Airways | | |Organisational Context (British Airways: 2009 – 2011) |4 | |The Strategic Change itself as outlined by its management |4 | |The nature and extent of the strategic changes |5 | |The change management strategy |6 | |The challenges and management difficulties in implementing such change strategy |6 – 7 | |Conclusion |7 | |References |8 | |Appendices | | Executive Summary This report is a research on British Airway’s (BA) change program that resulted in long-running industrial disputes between its management and crew members in 2009 – 2011. It outlines the contextual information about BA, its strategic change as outlined by its management, the identification and evaluation on the nature and extent of such strategic changes, the change management strategy adopted and implemented and the challenges and management difficulties faced. The report also provides an insight on an understanding of change of management practice from standpoint through the change kaleidoscope; contexture features. Introduction British Airways, UK’s largest international scheduled airline which operates one of the most extensive international scheduled airline route networks, across 300 destinations worldwide, is a leading and established...
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...HR 0277 Change, Work and Diversity Part 1 Jasmine Koh W11039857 Word Count: 1893 Contents |Description |Page | |Executive Summary |3 | |Introduction |3 | |Change Management in British Airways | | |Organisational Context (British Airways: 2009 – 2011) |4 | |The Strategic Change itself as outlined by its management |4 | |The nature and extent of the strategic changes |5 | |The change management strategy |6 | |The challenges and management difficulties in implementing such change strategy |6 – 7 | |Conclusion ...
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...Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is defined in the dictionary as "the condition of being different." A crucial mistake many people make is to equate diversity with "race" and "culture". They think diversity is about "what Hispanics are like" or "what Europeans are like". “This approach is inherently flawed because it reinforces stereotypes and promotes an "us versus them" mentality. Diversity extends far beyond race and culture to include a number of dimensions of differences”. Loden and Rosener (1991). Valuing diversity recognizes differences between people and acknowledges that these differences are a valued asset. It also respects individuality while promoting respect for others. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is defined as the “belief in the intrinsic of the nation, culture, or group to which one belongs, often accompanied by feeling of dislikes for other groups”. Ethnocentrism. (n.d.). Ethnocentric individuals believe that they are better than other individuals for reasons based solely on their heritage. Clearly, this practice is related to problems of both racism and prejudice. Ethnocentrism is a powerful force that weakens human relations. Ethnocentrism can be detrimental to a society, because it can lead...
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...perspective: * What are the benefits of being a Temporary employee? * The disadvantages of Temporary worker. * Can lead to Permanent Employment. * Gateway to Permanent Position. * Conclusion: Contingent Workforce: A contingent workforce is a provisional group of workers who work for an organization on a non-permanent basis, also known as freelancers, independent professionals, temporary contract workers, independent contractors or consultants. Types of Contingent Workers: There is much discussion in the literature about just how the term contingent worker should be defined. Following are descriptions of common contingent worker categories. Temporary employees: Temporary employees, or temps, generally work for temporary employment agencies that place workers in companies for short-term assignments. While most temporary employees earn less than their full-time counterparts and do not receive benefits, that has changed for some job specialties, particularly in the computer and information systems areas. Milwaukee-based Manpower Inc. and Kelly Services Inc. of Troy, Michigan, are two of the largest temporary agencies. Part-Time Employees: Part-time employees work fewer than 35 hours a week. They often receive fewer or no benefits from their employer, which results in a cost savings for the company....
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...Part1 1. Title British Airway’s (BA) change program that resulted in long-running industrial disputes between its management and crew members in 2009-2011 2. Introduction Organizations around the world are seeking change management in order to cope with the challenges of globalization, mega competition. Changing the way of business organizations to accomplish their stated goals and objectives (Gouillart & Kelley, 1995). This paper has been organized with a view to highlight British Airways (BA) change management strategy that lead to dispute between management and crew member. Firstly, the paper highlights contextual information about the organization and the strategic change. Secondly, evaluate the nature and extent of such strategic changes. Lastly, the paper also presents the change management strategy, meanwhile to highlight the number of challenges and management difficulties. 3. Change Management in British Airways 3.1 Organizational context (British Airways: 2009-2011) 3.2 The strategic change itself as outlined by its management 3.3 The nature and extent of the strategic changes 3.4 The change management strategy 3.5 The challenges and management difficulties in implementing such change strategy 4. Conclusion 5. Bibliography Part 2 1. Introduction 2. 3. 4. The core issues about strategic changes and change management in BA. (This should be outlined against appropriate theoretical frameworks or conceptual discussions). Specific...
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...Work-Life and Diversity Challenges Executive Summaries Work-Life and Diversity Challenges “The employee began working on January 1. It is July 15, and the employee requires time off for a family emergency” (HRM/445 Course Syllabus). Family emergencies happen from time to time and require employees to take time off from his or her job. To take time off work an employee must be eligible to take such leave whether it is sick time, vacation time, comp time, or FMLA. “The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is the principal law governing the provision of leave to employees for parental and medical reasons” (Walsh, 2007, p. 312). Employees are entitled to FMLA leave when the following criteria are met: the employee has worked for the employer for at least 12 months before taking any leave, the employee has worked 1,250 hours during the 12 months before taking any leave, the employer has 50 employees or more, and the employee notifies the employer timely of the need for leave. Employees are required to give the employer as much notice as possible for the leave he or she is requesting. In the situation presented the employee would not be entitled to FMLA because he or she has not worked at least 12 months for the company before the need to take time off for a family emergency. The time off requested by the employee only states it is a family emergency and does not indicate what the exact emergency is. FMLA requires that a “qualifying event” must occur for an employee...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix A Communication Styles Worksheet You spent the past few days exploring the resources available to students at University of Phoenix, and you want to share what you learned with a friend who is interested in enrolling. Write a 150- to 200-word e-mail to your friend summarizing the resources available to students. The University has many useful resources available. My favorite is the Center for Mathematics Excellence. I love math so I stay on that useful link. You also have the Center for Writing Excellence and Online Math Coaching. The online you actually get to communicate with someone. Academic Representative and instructor are more than willing to answer any questions that you might have. You have students that are willing to help you as well. In the library you have the Student Labs you can access and use. The Grammar and Writing Guides will help sharpen your skills for whenever papers are needed to be turned in. In my case, six days out of the week. It is good whenever you find a school that really enjoy going to. Ever since the first call, I knew this school was the one for me. I hope that you look into this. You asked your facilitator to review your e-mail draft. She liked what you wrote and asked you to write a summary to post in the class forum for the other students to read. Write a 150- to 200-word summary for your class of the resources available to students. Remember to write using an academic tone. Hello...
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...Awodipe AMBA 600 How Does Diversity Impact The Workplace? Issues of Diversity are common in small and big corporations in the United States. As defined by Webster dictionary, diversity is “the inclusion of individuals representing more than one national origin, color, religion, socioeconomic stratum, sexual orientation”. Diversity in a workplace is how people perceive themselves and the individuals they work closely with. In turn, that perception good or bad can affect the way employees interact with one another in a workplace. Although diversity in a work place is seen as a good thing, it also poses some difficult challenges for business organizations. In order for an organization to succeed at being diverse, they must first understand the benefits of a diverse work environment, the true meaning of what it is to be diverse, and how to improve diversity in the workplace. When talking about diversity and trying to achieve a diverse work place, it is very important for an organization to understand the benefits of having a diverse work environment. Organizations with a diverse work place have shown to thrive and be more successful than homogeneous groups. I believe the reason for this is due to the different ideas and perspectives each individual in a diverse group brings to the table. According to the article “How Diversity Works” Paul (2014) stated “the benefit of having diversity in a group is the creativity that it brings out of the group. Diversity encourages the members of...
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