Cultural diversity is especially common in today’s business environment. What communication strategies would you implement as manager to take advantage of this? Culture is behavior and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic or age group, hence cultural diversity speaks to multiply behavior and beliefs. Culture is multiply layered. The first layer of the Organisation speaks to issues such as * Union Affiliation, * Management status, * Staff seniority The Second layer deals with * Geographic location * Work experience of employees * Religious background of the workers The third layers captures * Age * Gender * Ethnicity * Sexual Orientation Each person brings a different flavor to the Organisation and if managed properly can be beneficial to the Organisation.
In the increasingly global workplace, multicultural teams offer innovative thinking, unique collaborations and diverse perspectives on common challenges. The most effective leaders are those who can leverage team members’ unique skills and perspectives while addressing the conflicts that may arise as a result of those differences. Although multiculturalism does present challenges, it also has the potential to create a sustainable advantage in the form of rapid innovation, adaptability and efficiency (Karjalainen & Soparnot, 2012). To achieve this, a leader must consider key cultural differences and how each one can impact relationships and performance (See Figure 1). Fig.
‘Wolfgang’s Balancing Act’ Case Study Task 1 Cultural contingencies that shape employee behavior in Healthcare As the world becomes more interdependent, the business and the process of doing business are exposed to many, continuously changing dimensions, structures and opposing forces. In a global environment, culture is a critical factor whereby the process of advancing cultural intelligence and international cultural competence would be the deciding element for the success of managers and leaders especially those who perform human resource (HR) functions. Within the cultural context, common elements are to be found including shared and dynamic nature surrounding norms, values and beliefs which are expressed through different behaviors, artifacts and interactions. It is necessary then for HR managers like Wolfgang to fulfill profitable relationships vested on the capability to reconcile cultural dimensions of pay systems from the headquarters to subsidiaries. Within Healthcare, there are economic, political and cultural forces that are influencing the operation.
Ethnic diversity in the workplace is a key issue that affects many companies. The article from Understanding and Managing Diversity that I chose to read and discuss is Redefining Diversity by R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. This article was intriguing in that it included interesting definitions of diversity and diversity management. The author discusses how diversity is a buzzword that has taken on a symbolic meaning. This simply means that because it has a symbolic meaning, people are no long sure what the actual definition of diversity is.
STUDENT DETAILS ________________________________________ ACAP Student ID: 194574 Name: Martine Fraser Course: Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Bassix) ASSESSMENT DETAILS ________________________________________ Unit/Module: Interpersonal Communication Educator: Samadhi Driscoll Assessment Name: Communication is not an easy process. It involves verbal and non-verbal attempts to assist the other person understand what we are trying to communicate. Yet it often fails. Assessment Number: 1 Term & Year: Term 3, 2011 Word Count: 2020 DECLARATION I declare that this assessment is my own work, based on my own personal research/study. I also declare that this assessment, nor parts of it, has not been previously submitted for any other unit/module or course, and that I have not copied in part or whole or otherwise plagiarised the work of another student and/or persons.
The speed and effectiveness of decision-making is enhanced. Administrative costs do rise and managers in each department may focus on their own product. Customer departmentalisation involves grouping activities to respond to and interact with specific customers or customer groups. The distinct advantage is that the organisation can use skilled specialists to deal with unique customers however a large administrative staff is required to integrate the activities of the various departments. Geographic departmentalisation involves grouping jobs on the basis of geographic sites or areas.
It is now a melting pot of different ages, cultures and races. Because of this companies must now balance different types of diversities in order to keep employees happy and the company functioning. Firstly, people are now staying in the workforce longer. This now means that people of different generations now have to work alongside one another which can cause conflict. Age is not the only diversity within the workplace, but now cultural differences such as race, religion and personal beliefs also play a bigger part.
When one thinks of diversity, usually ethnicity, race, and gender comes to mind; however, diversity is much more than that. Diversity in the workplace is human qualities that are different from others and outside the groups to which they belong. Diversity include; age, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, ancestry, physical abilities/qualities, sexual orientation, educational background, geographic location, income, marital status, military experience, religious beliefs, parental status, and work experience. All of these dimensions affect employee’s performance as well as their success in a business. People from all around the world come from different diverse backgrounds and view things from their own perspective.
The reason is because of the potential for groups to create better quality outcomes that workers working individually. As the use of group of work has increased in firms, considerable investigations has focused on the role of leadership and governance in fostering group performance. The general literature about leadership, governance and its the development has resulted broad and fragmented. The principal aim of this research was to present a concise view of the factor that involve governance and leadership using a systematic literature review approach. This research will try to explain the relevance of the leader’s role in the effective governance organisations and how depending the role-played can alter the organizational outcomes.
Diversity in the workplace allows differences to shine. Apart from the benefits that differences of background and lifestyle bring to the workplace, diversity is also a legal issue * Diversity is also important for a company to attract top talent. If you Google the name of a company with the word diversity, you can find out a lot about company values and their commitment to reaching out to diverse job candidates. * 1. More ideas.