...Promotion Into Supervision MGT 210 Week 1 CheckPoint 2 Article Review on Diversity in the Workplace MGT 210 Week 1 Assignment Article Search MGT 210 Week 2 CheckPoint Incident 2-2: Bad Times at Quality Shoe MGT 210 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 MGT 210 Week 3 CheckPoint: Incident 6-2: What Should I Do Next? MGT 210 Week 3 Assignment: Exercise 7-2: “In-Basket” MGT 210 Week 4 CheckPoint: Work Team Concepts MGT 210 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 MGT 210 Week 5 CheckPoint Recruiting, Selecting, Orienting, and Training MGT 210 Week 5 Assignment: Exercise 10-2: OJT MGT 210 Week 6 CheckPoint: Employees’ Union MGT 210 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 MGT 210 Week 7 CheckPoint: Incident 14-1: No Extra Effort MGT 210 Week 7 Assignment: Exercise 15-3: Test Your Leadership Style MGT 210 Week 8 CheckPoint: Incident 18-1: Changes in an Employee’s Behavior MGT 210 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 MGT 210 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint MGT 210 Week 9 Final Project: Best Practices Manual for Supervisors ------------------------------------------------------------- MGT 210 Week 1 Assignment Article Search For more course tutorials visit www.mgt210.com Assignment: Article Search Resources: Appendix A, University Library, Ch. 1 (p. 19) of Supervision: Key Link to Productivity, and the References within the References Page section of Ch. 2 in Axia College’s Writing Style Handbook Review the six supervisory responsibilities listed in Appendix A. Locate articles from the University Library for each of the six supervisory...
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...Assignment Gender and Diversity in the Workplace A Research Proposal Overview The role of gender and ethnicity can shed light on how individuals react within a group. Greater social diversity implies a greater spread of experience, which could add to the collective knowledge of a group of office workers and makes the unit perform more effectively, research has shown and will show in the following information. Gender equality is achieved when people are able to access and enjoy the same rewards, resources and opportunities regardless of whether they are a woman or a man. Certain facilities that are located over sees have made tremendous effort and have achieve gender equality especially in education. Gender and Diversity in the workplace has always been a topic of sensitivity, this is because woman were thought of as caregivers and they put family first. In those times when a woman was pregnant it was always the assumption that they would not be returning back to work. Also, research has shown that now woman are returning to work and their careers and researchers are saying woman are putting family second and not first. This doesn’t mean that there is diversity in the workplace this means that we are on track. Now that a lot of men are taking the moms position when it was the women who had a hard time finding flexibility it seems that more men are having trouble with the flexibility that a lot of woman are granted...
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...that I am on the right track as I attempt to complete this paper. I hope and pray to be finish by week 8 no later than week 9. Annotated Outline for Lookism and Weight I. Introduction A. Love the Body You Have B. Diversity Concepts, Research, Theories and Multicultural II. Weight- Discriminations and Lookism A. Ways Obese Individuals are Discriminated Against B. Weight Discrimination Explained through theories C. Theories to Reduce Weight Discrimination III. Ethnic and Cultural Awareness A. Personal Cultural Competence and Action Plan IV. Conclusion V. Reference Annotated Bibliography Aiken, Jane H. (2007). Striving to Teach “Justice, Fairness, and Morality”. Clinical Law Review, 5, pp 1-67. This article discusses justice means giving each person what he or she deserves or, in more traditional terms, giving each person his or her due. Justice and fairness are closely related terms that are often today used interchangeably. Brownell, K., & Puhl, R. (2004). Stigma and discrimination in weight management and obesity. The Permanenie Journal, 7 (3), pp. 21-23. This articles discuss clear discrimination against overweight people has been documented in three areas: education, health care, and employment. The reason for this appears to be very strong anti-fat attitudes. Constantine, M., Hage, S., Kindaichi...
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...U.S. population diversity. Workplace issues related to employee diversity in terms of gender, race or ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and cultural background are emphasized. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Harvey, C. P., & Allard, M. J. (2009). Understanding and managing diversity (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Schaefer, R. T. (2011). Racial and ethnic groups (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week One: Workplace Diversity | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives |Recognize the dimensions of diversity. ...
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... |SOC/315 Version 4 | | |Cultural Diversity | Copyright © 2010, 2005, 2004 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course focuses on the issues, challenges, and opportunities presented by U.S. population diversity. Workplace issues related to employee diversity in terms of gender, race or ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and cultural background are emphasized. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Harvey, C. P., & Allard, M. J. (2009). Understanding and managing diversity (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Schaefer, R. T. (2011). Racial and ethnic groups (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. All electronic materials are available...
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...Article Review on: Toward Culture Intelligence: Turning Cultural Differences into a Workplace Advantage. The article under review is entitled as "Toward Culture Intelligence: Turning Cultural Differences into a Workplace Advantage." by Earley, P. Christopher, and Elaine Mosakowski. This article has been acquired from the journal, Academy of Management Perspective, Volume 18, Issue No. 3 and was published on August 1, 2004. The article attempts to explain the traditional approaches that were used in understanding and explaining the differences among people who belonged to diverse backgrounds and have a different culture. It then focuses on the recent development of a newer approach that is cultural intelligence, its framework and different managerial profiles that can be helpful for competing with other organizations in this era of diversity and globalization. The authors have described two traditional approaches in this article that were used to study cultural diversity. The first approach is, the aggregate approach, in which the researchers identify and ascertain the values and beliefs of people in a particular region or a country and then they associate those beliefs and values to those set of people. This approach is more generalized and therefore it does not account for the differences among individuals from the same cultural background. The second approach is, the individual approach, in which the researchers do not focus on the culture to which the individual belongs...
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...Content Page 1. Introduction………………….………………………………………1 2. Literature Review…………….……………………………………...1 3. Aim Statement………………….…………………………...………..3 4. Objectives……………………….…………………………………….3 5. Methodology…………………….…………………………………….4 5.1 Philosophy…………………………….…………………4 5.2 Approach……………………………..………………….4 5.3 Strategy………………………………..…………………5 5.4 Choice…………………………………..………………...5 5.5 Time Horizon…………………………...………………..6 5.6 Techniques and Procedures/Sampling…………………6 6. Ethics and Access…….………………………………………………7 6.1 Academic Integrity………………………………………7 6.2 Data Protection Act……….……………………………..7 7. Time Plan……………………………………………………………..8 8. References…………………………………………………………….9 1. Introduction This paper focuses on workforce diversity management by reviewing past studies and theories and applying it to the UK retail sector. ‘ The basic concept of managing diversity accepts that the workforce consists of a diverse population of people consisting of visible and non-visible differences… and is founded on the premise that harnessing these differences will create a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, where all talents are fully utilized and in which organizational goals are met’ (Torrington et al, 2011: 476). 2. Literature Review According to Ellis and Sonnenfeld (1994) and Brenda (2010), the main purpose of diversity management and its primary function is to increase employee performance and to avoid quick-fix solutions (Trennery and Paradies...
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...equal opportunities, discrimination and diversity. Firstly the paper will summarise a recent media article on the related area, outline the reason for choosing the article and finally, critically analyse each one independently. The paper will conclude with a brief interpretation of what I have learned while researching Employee Relations. Now let the assignment begin with a look at the first of the three media articles. Media Article 1 Summary (Appendix 1) The first of the media articles According to Hennessy (2013, Oct 11th) is about a Consultancy Association which blacklisted many Irish people in Britain from the 1970’s to the 1980’s. The company was headed by a man called Ian Kerr. He had access to information which was confidential regarding certain individuals. It was details of workers trade union history, involvement in disputes and opinions about their health and safety. Construction companies used his services and it has recently been found that many of these individuals were discriminated against because of the confidential information that was provided by the association. And so, legal action was taken and the companies involved with the Consultancy Association apologised and offered compensation to the 3213 people that were blacklisted. Many of the victims of this act of discrimination no longer live in Britain and are unaware of their windfall. Rationale The rationale for choosing this particular article was that it talks about Irish people being...
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...are various factors that contribute to the rising workplace diversity. These include increasing numbers of immigrants, company mergers and joint ventures in different countries, increased engagement of business consultants and temporary employees, international competition and the phenomenon of globalization, which has transformed the world into a global village. Globalization has occurred because of a combination of factors such as improved infrastructure, advancements in technology. Infrastructure and technology have not only provided cheaper means of communication and travel, but have revolutionized the speed at which individuals and businesses communicate with each other. Domestic companies are also spreading their operations to new territories across the globe in search of new markets or outsourcing some aspects of their production process. Management of employee cultural diversity, through the integration of suitable strategies plays a key role in improving the competitive advantage of the business, especially on the global platform. Globalization calls for specific approaches that promote harmonious working relationships within increasingly culturally diverse workplaces. Hansen (2002) observes that workplace diversity is critical to the existence of businesses and identifying key strategies to ensure harmonious working relationships among culturally diverse employees is integral to the survival of any business. Diversity in this case means the differences between individuals...
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...Many decades ago, the woman’s role was a housewife and mother, and women were not entering the workforce, however, the role of women has drastically changed. Until modern time, legal and cultural practices, combined with longstanding religious and educational conventions restricted women’s entry and participation in the workforce. In today’s society, women populate approximately 47 percent of the United States labor force. While women in the workforce is a modern phenomenon, it would not be possible without the pioneers of the Women’s Rights Movement; however there are still challenges women face, such as gender discrimination. Gender discrimination is treating individuals differently in their employment specifically because the individual is a woman or a man. Currently the federal law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, protects individuals from discrimination based upon sex or gender. This law makes it illegal for an employer to discriminate against individuals because of their gender in the following actions: hiring, firing, and other terms and conditions of employments, such as promotions, raises, and other job opportunities. Title VII covers all private employers, state and local government, and educational institutions that employ more than 15 individuals. Even though gender discrimination is illegal for companies to discriminate against, it seems to still be an issue in the 21st century. The focus of this research paper is on gender discrimination in the...
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...Strategies for Managing Stress in the Workplace In today’s uncertain economic times, stress in the workplace is taking its toll on managers and employees from Wall Street to Main Street. Dealing with stress regarding budget cuts, possible layoffs, diversity issues, personality conflicts, and a wide range of other concerns can cause serious implications in the workplace. Identifying potential stressors early on is crucial to the well-being of employees. This review provides strategies that management can utilize in order to obtain balance in the office. Taking steps to avert or ease tension in the workplace is key to the overall success of an organization. According to Webster’s Dictionary (2005), stress is defined as mental or physical tension (p.638). This definition encompasses a wide range of possibilities. The reality is that stress is a part of everyday life. All of us experience some form of stress on a daily basis. Unhealthy levels of stress can have serious implications in the office if issues are unresolved. Fortunately, there are warning signs: loss of confidence, irritability, decrease in productivity, and an increase in sick/personal days. Personality differences among employees can lead to a tense and less productive work environment. Differences in race, gender, religious conviction, sexual orientation, and age can cause fear and uneasiness among employees. These feelings are often associated with confusion or powerlessness. Diversity and sensitivity training can assist...
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...cultural diversity in hospitality industry Yi Gong University of Nevada, Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations Part of the Hospitality Administration and Management Commons Repository Citation Gong, Yi, "Managing cultural diversity in hospitality industry" (2008). UNLV Theses/Dissertations/Professional Papers/Capstones. Paper 480. This Professional Paper is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Scholarship@UNLV. It has been accepted for inclusion in UNLV Theses/ Dissertations/Professional Papers/Capstones by an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship@UNLV. For more information, please contact digitalscholarship@unlv.nevada.edu. 1 MANAGING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY by Yi Gong Bachelor of Science China Chongqing University 1998 A professional paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science in Hotel Administration William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration Graduate College University of Nevada, Las Vegas December 2008 2 ABSTRACT Managing Cultural Diversity in Hospitality Industry By Yi Gong Gail Sammons, Committee Chair Professor of Hotel Management University of Nevada, Las Vegas Cultural diversity has become a major issue in the hospitality industry of the United States. This paper focuses on analyzing the change faces and current status of the cultural diversity in the hospitality workplaces, discussing...
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...Diversity in the Workplace / Wal- Mart Case Shirley Nolan October 30, 2011 Class #: 1109MGMT Section: 610514 Turnitin Score: 14% This Research paper is about diversity in the workplace. It also talks about how management handles diversity in the workplace and how they view it. The case that I will be talking about is the Wal-Mart case. This case will also show you how leadership played a very important role in this case when it comes to the managers that work for this company. This case had a big in pack on the retail organizations around the world. Woman that works for Wal-Mart are not given the same advances that the males are in the same position in this company. I also talk about some suggestions that managers at Wal-Mart could have done different to stop this case from going to the Supreme Court on June 20, 2001. One of the most significant issues that management faces today is diversity in the workplace. “Diversity means employing people without discrimination on the basis of gender, age and ethnic or racial background.” (Graves, 1993, p .4). Diversity has important implications for the values of an organization’s culture and for organizational effectiveness. Management is the process by which a person in a supervisory role focuses on planning...
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...Short Essay | Diversity in the Workplace | How it can create business related advantages | | Madison Roney: 7660183 | 5/15/2013 | | In modern western society, the diversification of culture has increased dramatically in recent years. With this shift, along with the growing competitiveness of the labor market, corporations have been forced to hire more employees who are not familiar with the spoken language or societal norms present in western culture. Many corporations, as much as 80% according to equity activist Trevor Wilson, consider cultural barriers to be a burden on their managers and fellow employees. As a result, these corporations fail to treat their employees equitably. (Hayes, 1999). One could argue, however, that the diversification of employees within the workplace has various business related benefits such as improved efficiency, bottom line revenue, and relationships formed with co-workers, managers and customers alike. However, to ensure its success, principles of transformational leadership must be used on the part of managers and various challenges must be overcome in order for these benefits to take full effect. This is not the first time in Canada's history where ethnic equality in the workplace has been a subject of interest. In 1993 the New Democratic Party in Ontario, whom was the provincial government at the time, enacted an employment equity law to ensure fair employment opportunities to workers from select minority groups. This legislation...
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...will discuss the affects of conflict, decision making and organizational design in the work place. When people work together, there will be tension and conflict between individuals and groups from time to time. Even in the best of work environments, organizational tension is inevitable. Conflict is the natural outcome of disagreement often resulting from individuals or groups with differing values, desired outcomes, or frame of reference. Such workplace tension produces a situation where executives can spend time up-front by finding resolution through negotiation or spend time on the backend trying to resolve a destructive battle. Left unmanaged, organizational tension and conflict will inflict unnecessary pain through internal struggles and in the worst scenarios cause long term strife to the organization or loss of talented employees. In my current position as a supervisor I am faced with conflict, decision making and organizational designs daily. I supervise a team of investigators and at times there are differences in the workplace amongst the team. As a supervisor it is my job to try to diffuse the situation to ensure that it doesn’t escalate. By diffusing, I would need to come up with a strategy that would benefit both parties. When I was researching Branson, for example Branson believed in hiring the best people to run businesses. People are important so the strategies would be to use the employee’s best qualities to address conflict. During my research I learned a lot...
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