Diversity

Diversity at College Campus Many people see diversity and automatically think about race, but diversity goes beyond race. Diversity in college means more than just the skin color of a person, it means change, tolerance, culture, ethnicity, and gender, among other things. Therefore, diversity shapes as an individual. This country is blessed to have a great cultural diversity. For this reason it is beneficial to consider how institutions view their diverse student populations. Diversity will…

What Makes the World Go Round Diversity is a well-known word, for it is understood that diversity means “a range of different things” or a variety. On top of diversity being a well-known word, it is also seen everywhere, every day, and in every way. However, despite that, it is my opinion that the word diversity goes far beyond the literal definition. There is surface level diversity, different hair color or different shoe size, but then there is the kind of diversity where life is so…

upon other businesses. Myrtle Bell (2012) defines diversity as “real or perceived differences among people” and Consultant Thomas Roosevelt (2006) considers there is a direct link between diversity and organizational culture given that the way people are treated at work is a reflection of the organisation’s culture. Therefore, by promoting a diverse environment, employers are able to improve performance as well as to reduce discrimination. Diversity is much more than just acknowledging the…

identities, and diversity that exist within society. These topics fueled an informative discussion about how identities are shaped based on the culture that surrounds an individual. From this, I was able to determine my own definitions and ideologies of culture and diversity. Though the concepts may seem very similar, each person may have their own perceptions of what each one means. In my opinion, a culture is a group of people that share the same beliefs and customs while diversity represents…

Outline 9 Events for Diversity Module 1. Gaining attention a. Module begins with diverse people faces showing on the computer screen b. The words Diversity Training appears at the top of the screen c. Module continues with showing different languages saying hello d. Screen prompts students to enter their name and employee number e. Record name and employee number and track each screen student completes in case they end the session before completing the training module f. Welcome message…

regarding understanding or managing diversity in which I am most strong are: Diversity is the attributes pertinent to an individual in which reinforces the perception that the individual is different to other individuals (De Janasz, Dowd, & Schneider, 2015). Being a registered nurse I encounter patient diversity every single day I go to work. I have taking any diversity classes at the hospital in order to increase my awareness of diversity and properly manager diversity. Therefore, the area…

The film industry has existed for about a century already, and although it is not that much time, it is one of the most culturally inclusive and diverse industries around the globe. Diversity is defined by the variety of demographic, cultural, and personal differences among an organization’s employees and customers. I believe that for film companies it is very important to be a diverse and inclusive industry not only because of business advantages but also because it fuels innovation and the…

In his monograph, Diversity and Community in the twenty first century, Robert Putman argues that immigration and diversity poses challenges to social capital and solidarity.(163) Putnam first talks about the different kinds of immigration that have occured over the years in this country and the benefits it have in a society. He claimed that diversity and immigration will be “a national asset.” (140) His first reasons is that imigrations leads to diversity which foster creativity. This is shown…

In previous section, we spoke about positive relationship between team diversity and new product development project as organisational slack works as moderator (Chen et al. 2015). However, functional diversity had an indirect negative relationship with team innovation through knowledge sharing when the level of affect-based trust in a team was low; knowledge sharing had a positive relationship with team innovation (Cheung et al. 2016). Therefore, when there is low trust in between team members…

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines diversity as the condition of having or being composed of differing elements. By this definition, every human being is diverse because God created us as individuals with different beliefs, morals, attributes, and appearances. Sadly, our society has taken the word diversity and defined it only for appearances. Some might say that I am not diverse because I am a Caucasian girl from a small town in Ohio, but I am diverse because I am entirely different than the…