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| Differences - a mosaic of individuals with varying backgrounds, experiences, styles, perceptions, values and beliefs |
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| the widening, deepening and speeding up of interconnectedness in all aspects of contemporary social life |
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| International Migration is driven by |
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| transportation networks, trade liberalization, growing disparities, civil unrest, environmental catastrophes, demographic levels |
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| varied perspectives can increase an organization's creativity and enrich decision making and diversity initiatives attract top talent |
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| Diversity is 1) a problem 2)a fad 3)Human Resource problem 4)only about ethnicity 5)about lowering standards 6)equals employment equity 7)about ignoring differences |
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| The Myths about Diversity lead to |
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| Prejudice and discrimination |
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| Automatically activated associations or stereotypes that relate to groups with attributes or characteristics often outside our awareness |
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| A modern kind of racism characterized by people identifying as egalitarian, harbouring negative feelings about out groups and discriminate with an excuse |
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| When behaviour can be justified on non-prejudicial grounds (rationalization) |
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| Keys to Successful Diversity Management |
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| 1) Prepare business plan 2) Change HR policies 3) Walk the Talk 4) Evaluate 5)Be prepared for Challenges 6)Educate workforce 7)Gain Employee Buy-In |
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| Goals of Diversity Training |
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| 1) create awareness of bias and discrimination 2) have employees acknowledge the bias 3)teach employees to recognize and capitalize on diversity as an asset |
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| 1) participants are satisfied with training 2) an increased awareness of cultural differences 3) more positive attitudes toward diverse groups 4) an intent to change behaviour |
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| Why is Diversity Important? |
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| It affects us all - the food we eat, whome we meet, languages and even workplace issues |
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| Workplace Cross Cultural Differences seen in |
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| Management style, communication and negotiation |
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| Resume does not show high or low qualifications so this is where aversive racism can appear in evaluators as they have an excuse for their prejudice |
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