...Theoretical or Conceptual Framework Cultural Diversity within the 21st Century Workplace and Its Effect on Globalization Conceptual Framework This qualitative phenomenological study was based on the aspects of the conceptual framework which incorporates two areas of knowledge, inclusive of (a) cultural diversity, which details the relationship between ethnic background, racism, sexism, and class oppression (Finch-Lee & Mabey, 2010) and (b) the glass ceiling theory, which applies to the affect on various cultural backgrounds and the advancement of future globalization (Kefela, 2010). This framework will provide an empirical structure that will serve as an analysis for the understanding of perceived cultural dimension as seen by a diverse knowledge-based workplace within the 21st century. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between ethnic or racial diversity as it relates to the 21st century organizational workplace and the outcome on future globalization. Opportunities to advance within the 21st century workplace for qualified employees of various cultural background has presented to being more difficult and often those who progress are less experienced and are the majority counterparts within the organization (Kefela 2010). Traditionally, managerial practices and problems have been articulated and documented from the White man’s perspective (Billing, 2011). Perceived cultural dimension consists on how employee view the...
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...human, however it is the social structures created by the different physical attributes that differ between us where prejudices appear. The history that racial and ethnic groups already have between one another also is a primary reason for conflict between racial and ethnic groups. While racism in America seems to be less of an issue now, than during the early years of the country, the simple fact that racism was present before is a motivating factor for conflict between whites and African-Americans today. What we see today in America are conflicts of prejudice between law enforcement agencies and the citizens they police over. Most notably within the past 3 years are the Ferguson riots incited by the supposed police brutality that has been extensively talked about through news coverage and blown out of proportion through social media. Michael Brown was supposedly wrongfully killed by police which created the toxic environment of constant police brutality related to racism. In the US, racism is a well known issue. From racial profiling to other issues such as affirmative action, police brutality against minorities and the history of slavery and the rising resentment against immigrants. Racism in America is not only against the black community but among many other races as well. Since the horrific terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, Security concerns have understandably increased, but so too has racial profiling, discrimination etc. In the early aftermath...
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...This is contributed to globalization; which for our purposes is defined as the increasing speed and ease that capital, services, goods, technologies, people, information, cultures, and ideas cross borders at. This paper will be analysing the effects of globalization on many aspects of France. Historically, France has opposed globalization and this disdain started gaining ground during the early 1990s as Europe was becoming integrated. The French feared globalization because they wanted to preserve their own rich culture, and because they saw globalization as another form of americanization and wanted no part of that. An example of this would be in 1999 when “a forty-six-year-old sheep farmer named José Bové was arrested for dismantling the construction site of a new McDonald’s restaurant in the southern French town of Millau. He acted, he argued, in protest against U.S. retaliatory trade sanctions against European products (notably, French cheese) and the uncontrolled spread of free market globalization. By attacking McDonald’s, and getting himself photographed in handcuffs in the process, the publicity conscious Bové was striking out at the symbol of U.S.-inspired globalization, a perceived threat to French identity and culinary traditions” (Gordon, 1). José Bové tried to stand up against a global corporation who was eating away at french culture, his ideals struck a chord and he became famous quickly, symbolizing the part of france that resisted globalization. Surveys done of public...
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...their beauty and uniqueness, but in turn, can be destroyed with a simple gust of wind. Strong social problems like racism and rape are among the causes of the destruction of the absence of evil, innocence. Myop is a girl who plays the protagonist role in the story The Flowers. This story was written by Alice Walker. This story is a vivid example of the consequences of racism and how it can affect the life of an innocent girl. In addition to racism, rape is another compelling reason that destroys innocence and leaves marked the history of any person subject to this abuse (White). The story "The Answer Is No" by Naguib Mahfouz tells how a rape victim can be marked forever. Children are the first victims when we speak of racism and rape because they lack the means to defend themselves. They are easy prey for people without a soul with any clear sense of decency and humanity (Crosson-Tower). Racism has become the flagship of empires and nations, to justify their anger against those who are different. The changes we have recently experienced worldwide, this new era of globalization has meant that entire towns revive feelings of nationalism, unfortunately the wrong way. Because of its ambitious leaders with power, these feelings of nationalism have been driven by anger, hatred, intolerance and violence (Dain). The Flowers story is about a girl who is a victim of racism indirectly. Myop is a happy girl, who likes all children, lived without worries and who was happy playing with the...
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...Final Project Michael Kennedy ETH125 8/10/14 University of Phoenix The history of diversity in the United States has given me a better understanding and clearer vision of how significant the changes have been. The United States has grown to be a melting pot of sorts, and because of this I grew up with diversity all around me. From the public schools I attended, to the first part time jobs I have had, diversity has been everywhere my entire life. My understanding of the United States and diversity has always been clear, accept people for who they are. It is a shame that there will always be problems, although I blame that on over population as opposed to racism. Immigration, which has certainly added to the population problem, is another factor to consider in regards to the diversity in the United States. Since the United States has had such semi relaxed immigration laws, this brought both good and bad things into perspective; the good is the obvious diversity that came along with it, since the U.S. was allowing all different people to enter the country, diversity is the inevitable (1 Hacker, V 2011) conclusion. This is a good thing, it brought great minds, eased some racial tension, and showed that people can all get along. The negative aspects that came with immigration are prioritized around over population; since so many immigrants were coming in the U.S. the job market has been over saturated, resources used up quicker, and ultimately there are just too many people...
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...Final Research Paper Global organizations are recovering from the 2008 financial crisis and are repositioning themselves for aggressive growth. As the economy recovers, organizations worldwide realize the need for highly connected, ambitious and valuable contributors forcing companies to develop innovative ideas and find human capital to develop capabilities and share expertise. Globalization has changed the face of 21st century workforce. In today's fast paced and growing economy, there is an exponential increase of cultural diversity within big businesses and corporations. There is an opportunity to "achieve higher levels of productivity and extraordinary performance" (Nykiel) for large corporations with a multicultural workforce. At the same time, it may also "be more challenging in a multicultural work and managerial environment" (Nykiel). Workforce Diversity Statistics The term "multicultural workforce" which represents the personal characteristics of employees in an organization is today superseded and replaced by a much broader term, "cultural diversity". Diversity refers to the way organizations respond to a multicultural workforce. The strategy in large organizations is to leverage differences in employees to increase creativity and have a competitive advantage in a fierce market. In the 2014 survey conducted by Diversity Inc; which is the leading publication for the education and benefits of large organizations, 1215 companies participated in an empirically...
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...Name:Emre Arsan Student ID:20901413 Course:IR 227-2 Issues affecting Turkey’s relation with Germany: “Xenophobia” and German People’s attitude towards Turkish immigrants There are a few instincts that shape individual’s attitudes towards strangers. The meaning of stranger however, is something that changes based on people’s perspective. Strangers are mostly the ones, who are the outsiders person’s family or outside the country. The feeling of patriotism and racism can be listed under these feelings. Xenophobia is a concept that is directly related to this issue. As defined by Faruk Şen (2002), “Xenophobia can also be exhibited in the form of an "uncritical exaltation of another culture" in which a culture is ascribed "an unreal, stereotyped...
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...States.” (art. 2, sec. 1)Although these 62 words are far from extraordinary, it prevents 12.8 million Americans, including Governor Schwarzenegger, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Henry Kissinger, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, and 700 Medal of Honor winners from having opportunity to become president (Kasindorf 1). Many of these individuals have served high positions, or risks their lives for America, but they cannot become president simply because they just weren’t born in the US. The natural citizen clause of the Constitution should be amended because it simply does not promote equality which ought to be the basis of every law (Rosenberger v. Rector, 819). With the increase of globalization though, the reasons to abolish this natural born citizen provision are becoming more and more persuasive. Although at the time of drafting of the Constitution, there were concerns about the power of the unstable government falling into the hands of a single leader, these concerns are out of place in 2013; therefore, the Constitution should be changed to allow foreign-naturalized citizens to become president because limiting presidential eligibility to natural born citizens discriminates against naturalized citizens. It is outdated and undemocratic, and incorrectly assumes that birthplace is a proxy for loyalty. The most frequent reason for abolishing the natural born citizen provision is that the provision is discriminatory. In a USA...
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...Globalization is an ever evolving entity that has and will continue to change the way we, as individuals, will interact with one another. “Globalization, as a concept, refers both to the "shrinking" of the world and the increased consciousness of the world as a whole. It is a term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that are the result of dramatically increased cross-border trade, investment and cultural exchange.” (NEW, 2010) Globalization integrates the world through economical, societal and cultural ideas. It displays the allocation of a country’s ideas, languages and popular culture to the rest of the world. Globalization is not a new idea. For thousands of years, people, and later corporations, have been buying and selling to each other from afar, such as through the famous Silk Road across Central Asia that appended China and Europe during the Middle Ages. Multiple features of the current craze of Globalization are similar to those prevailing before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Driven by intercontinental policies, Globalization has opened economies domestically and internationally. Ever since the Second World War, and more importantly in the past two decades, many governments have adopted free market economic systems, increasing their productive potential and creating new opportunities for intercontinental trade and investment. Free market economic systems not only allow for economic growth, but the growth of political...
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...It’s clear that the world is divided into two genders, and these two sexes have been a subject of definition by every known society. The culture is seen as a huge determinant to the roles that each gender will play. Therefore, sexism will be defined as a social construct that promotes the discrimination of individuals based on an individual’s gender. Sexism arises from stereotypes that define the roles of both sexes, therefore having issues when the gender roles are performed by the opposite sex. This social construct mainly affects the minority group identified as women and girls. Sexism is recognized in all aspect of life, and it’s not strange to identify it in the technology industry. The male figure has always identified its gender role as the provider. This social construct originated from the nature of man been the hunter who provided his family with their daily meal. Therefore relegating the women to the role of caretaker and this aspect has kept its hold over the society. In the 21st century, sexism has been a covert and subtle process that tries to establish an environment that is less friendly and less accessible to women. It’s clear that sexism is evident in the Silicon Valley and beyond. We also identify that the technology aspect has always been associated with male perspective. Therefore, it has become common to hear a conversation about women who have suffered sexism and sexual harassment in their digital related jobs. Women have also been identified to facilitate...
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...illiteracy, people are not aware of their rights; as a result, they might commit a wrong action. Therefore, they tend to lose their respect and social status to those who are educated. These people do not just suffer from poverty because they are poor, but also because they are deprived of their rights. Furthermore, they are not provided with necessities such as clean drinking water, education, health, employment and housing (Easterly, 2009). Moving on, there is an indirect relation between poverty and globalization. In addition, the rising inequality of wealth has been associated with globalization as the profits received from the trade are not always shared with the poor. In the developing and advancing world, the poor are overpowered by the powerful, which keeps them dependent; hence, this causes inequality. The upper class does not encounter problems with education and jobs, while the lower class struggles to fight for their rights and surpass their situation. Discrimination, racism, stereotypes, and pessimism are the main causes of poverty. A pessimistic attitude towards an individual’s race, religion or ethnicity changes ones social behavior. Races that are considered to be...
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...ideologies. Ideologies are what create our perception of the world around us, whether it is political, social, economic, etc. Ideologies are not the product of individual intention or conscious, rather we create our intentions within ideology (Marris, Thornham, 2000, p. 267). These ideologies exist before we are even born; they form the social constructions and conditions that we are born into. But, ideologies are just a practice, and it is produced and reproduced in apparatus of ideological production. The media is a great example of an apparatus of ideological production (Marris, Thornham, 2000, p. 273). It produces social meanings and distributes them throughout society. However, as long as ideologies continue so will social struggles such as racism, which we will discuss in this essay. Media elites represent different races through media based on their ideologies. This has a predominant influence on the social constructions of race and contributes to our understanding of it. The media is bias. This is due to the bias in the minds of those in control of these media outlets known as the media elites. Harold Innis is a well-known Canadian political economist and a pioneer in communication studies who explores the concept of media...
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...Question: How does Globalisation affect you as an International Business Student? 1.0 Introduction I’d like to begin this discussion by first asking a few questions. What is globalisation? What does a global world mean? Is it the fast movement of people which means greater interaction? Does it simply mean that due to internet revolution and other technological advances the world is now a village? Does globalisation represent the consumer and open up markets worldwide to their choice and preference? Does it mean countries are free to trade with each other without red tape and other barriers and tariffs? Though the precise definition of globalisation is still unavailable a few definitions worth viewing, Stephen Gill: defines globalisation as the reduction of transaction cost of transborder movements of capital and goods thus of factors of production and goods. Guy Brainbant: says that the process of globalisation not only includes opening up of world trade, development of advanced means of communication, internationalisation of financial markets, growing importance of MNC's, population migrations and more generally increased mobility of persons, goods, capital, data and ideas but also infections, diseases and pollution. As an international business student globalisation has opened up the world to me. The world is now on my fingertips, I am able to use the world’s resources, learn from fortune 500 companies. I am able to interact with international leaders who would otherwise be...
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...The Impact of Globalization on Higher Education Abstract: Education is undergoing constant change under the influence of globalization. Globalization brings many positive changes on education. It changes the roles of students and teachers, and shifts society from industrialized society towards an information-based society. It has a great effect on culture and brings about a new form of cultural imperialism. The rise of new cultural imperialism is shaping children, the future citizen of global citizens. Intelligent people with a broad range of skills will be more competitive in this information-based society. With the development of globalization, higher education has to be internationalized in order to cater for this information-based society. Externally, the labor market requires for more knowledgeable and skilled workers, and workers with deeper understanding of foreign language and culture and business methods all over the world. Therefore, education is becoming invaluable to individuals. Today, education provides individuals with more chance of employment which in turn leads to a better life style, power, and status. This paper will discuss the impact of globalization on education. And it will find out the way how China higher education adapts to the changing environment under the context of globalization. 1. Introduction Globalization is a process, which affects a lot on human life, especially its great affection on education. In the twentieth century, many developing...
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...deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty of the soil. scantiness; insufficiency: Their efforts to stamp out disease were hampered by a poverty of medicalsupplies. Causes of Poverty Poverty is the state for the majority of the world’s people and nations. Why is this? Is it enough to blame poor people for their own predicament? Have they been lazy, made poor decisions, and been solely responsible for their plight? What about their governments? Have they pursued policies that actually harm successful development? Such causes of poverty and inequality are no doubt real. But deeper and more global causes of poverty are often less discussed. Behind the increasing interconnectedness promised by globalization are global decisions, policies, and practices. These are typically influenced, driven, or formulated by the rich and powerful. These can be leaders of rich countries or other global actors such as multinational corporations, institutions, and influential people. In the face of such enormous external influence, the governments of poor nations and their people are often powerless. As a result, in the global context, a few get wealthy while the majority struggle. Poverty Facts And Stats Most of humanity lives on just a few pennies a day. Whether you live in the wealthiest nations in the world or the poorest, you will see high levels of inequality. The poorest people will also have less access to health, education and other services...
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