...Diversity Organizations Lisa Linnen ETH/120-CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2015 University of Phoenix What has been the status of women in the United States throughout history? Women today just like years ago have suffered from woman’s rights. Women came along way from not having the opportunity to vote. Women suffered from not having equal rights in the work force. Watching television where women stayed home and took care of the home and raised the children, cook and clean. Women began to go to school and educate themselves to get better jobs to compete with a world dominated by men. What is the status of women in the United States today? Today women are viewed as beneath men and men are afraid of women moving up the corporate world. Men and women are going to school but it is the women who are going back to school to increase their education. Although some men do not want their wives to work but to keep house, it weakens the women into thinking that she can only do a limited amount of what ever they desire to do. Discrimination is still a top issue among women and men in the work force. What are some examples of concepts or constructions of masculinity and femininity that you see in society and in media? Religious Group: "Roman Catholics believe the authority of the church lies within the hierarchy of the church. Catholics believe that Baptism is a sacrament that regenerates and justifies and usually done in infancy"(Fairchild...
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...anization Diversity Organization Robert McReynolds University of Phoenix Diversity Organization For many years, Americans have held certain opinions concerning gender, sex, women, and sexual orientation. A definition of both gender and sex will be provided. The roles of women throughout American history will be discussed. When people think about masculinity and femininity, they have certain preconceived ideas. How these ideas contribute to the understanding gender, sex, and sexual orientation will be examined. Finally, the status of GLBT individuals will be explored. An increased understanding will be gained concerning these issues. Gender and Sex Gender can be defined as an individual’s feelings of being either male or female (Stets & Burke, 1988). This is how an individual identifies themselves. Sex on the other hand is the physical and biological characteristics someone is born with. This simply means whether the individual has a penis, vagina, or both. Despite the similarity in the definitions of these two terms, gender and sex are not the same things (Stets & Burke, 1988). Women In the past, women have had many roles. From the first colonies in America, women were in charge of maintaining the household and caring for the family. However, they did not always have the same rights as men. As families moved westward into uncivilized territories, women were tasked with the responsibilities of defending their families against forces of nature when the husband...
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...Diversity Organization Paper When you look at the status of women throughout the United States you noticed that women for many years have had it rough when it comes to equality. In the earlier years women were looked at as having low standards in life versus men having standards and rights. Women have been fighting for equality for decades, and believe they can do the things that men can. Women only had one another to rely on and provide themselves they can do just as much work. They have fought to try to end discrimination with jobs and economic justice. In the 19th century time period is what started changing for women; they begin to fight for equal rights. In the 20th century there were a few laws that passed stating that women should be treated the same and have the same rights just like any other gender, race, and sex. In today’s society, women are more efficient than before. Women are in office contributing to running for office, government positions and can run for President. There are some that are fighter fighters, police officers and in the military that are putting their life on the line to protect their country as well as other’s. In today society, in order to pay bills, put food on the table, and etc you need both men and women working in order maintain a household. As for women things have changed over the years, where women stay home cook, clean, took care of the children and house while the men work and women could not. I believe women having equal rights...
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...Throughout most of history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. Wifehood and motherhood were regarded as women's most significant professions. In the 20th century, however, women in most nations won the right to vote and increased their educational and job opportunities. Perhaps most important, they fought for and to a large degree accomplished a reevaluation of traditional views of their role in society. Since early times women have been uniquely viewed as a creative source of human life. Historically, however, they have been considered not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil. In Greek mythology, for example, it was a woman, Pandora, who opened the forbidden box and brought plagues and unhappiness to mankind. Early Roman law described women as children, forever inferior to men. Women obtained 19 percent of all undergraduate college degrees around the beginning of the 20th century. By 1984 the figure had sharply increased to 49 percent. Women also increased their numbers in graduate study. By the mid-1980s women were earning 49 percent of all master's degrees and about 33 percent of all doctoral degrees. In 1985 about 53 percent of all college students were women, more than one quarter of who were above age 29. During the 1960s several federal laws improving the economic status of women were passed. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 required equal wages for...
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...Associate Program Material Diversity Organizations Worksheet Search the Internet for information related to the following: • Women’s rights organizations • Equality organizations • Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) rights organizations Note. You may also refer to the Internet Resource Directory of Racial and Ethnic Groups. Complete the following table with notes and thoughts related to your findings: |Site |Thoughts/Notes | |http://www.wic.org |Women have been thought to be the weaker sex throughout history. This website details the events that | | |have lead up to the present time. It shows how much women have had to overcome to get where they are | | |today. | |http://www.hrc.org |Human rights have evolved over the years. This website has great positive information on human rights | | |and support. | |https://www.aclu.org |Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender have projects that work towards those to become a free America| | |from discrimination...
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...Diversity Organizations Paper Dagenais' J. Garrett Eth/125 October 19, 2014 Maria Watts Diversity Organizations Paper Throughout most of history, women have endured so much. They almost always had fewer legal rights and career opportunities. The main professions tied to women were wifehood and motherhood. According to "Women's History in America" (1995), “Women were long considered naturally weaker than men, squeamish, and unable to perform work requiring muscular or intellectual development.” The common stereotype was “a woman’s place is in the home.” Women went through the struggles of not being able to get an education, voice their opinions, not having the right to vote, and being viewed as property. Gladly, the role women play in the United States has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Despite the thoughts of men being stronger than women, “physiological tests now suggest that women have a greater tolerance for pain, and statistics reveal that women live longer and are more resistant to many diseases” ("Women's History in America", 1995). In 1969, women made up only about one-third of the workforce. Like it should have always been, now more and more women have taken on new responsibilities outside of home by joining the paid workforce and they make up almost half of all workers in the United States ("The State of Women In America", 2014). However, although women have made big advances in every field, they still endure discrimination. If both male and...
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...Diversity Organizations Worksheet Clenetra Preston ETH/125 December 1, 2013 Keith Makedonsky Diversity Organizations Worksheet Throughout history women had less right in society and for year they were not allowed to work. Women we to bare children and take care of the household needs they were only look upon as housewives and nothing more. Over the years women have fought to work and provide for their families just like men. The Women Rights Movement came into place, and brought about many of the changes for women in today’s society. Women were allowed to work and had equal opportunities has men, but there was still a struggle for women to have the right to vote. In 1872, Susan B. Anthony was arrested for attempting to vote in the year’s presidential election (Schaefer, 2012). This caused the Suffrage Movement were men and women fought to give women the rights to vote. In 1879 an amendment to the Constitution was introduces, but not until 1919 it was passed and a year later it was ratified as the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution for women to vote. Not to mention women have the right to vote and work in some of the same fields as men. For example women can work in the same factories as men. Women as firefighter, policemen (women), and can also hold a position in a government office. When we refer to masculinity and femininity we look at ones gender and the roles they play. For example when babies are born boys are dressed in blue and we buy trucks, cars, and...
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...Marilyn Monroe SCI/162 6-27-2014 Instructor: Tracy Cobb Hepatitis A Hepatitis A is inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus. The hepatitis A virus is a member of the genus Hepato virus and belongs to the Picornavirus clade. Hepatovirus is made up of viral protein and highly conserved, single-strand, positive-sense RNA. Hepatitis A was first identified in 1973. Not everyone has symptoms with hepatitis A infection, so many people are infected than diagnosed or reported (PubMed Health) . There are many risk factors and ways to prevent them. Hepatitis A can be transmitted through food and water. The virus is carried in stool. Food or water that is contaminated with stool can cause a person to become infected with hepatitis A. Sexual activity with a person who is infected with hepatitis A can put an individual at risk if the sexual activity involves oral or anal sex. A person with hepatitis A can also pass on the virus if they do not use proper hand-washing after using the restroom than coming in contact with others. Other risk factors include IV drugs, oversea travel, working in health care, food or sewage industry and living in a nursing home. Hepatitis A is a food borne illness that affects thousands across the United States each year. In 2013 health officials reported an outbreak of acute hepatitis A. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention say, victims began to fall ill...
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...Diversity Strategy for My Organization Managing Diversity and Conflict September 18, 2012 Abstract Diversity in the workplace increases not only as the result of emigrations, but also as a significant expansion of globalization in the market place. These moves allow companies to identify, recruit, and train professionals from a diverse blend of backgrounds, cultures, and styles. Peter Senge in “The Fifth Discipline” states that only learning organizations can sustain in a high level in this highly competitive world. Today’s leaders who work in the global business must create and force the need for change. The task is not to eliminate tension associated with this process, but rather minimize its effects. This paper addresses the subject of diversity. The purpose of this paper is to provide an objective reflection of existing conditions at The Fallen Branch Studio where diversity has made significant improvements in the company’s condition. Diversity Strategy for My Organization The United States of America is the most diverse country in the world. For this reason, diversity is discussed more here then it is in the Europe. Diversity presents both challenges and opportunities for all organizations to compete for an advantage in the global marketplace. Every company looks at diversity from a different perspective. People usually associate diversity with things that they see on the surface such as age, race, ethnicity, language, religion, or sex. However...
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...Assignment 8 - Diversity Planning Sidney Whitt Brandman University Cultural Dimensions of Global Leadership OLCU 618 Dr. Craig M. Brewer June 29, 2014 Assignment 8 - Diversity Planning Introduction A hospital that neglects the need to provide diversity training for its employees could open itself to unexpected and undesirable employee-related issues. When a climate exists where employees feel slighted, misunderstood, disrespected or misunderstood due to conflicts or differences with other workers, productivity and morale are sure to suffer. Hospitals are subjected to lawsuits from many different avenues, but they can avoid discrimination-related lawsuits by the establishment of an effective diversity-training program. “The benefits of business diversity include the ability to communicate with a wider audience, multiple perspectives in decision making and--as a result--increased productivity. The road to diversity is challenging because people often carry a natural resistance to change, and issues like language barriers and implementation can slow down the process. However, with an adequate diversity training plan in place, you can streamline the process” (Holt, 2012, p. 4). Analysis Stimulate employee involvement in the attainment of diversity goals. The first step in the initiation of a diversity-training program is the identification of the program sponsors and stakeholders. Program sponsors and stakeholders should be interviewed, focus groups conducted...
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...Leadership for Diversity Management in Multinational Organizations Spring 2008 Introduction The objective of this paper is to emphasize the role of a leader in solving issues related to diversity management that challenge multinational organizations in the era of globalization. Shehata (2004) defines globalization as an increasing interconnectedness that involves “deepened and accelerated movement of information, capital, and people across the planet” (para. 6). The globalization process has been occurring for a number of centuries but its unprecedented growth in the twenty first century is altering the global economy and causing tremendous changes in the management and conduct of business and organizations. Globalization requires multinational organizations to eliminate borders and barriers of trade between nations resulting in a shift in traditional patterns of investment, production, distribution and trade. Due to elimination of geographical boundaries, multinational organizations face some unique cross-cultural people management challenges that can be addressed by effective diversity management initiatives. In this paper, I will present solutions to such unique issues from a hypothetical leader’s perspective. In the first section of the paper, I will explain the concept of diversity management through a thorough literature review, and propose an effective leadership style that can help to reinforce the affirmative action plans and foster diversity in multinational...
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...Diversidade e Socialização nas Organizações: a inclusão e permanência de pessoas com deficiência Autoria: Victor de la Paz Richarte Martinez, Ana Cristina Limongi França Resumo O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as estratégias de socialização na inclusão e permanência de pessoas com deficiência empregadas como cotistas sob a lei 8213/91. Desta forma, estudam-se as contribuições de Van Maanen (1989) sobre socialização e no que tange à diversidade, faz-se um retrospecto de impactos da diversidade nas organizações sob a ótica de diversos autores, com destaque à Cox (2001) e Golembiewski (1995). A partir dos modelos conceituais destes estudos realizou-se o estudo de campo com 21 profissionais da Vicunha S.A, empresa do segmento têxtil, nas unidades São Manuel e São Paulo. O levantamento de campo teve um desenho de verticalidade hierárquica da gestão. O CEO e a Gerente de Recursos Humanos da Unidade Central fizeram parte da amostra. Na unidade São Manuel a amostra foi composta de onze Pessoas com deficiência, cinco Gestores diretos, a Consultora de RH e o Gerente geral da unidade. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados primários foram: entrevistas semi-estruturadas individuais, grupais e grupos focais. A interpretação dos dados se deu por meio da análise de conteúdo categorial (Bardin, 1977). Os achados de pesquisa apontam relatos da importância da atenção aos processos de socialização para a eficácia da gestão da diversidade. Pode-se concluir que a estratégia informal/coletiva foi...
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...Introduction to HRM (Human Resource Management) Group Members: Behzad Hassan BBA 143003 Faisal Jameel BBA 143007 Hamza Jamil BBA 143006 Humayon Alam BBA 143083 Submitted to Madam: Shazia Akhatar. Contents: * Contingent Workforce: * Types of Contingent Workers. * Organization perspective of hiring contingent worker: * Benefits using contingent workers. * Practical ricks of contingent workers for organization. * Recruiting contingent workers. * Contingent Workforce Management. * Contingent worker perspective: * What are the benefits of being a Temporary employee? * The disadvantages of Temporary worker. * Can lead to Permanent Employment. * Gateway to Permanent Position. * Conclusion: Contingent Workforce: A contingent workforce is a provisional group of workers who work for an organization on a non-permanent basis, also known as freelancers, independent professionals, temporary contract workers, independent contractors or consultants. Types of Contingent Workers: There is much discussion in the literature about just how the term contingent worker should be defined. Following are descriptions of common contingent worker categories. Temporary employees: Temporary employees, or temps, generally work for temporary employment agencies that place workers in companies for short-term assignments. While most temporary employees earn less than their full-time counterparts and do not receive benefits, that has...
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...at www.emeraldinsight.com/2040-8005.htm JCHRM 3,1 Managing diversity in Chinese and Indian organizations: a qualitative study Fang Lee Cooke Department of Management, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and 16 Debi S. Saini Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to investigate diversity management (DM) practices in China and India by analyzing formal DM policy (if one exists) adopted by the company and informal DM practices adopted by managers. It also aims to discuss the appropriateness of the US-originated notion of, and approach to, managing diversity in the Indian and Chinese contexts by exploring how local managers make sense of diversity and manage it in a pragmatic way. Design/methodology/approach – The authors adopted a qualitative approach. In particular, through a semi-structured interview design, qualitative data were collected from 16 Chinese and Indian middle and senior managers and four human resources (HR) director of regional headquarters of foreign multinational firms. The data were supplemented by secondary data from a wide range of sources, including government reports and media coverage to extend contextual understanding. Findings – The paper reveals that most Chinese organizations do not see DM as an issue. Where exists, its focus is on conflict avoidance rather than value-addition to the business. In contrast, managing diversity in India is of greater significance for firms, both legally and financially...
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...Awodipe AMBA 600 How Does Diversity Impact The Workplace? Issues of Diversity are common in small and big corporations in the United States. As defined by Webster dictionary, diversity is “the inclusion of individuals representing more than one national origin, color, religion, socioeconomic stratum, sexual orientation”. Diversity in a workplace is how people perceive themselves and the individuals they work closely with. In turn, that perception good or bad can affect the way employees interact with one another in a workplace. Although diversity in a work place is seen as a good thing, it also poses some difficult challenges for business organizations. In order for an organization to succeed at being diverse, they must first understand the benefits of a diverse work environment, the true meaning of what it is to be diverse, and how to improve diversity in the workplace. When talking about diversity and trying to achieve a diverse work place, it is very important for an organization to understand the benefits of having a diverse work environment. Organizations with a diverse work place have shown to thrive and be more successful than homogeneous groups. I believe the reason for this is due to the different ideas and perspectives each individual in a diverse group brings to the table. According to the article “How Diversity Works” Paul (2014) stated “the benefit of having diversity in a group is the creativity that it brings out of the group. Diversity encourages the members of...
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