Assessing Diversity Initiatives Acme Inc. has asked for an analysis and evaluation of three diversity recruiting initiatives implemented a year ago. The goal is to increase the diversity of new hires. The three initiatives are minority college recruiting, job fairs in minority communities, and mining diversity websites such as the diversity employment exchange. The HR manager has requested an I/O external consultant to aid in understanding which recruiting methods were the most successful at making a good impression of Acme Inc. as a potential employer. Recruits completed a five-point Likert-scale item ranging from one (definitely would not accept) to five (definitely would accept) that rated how likely he…
1)How does the program philosophy address cultural awareness and diversity? Describe the basic elements of this philosophy. My students are young so they are naturally curious about the people around them. The students attempt to formulate a sense of their own identity by defining what makes them different from everyone else. Students usually ask questions on characteristics they see such as skin color or hair.…
There are many definitions of valuing diversity. They tend to have in common the view that in order to value diversity one needs to understand and accept differences. The impact of valuing diversity should be felt on the bottom line in terms of enhanced productivity and profitability. Diversity “Diversity is the sum of all the people who bring a variety of backgrounds, styles, values and beliefs as assets to the groups and organisations in which they interact”; “The mosaic of people who bring a variety of backgrounds, styles, perspectives, values and beliefs into their companies or organisations”; or simply put “All the ways in which we differ” Valuing Diversity “Recognizing and appreciating that individuals are different and that…
Diversity Statement Edi Hernandez In an ever growing college community that welcomes more and more diversity it is important to understand the different backgrounds and accept those differences in order to grow together. Diversity means being able to emphasize with someone and embrace that person for who they are and not judge but to broaden our understanding of what it means to live and experience life in all types of ways. In this position I will have to interact and hear a lot of different backgrounds from student that are seeking services from the TRiO SSS STEM programs on Aims’ campus.…
Have you ever imagined yourself working in an office and your colleagues are all from different countries and with different cultures? Actually most of the people have different feelings about diversity in the work place as not all of the people are adapted to deal with people with different mentalities and habits. Some people think that it is very useful as it is make a successful and highly functioning work environment; however, others think that diversity in the work place is useless and uncomfortable to those who can't adapt with diversity. People who support diversity in work places and believe in its great importance claim that having a diverse workplace is expanding the knowledge and experience of all that are within that utility. These…
In order to examine diversity in today’s workplace, we must first look at the history of diversity and its place within the workplace. Over the past couple of decades, diversity in the workplace has been an increasing norm, which is visible in many companies. However, today’s definition of diversity has a completely different meaning than what diversity might have meant twenty or so years ago. Throughout the early days of business, when companies began creating initiatives for diversity, the focus was on African Americans and other minorities.…
McCuiston et al (2004), states that the implementation of policies to promote workplace diversity results in the improvement of the bottom line which ultimately leads to increased competitive advantage; superior business performance; higher levels of employee satisfaction and loyalty. Contemporary scholars concur that having and making use of a diverse workforce has resulted in accrued benefits to organizations (; Stewart and Brown, 2010; Dessler, Mathis et al., 2013 ;). The success of diversity management initiatives is underpinned by embedding equal employment opportunities (EEO) policies in the firm’s business practices. For diversity management to be effective, it should not be aimed at non discriminatory policies that makes provision for…
Due to numerous disadvantages (e.g. socioeconomic and education), awareness of the history of injustice and discrimination, fear of additional burden and commitment, poor understanding of research processes, ineffective recruitment procedures, and unfavorable researcher attributes, result in minorities not wanting to participate in research (Table 1). Researchers, their teams, and institutions can create facilitators for engaging minorities in research. These facilitators are a combination of tangible (e.g. providing health services) and non-tangible (showing respect and compassion for minorities) recruitment, retention, and barrier reduction strategies (Table 1). Minority individuals should be empowered, convinced of the relevance of the…
Living life with a job based on race or ethnicity can affect people's perspective of the United States being a ¨free country.¨ A quota in the civil servant occupations can create a peace within other races or ethnicities. Diversity is good for the community and workplace as it helps define the culture. People are all equal when it comes to the hiring process for certain jobs. Today, if someone were to get a job, the odds of being qualified for the job are low because of their race or ethnicity, People get the wrong idea of certain races because of stereotypes from the past that continue into the present.…
Similar opinion was raised by two sociology professors from Harvard University in their article “Why Diversity Management Backfires (And How Firms Can Make it Work)”. Their research shown that the tests that were first used to determine most fit candidates for the management positions actually decreased the amount of white women getting jobs and did not help the minorities at all. Despite the negative results majority of companies in the United States still use performance evaluation systems today. That results in a significant decrease of diversity in companies and growth in amount of discrimination complaints. The research also shown that the mandatory diversity trainings, designed to make managers aware of their bias, end up hurting the diversity even more.…
In America we have a particularly huge diverse community, which we are lucky to have. Diversity gives America the uniqueness and power that numerous of cultures are able to work together as a whole. As well as creates problems in our society on perception and trust towards one another. Since, we have accepted multiple cultures around the world, people are usually debating each other about what’s right to belief in, what we should believe in or nothing at all. In fact, having an immense diverse community creates the public’s opinion about one another.…
Hello Terrance, Welcome to Diversity IDS-400. Congratulation for being one term away of graduating with B.A. degree in General studies. This is my last term as well, and if everything goes well I will receive my bachelor’s in marketing. I have learned so much through SNHU online courses and hope that my success will be carried into a new chapter in my life. Diversity is important for all of us to comprehend both personally and career wise.…
In my room, the books, photographs, posters and puzzles are the great use in promoting diversity and encouraging understanding of other culture, tradition and histories. Images project balance in the room between men and women as they are doing similar jobs, such as; doctors, teachers etc and urban indigenous are engaged with all range of activities and jobs, not only just in traditional celebration. In the dramatic play, we have dolls (males and females and different cultural dolls), dress ups form multicultural background. Through doll bathing activity, children are showed and discussed by educators that all dolls hair gets washed with same shampoo, even they all have different hair, such as, curly, dark thick hair, thin silky hair and even male dolls hair and include children in washing dress ups.…
I have been blessed with many different opportunities in my life to experience diversity through my school, church, and work. Being a part of a church has taught me to always have open arms to anyone that may be different than myself, with that being said my church has introduced me to many different people from all different walks of life. My church also has a large congregation of the Asian culture. Through the many social events of my church I have learned a lot about the Asian culture between their family values, foods, clothing, and gender relations. Working hand and hand with them to serve others has taught me about the differences between our ways of life, but most of all has shown me the similarities between us.…
My personal experience with diversity was an event that stuck with me in a profound way occurred a few years ago. I once considered myself aware of the differences in people having worked for a company that was committed to diversity because I had attended classes and training to better understand the differences among people. As a foster parent I have helped and mentored many families. One family has remained close in my heart for the last 17 years. When the children returned home I stayed involved and when the mom had more children I still stayed involved because I recognized there were issues within the family.…