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¶ … Diversity in Organizations
Globalization and the continual compression of cultures is leading to more emphasis than ever before on how to make diversity work as a competitive strength in organizations today. This is especially the case for global businesses that are making decisions on how to keep complex projects moving forward right now. This paper concentrates defining how important it is for global businesses to understand the nature of diversity, providing guidance on how the best global companies make thought leadership a core strength today. Creating and sustaining a diversified productive environment is challenging even the best-run enterprises today. Insights into managing diversity-related conflicts based on the lessons gained from the videos and cited peer-reviewed articles also provide a glimpse into how companies today are making the most of diversity programs.
The Nature of Diversity as a Global Competitive Advantage
Diversity is happening in organizations that make it a priority every day, and strive to make each decision reflect that focus. The best run companies making those decisions right now are centering each decision on what is best for each applicant and potential employee, regardless of their ace, creed, religion or ethnicity. With...
"Perhaps the single most effective step that can be taken toward achieving diversity in the workplace is in helping your people pioneer programmes. This involves assigning "champions" to the company's cause, someone or some group of individuals who will be totally dedicated and devoted to bringing about successful diversity within their immediate working environment and throughout their organisation" (Harisis, Kleiner, 1993,-page 8). Making diversity work on a daily basis takes the assigning of accountability and responsibility to each and every aspect of the hiring, management and evaluation processes used globally in an enterprise.
Making Diversity Pay in a Work Environment:
Steps Managers Are Taking To Sustain a Diversified and Productive Environment
Examples are readily available today showing how ineffective managers are in making hiring decisions where diversity is an issue. This is seen in the assigned video for class,
Diversity in Hiring: Candidate Conundrum (McGraw-Hill Media, 2010) where two managers are arguing about which is…
References
How to manage a diverse workforce. (1991). American Bankers Association. ABA Banking Journal, 83(10), 122-122.
Harisis, D.S., & Kleiner, B.H. (1993). Managing and valuing diversity in the workplace. Equal Opportunities International, 12(4), 6-6.
McGraw-Hill Media (2010). Video: Diversity in Hiring [Web]. Retrieved from http://hotseat.mhhe.com/mm.html
Morgan, J., & Vardy, F. (2009). Diversity in the workplace. The American Economic Review, 99(1), 472-485.
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