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In the first half of the 20th century, the globalization of business was based on the Western model. Headquarters, functions, and capital were in one place, with managers sent to run regional operations as if they were colonies. In the second half of the 1900s, organizations began to adopt the multinational model, duplicating their home country operations in other places where conducting business.
According to a Conference Board and Focus Consultancy survey with 900 respondents from the European Commission, 83% agree that diversity policies make good business sense. Removal of specific employment barriers lead to recruitment from a wider talent pool, longer retention of better personnel and enhanced community relations and corporate image. However, almost half of all these firms have not yet implemented diversity policies. Regardless of how the idea of multiculturalism is beginning to move into organizations worldwide, there is yet a long way to go.
This proposed report would research the validity of cross-national diversity and how it is being successfully implemented in various organizations as those noted above. It should be seen as a sharing of best practices and suggestions on how interested companies can progress in the future to reach similar goals and aims. It is recognized by many organizations that diversity policies are the most successful when they are completely integrated throughout the firm along with vehicles of support of executive leadership, ongoing training and accountability.
Many international businesses have committed very large resources to implementing...
Those organizations that put a high value on the ways that multiculturalism and workforce diversity add to long-term success, continuous improvement and productivity strongly back methods that enhance efficiency link cultural diversity to their overall corporate strategies, are committed to enhancing communication in every way possible, reward different approaches to management integration of diversity, continually measure results and make ongoing changes based on the outcome of these measurements.
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