Internal dimensions: These dimensions are characteristics that have a strong influence on people’s perceptions, expectations and attitudes towards other people. These include factors such as gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, physical ability and race
External dimensions: These dimensions are personal traits that we have a certain amount of control or influence over. They are factors such as income, personal and recreational habits, religion, education, work experience, appearance, marital status, and geographic location.
Organizational dimensions: These dimensions are relevant or significant to the organization itself. They include factors such as management status, Unit or division, work field, seniority, union affiliation and …show more content…
It is the deliberate and focused creation of organizational changes that enable all employees to perform up to their maximum potential (Kreitner, 2001:42). Israel is a typical example of how the valuing of diversity can turn this issue into an asset to be used for the benefit of the organization (Vermeulen, 1998:1). South Africa is a country with a very diverse population that contains many cultural, social religious groups, much like Israel. The South African population consists of many immigrants bringing with them the diverse ethno cultural practices of their countries of origin. This challenged the state to convert these differences into a national asset (Hirsh, 1993:195). Achieving competitive advantage through the management of diversity has become an important managerial, and hence leadership, consideration (Thomas, 1996:17). It is therefore obvious that management discipline needs effective leadership in order for it to be successfully implemented. According to Kreitner (2001:551) leadership is defined as “a social influence process in which the leader seeks the voluntary participation of subordinates in an effort to reach organizational goals.” Changing existing attitudes toward diversity in the workplace clearly involves more than just decisive leadership but also the cooperation of all employees as it affects their inter-personal relationships with each other. Therefore managers …show more content…
Companies differ in size and activities, and come with its own rules and company act. Most public companies tends to employ more workers due to its size as compared to private companies, the same applies to other types such as limited liability companies, unlimited companies, Government companies and so on. (The times 100, 2013) Employing diverse employees would 13 mean, being convinced that the company type will do well or much better with them on board.
Organizational culture
Organizational culture could be defined as a set of values that are share in the organization, which reflects on the company’s activities. There are five components to organizational culture that involves its practices, vision, value, people, place, and its history. Each organizational culture is unique and different from any other company’ s, therefore any decision made by a company about workplace diversity is based on the company’s beliefs and norms, and must therefore reflect on that company. (Coleman 2013)
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External dimensions: These dimensions are personal traits that we have a certain amount of control or influence over. They are factors such as income, personal and recreational habits, religion, education, work experience, appearance, marital status, and geographic location.
Organizational dimensions: These dimensions are relevant or significant to the organization itself. They include factors such as management status, Unit or division, work field, seniority, union affiliation and …show more content…
It is the deliberate and focused creation of organizational changes that enable all employees to perform up to their maximum potential (Kreitner, 2001:42). Israel is a typical example of how the valuing of diversity can turn this issue into an asset to be used for the benefit of the organization (Vermeulen, 1998:1). South Africa is a country with a very diverse population that contains many cultural, social religious groups, much like Israel. The South African population consists of many immigrants bringing with them the diverse ethno cultural practices of their countries of origin. This challenged the state to convert these differences into a national asset (Hirsh, 1993:195). Achieving competitive advantage through the management of diversity has become an important managerial, and hence leadership, consideration (Thomas, 1996:17). It is therefore obvious that management discipline needs effective leadership in order for it to be successfully implemented. According to Kreitner (2001:551) leadership is defined as “a social influence process in which the leader seeks the voluntary participation of subordinates in an effort to reach organizational goals.” Changing existing attitudes toward diversity in the workplace clearly involves more than just decisive leadership but also the cooperation of all employees as it affects their inter-personal relationships with each other. Therefore managers …show more content…
Companies differ in size and activities, and come with its own rules and company act. Most public companies tends to employ more workers due to its size as compared to private companies, the same applies to other types such as limited liability companies, unlimited companies, Government companies and so on. (The times 100, 2013) Employing diverse employees would 13 mean, being convinced that the company type will do well or much better with them on board.
Organizational culture
Organizational culture could be defined as a set of values that are share in the organization, which reflects on the company’s activities. There are five components to organizational culture that involves its practices, vision, value, people, place, and its history. Each organizational culture is unique and different from any other company’ s, therefore any decision made by a company about workplace diversity is based on the company’s beliefs and norms, and must therefore reflect on that company. (Coleman 2013)
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