Globalization has significantly transformed the business environment. Economies around the world have increasingly become interconnected, facilitating greater mobility for individuals and organizations around the globe. Today, organizations can more readily do business in diverse geographic locations. In addition, organizations deal with a more diverse workforce in terms of racial and ethnic background, religious inclination, geographic origin, as well as age, gender, and sexual orientation (U.S. Department of Commerce and Vice President Al Gore's National Partnership for Reinventing Government [NPR], n.d.). This has presented both challenges and opportunities for individual workers. The individual worker now has an opportunity to interact with individuals from diverse backgrounds, which is crucial for enhancing their diversity skills. Nonetheless, communication differences can be a major challenge. Understanding how individuals from dissimilar backgrounds communicate and putting across one's message in a manner understandable to those individuals can be a daunting challenge for an individual with no prior experience working in a diverse environment.Question 2

Globalization has particularly impacted on the role of the individual worker in managing diversity. Indeed, diversity management is not only an organizational, but also an individual responsibility (U.S. Department of Commerce and NPR, n.d.). It is imperative for the individual worker to fully embrace diversity. An individual must demonstrate willingness to work alongside individuals from dissimilar backgrounds as well as respect...

In a multinational organization, it is highly likely that an individual will interact with colleagues from diverse backgrounds in the execution of their day-to-day duties. Accordingly, being respectful and ready to embrace individuals from dissimilar backgrounds can go a long way in cultivating the spirit of diversity in the organization as a whole. In essence, forging a culture of diversity arguably starts with the individual.
Question 3

Given that cross-cultural differences are increasingly becoming important at the workplace, it is vital for an organization to be ready for operating in a culturally diverse environment. The leadership of the organization should particularly play a frontline role in this regard (U.S. Department of Commerce and NPR, n.d.). First and foremost, the leadership must identify and communicate to the entire organization cultural diversity as a central pillar of the firm. This encompasses creating awareness of cultural diversity across all levels of the organization through meetings, internal memos, speeches, and training programs. It also entails adjusting human resource practices (especially with respect to recruitment and hiring) to reflect cultural diversity, ensuring equality in the treatment of all employees, as well as designing and implementing activities that promote diversity. Creating a function primarily dedicated to diversity can as well be important in preparing the organization for a culturally diverse market.

Question 4

For Acme manufacturing…