...Student Self-administered case study Importance of Diversity In The Workplace Case summary: Case duration (Min): Human Resource Management (HRM) 45-60 Promoting diversity Worldwide This case focuses on DIFFERENCE ‐ Interacting and working productively with others and how best to use human resources to meet organizational goals through high levels of performance (motivated, effective and efficient workers) and competing in the global marketplace. We begin this case by exploring the changing nature of the workplace; We then explore what is meant by diversity and consider the business case for promoting and managing diversity within contemporary organizations. Learning objectives: Evaluate diversity and multiculturalism as a source of sustainable competitive advantage and identify the benefits of diversity for organizations. Case problem: What is meant by diversity and should organizations seek to be diverse? Company Aramark http://www.aramark.com/ Food ‐ Major Diversified ARAMARK is a leader in professional services, providing award‐winning food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses around the world. In FORTUNE magazine's 2009 list of "World's Most Admired Companies," ARAMARK was ranked number one in its industry. ARAMARK seeks to address issues responsibly that matter to its clients, customers, employees and communities by focusing on employee advocacy...
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...Global Operations Management MGMT415-1301A-06 “PPQ Parts” February 17, 2013 Abstract In this research paper will be addressing a number of concerns that will be taken places as the host foreign country undergoes expansion. Detailing what cultural difficulties and multiplicity concerns are generally stumbled upon by the MNC and worldwide companies. Will be researching diversity and how this is a significant issue in the worldwide arena. Detailing various political and economic concerns that will be encountered while world- wide growth. The business of PPQ Parts has concluded that for the business to develop worldwide over the next few years, its supervisors should be suitably educated in multiculturalism and multiplicity management. The company’s decision makers must be conscious of any opinionated and financial matters that will take place during the development. The research paper will give you insight into some of the worries for the upper management. Problems of Concerns The multitude nation of the PPQ Parts will be mass to an establishment applied to a diverse method of doing things, transpiring that the business...
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...overall performance” (Bowes, 2007/2008). Studies have shown that diverse workforces can positively affect and strengthen the organization, but what can organizations do to assure this type of environment? What programs or tools do leaders need to implement when looking to improve their ability to manage this diversity? The main purpose of this research paper will be to explore what methods organizations and leaders can use to successfully manage increased cultural diversity within the workforce. This research will reflect not only why it is important for organizations to embrace the differences in a diverse workplace, but will discuss the consequences that may occur if they do not incorporate effective methods for addressing a multicultural population. A clear discussion of the educational tools used to satisfy all those that are involved will follow; as well as the discussion of the benefits for an organization with a diversity program with a focus on its retention rates, increased employee productivity, increased employee satisfaction, access to wider customer...
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...When we hear the word ‘British’ we automatically assume they would be white fair-skinned people like the Royal Family. However due to immigration, Britain is now a multicultural country with people all over the world. This makes it harder and problematic to define ‘Britishness.’ Firstly defining ‘Britishness’ can be problematic because some people may have a British passport but that doesn’t mean that they are British. This is because they may have a different mother tongue other than English and most importantly they are brought up differently with different culture and tradition. Secondly there is no law that restricts or stops you from being citizens in more than one country. This makes it even harder because this person could choose depending on how they feel. Thirdly this person may live in the United Kingdom but for some reasons they don’t want to be here or even meant to be here such as refugees or asylum seekers. This makes it hard to define Britishness because although they are in the country but that doesn’t mean they are part of this country. Lastly a person who is stereotypically white and can speak English doesn’t necessarily mean that they are British. This makes it hard to define ‘Britishness’ because English is a widely spoken language around the world. So many people can speak fluent English, not just people in United Kingdom can. To conclude, defining ‘Britishness’ is problematic because of the reasons I have stated above. Having a British...
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...Universitetet 23/9 Grammar: Concords 25/9 PRØVE 2 timer(PC) 26/9 Fridag 30/9 Grammar: Adjectives/adverbs 2/10 South Africa, p.45 + DVD + The Toilet, p.47 Ex.1,4 3/10 Nigeria + A Soldier’s Bride, p.57 Ex.1-2, 5 7/10 Grammar: Past tenses 9/10 Australia, p.73 + DVD: Australia 10/10 India, p.82 + DVD: India + Good Advice is Rarer…, p.87 Ex.2-3, 6 14/10 Grammar: Tricky verbs 16/10 Global Dignity Day 17/10 Canada, p.101 + DVD + The Moose and the Sparrow, p.103 Ex.1-3 21/10 Grammar: Prepositions 23/10 Ireland, p.112 + 152 + The Sniper, p.114 Ex.1-3 24/10 Not Waving ..., p.121 Ex.1,2 + Multicultural Britain, p.122 28/10 Grammar: The use of DO 30/10 PRØVE 2 timer(PC) 31/10 Operasjon Dagsverk 4/11 Grammar: Word order 6/11 DVD: Great Britain 7/11 Typically British, p.130 Ex.1-6 11/11 Grammar: Question tags 13/11 For your Best, Son, p.134 + DVD: Private Schools in the UK Ex.1, 4-6 14/11 Mr.Know-All, p.141 Ex.1-3, 6 18/11 Grammar: Ing-form 20/11 Hooliganism, p.167 Ex.2 21/11 Planlegging lærere 25/11 Grammar: Linking words 27/11 PRØVE 2 timer(PC) 28/11 A Glasgow Role Model, p.169 Ex.1-3 2/12 Grammar: Vocabulary 4/12 Preparing oral presentation 5/12 Oral presentation 9/12 Oral presentation 11/12...
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...During World War 2 after the fall of France to Germany, Hitler’s next move would be to attack Britain. In order to successfully invade Britain, Hitler’s army would have to attack by air. Hitler knew that Britain’s Royal Navy would be too strong for Germany to conquer, so Hitler and his military leaders came up with Operation Sea Lion. This Operation was supposed to give Germany control of the English Channel. Before the main plan could go into effect however, Germany first had to take down Britain’s Royal Air Force (R.A.F) Hitler would send around 2700 fighter planes to attack and destroy the R.A.F. The Battle of Britain marked the first time a major battle was fought completely by air. This grave mistake to underestimate Winston Churchill’s leadership ability and Britain’s Aerial strength proved to be the first major turning point for World War 2. Invading Britain was a tough decision for Hitler, because he had to decide whether it would be smarter to invade Russia or Britain first. Before the Battle took place, Hitler believed that Britain would be too scared to fight and that they would try to negotiate a peace offer. He figured that without any European allies left, Britain would quickly succumb to his will. Winston Churchill had others plans however, he hated Hitler and would never make a peace treaty with someone he believed to be evil. Instead he rallied the people of Britain and began to prepare his country for a long and disastrous war. Meanwhile, Hitler himself was...
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...Homework – Selective Summary In the extract "Chicken Tikka Massala" from a speach given by the former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, which was reprinted by The Guardian on 19 April 2001, the orator describes the aspects that, in his opinion, define the British as a race. He starts by stating that the British are not what one would commonly understand by a race, but a collective of different ones, i.e. communities that have migrated to Britain in the past and now form part of it. According to Cook, there are only few people in England who are indigenously British. Most have foreign ancestors and are influenced by other nations that have politically, confessionally and historically influenced Britain. The orator gives various examples of countries that had a noticeable influence on the Britons, mentioning the Saxons, Angles, Normans, Dutch and, most explicitly, Richard the Lionheart, the British paragon of a man of honour, who, for his part, spoke French and was allied with the Jewish community. As stated by him, in Britain's capital London, which is home to over 30 ethnic communities, more than 300 languages are spoken, which underlines his intention of depicting the British as a people made up of an abundance of races. Cook believes that immigration is important both for ethical and economical reasons. It strengthens a country's economy and increases its attractivity for international companies. Furthermore, moderately legalising immigration provides the...
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...Cachau Bant: Mind Your Language Through many years Great Britain has reigned and has been invincible, but on the cost of other people’s nativity. English became a widespread language, and everyone had to follow up. Which included the fall of other language and lives as they knew it. Soon everything they had known and built would be torn down, to build something knew. This resulted in feelings of mistreat, inequality and injustice. But are you supposed to just accept these changes, and abide the new rules? This is what Tom Law debates in his Article “Cachau Bant: Mind Your Language” from Sabotage Times website, December 17, 2013. This text centres about the fact that Britain has removed Welsh as the common language in Wales, and forced the English language on the people of Wales. This is of great disappointment for the writer Tom Law, even though he himself was born into the English Wales. Tom Law tries to create a picture for the reader, on how it would be if other countries experienced the same thing that happened to Wales, because ironically enough, England would never accept that kind of treatment. In his article, he uses history as a form of logos, given that the occurrence of what he is debating, has happened before. To do this, he has created to different kinds of parallels, or comparisons, to explain to the reader the dilemma that has happened in Wales. Firstly, he speaks of the time where Germany was on the edge of invading every single country with their language...
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...Dossier #6 TRADITION AND MODERNITY “The sun never sets on the British Empire. "This famous quote is often used to show the large number of territories that Britain had all over the world during the seventeenth to the middle of the twentieth century. By extension, this also shows the scope of its influencel. The first of this set of three documents is the opening speech to the 2012 Olympic Games given by Academy Award winner film director Danny Boyles under whose direction the whole programme fell. At first sight Boyle’s text seem somewhat unrelated to the Olympics as it seems rather like a tribute to Britain and we get the impression that he was on a mission of patriotism lauding Britain as a great country. However, to put this speech into perspective it may be worthwhile to bear in mind the fact that, as mandated by the Olympic Charter, the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event is combined with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation’s culture. We can therefore understand the relevance of the contents of this opening speech. In fact, the different sections of the ceremony were designed to reflect aspects of British history and culture. Document 2 is the 2006 logo of the British Conservatist party. The previous logo of a torch which was used from 1983 until then was abandoned because of its negative association with the party under Margaret Thatcher. The torch emblem logo having been introduced in the Iron Lady’s eighties heyday, David...
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...Born in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 19, 1941- February 4, 2016, Maurice White was and American musician, composer, song writer, and music producer. Maurice White is very well known for being the lead singer for the legendary group, Earth Wind and Fire. With him being a part of this group, He experimented with variety of musical styles such as jazz, funk, soul, pop, and R&B. Maurice White never really put his family in the eye of the public, other than Verdine White, who’s not only his step brother, but also the bass player for Earth Wind and Fire. Maurice White was married to Marlin White, who is also the mother of his three kids. Two sons by the name of Kahbran, and Eden White, and a daughter by the name of Hamia White. Now with his private, and his public life, he was always that same charismatic person, who enjoyed what he did for a living. He was always the life of the party, and a rock for people who look up to him. However, in 1992, Maurice White began to suffer from Parkinson’s disease, which cause him to no longer tour with Earth Wind and Fire in 1995. Even though he no longer toured with the group, didn’t mean that he retired from the music industry. Maurice White started off as a session drummer for Chess Records. Four Years after that, he began to play with the Ramsey Lewis Trio. After working with the trio, Maurice went on to create the group, Earth Wind and Fire in 1969. This group featured people such as, Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Al McKay, Ralph Johnson...
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...Unlike the Romans reign over England, the early Germanic mercenary tribes not only took possession of Britain, they established a new mandate of linguistic, political and cultural divinity. “They forever changed the island’s cultural, linguistic, and political contours by driving the native inhabitants to what will later become Wales and Ireland in the west and northwest, and by bringing their families over from the continent to settle in England’s more hospitable climate.” (Amodio, 2014). Throughout it’s existence, it encountered two more invasions, the Vikings in the late eight century and then the Normans in the eleventh century. The difference between the Germanic and the two that followed is that “the continental invaders of the fifth...
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...In my opinion, the 1950s cannot be seen as a period of prosperity for the people of Britain for a number of reasons which I will explain further on. I believe that source 1 mainly agrees with the above statement, however, there are some areas in the source which can display ways in which the source doesn’t fully agree with the above statements. Source 2 also, somewhat agrees with the above question, however, there are a greater number of aspects of the question which can imply that the statement is not 100% true. Source 3 is the source which mostly disagrees with the above question for a number of reasons. I believe that the 1950s were not years of great prosperity for the people in Britain for a number of reasons. Firstly, although source 1 states that the British people ‘have never had it so good’ it can be interpreted that this account could be considered as being somewhat biased as it is a speech made by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in July 1957 during a Conservative Party rally in Bedford which means that all that is said in the rally is to ensure that all the supporters of the party are pleased with the progress that is being made. As it is a speech made at the rally of the party that implemented policies in order for this situation to happen they would only discuss the positives of their policies and only talk about the benefits it has for people, it would not discuss the limitations or the negative impact it may have had on the lives of some. The use of the word...
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...unfamiliar culture, one may become unconscious about one’s appearance and future life. The description above somehow indicates what Lata is going through when facing her new existence. “She walked to the window. The sky loomed large and grey over the chimney tops and television aerials. Lata missed the drama of colors played out in the sky. She observed it had been the same dull grey throughout the day. Just like the bed sheets back home after they had. The ending: The story ends in the parking lot in front of the cinema, where Lata is crying. She got so exited when she saw the movie about her hometown, that when she realized that she was stuck in boring cold Wales, she got sad. This is a sad proof of, that she is unhappy to be in Great Britain, and that she much rather would be home in...
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...Battle of Britain The Hollywood film I chose to study was the Battle of Britain, directed by Guy Hamilton. In 1940, the diabolical mind of Adolf Hitler was planning to bomb Britain into submission. There was only one problem, standing in between of Hitler’s warped ideas of “Fortress Europe” and Britain’s freedom was the Royal Air force. The R.A.F is a group of pilots who dedicated themselves to protecting Britain and facing the overwhelming number of enemy German planes. The Luftwaffe hesitated their attack on Britain which gave the Royal Air Force the much needed time to get reorganized and to figure out their plan of attack. The German army wanted to brutally bomb Britain so that when the time came for Germany to attack Britain across the English Channel, it would be much easier. The first time German airplanes attacked, Britain was prepared with radar, but the Germans soon found out and quickly got rid of it. When Germany first started bombing they focused on only bombing the British airfields, so that Britain would not be able to fight back at full strength. The Luftwaffe had many more pilots and planes than Britain did and as the battle progressed Britain started running low on pilots. In the film, one night German pilots were going bombing and got confused as to where they were, so they figured it would be a safe place to drop their remaining bombs. Little did they know they bombed London, a major political city in Britain. Britain retaliated by bombing Berlin. This caused...
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...1) Using the full spectrum of segmentation variables, describe how Sports England has segmented the sports market? In order to understand the British people’s attitudes and motivations about sports, Sport England has built 19 sporting segments all around the United Kingdom to target its customers in the sports market. In the segmentation process Sport England worked closely with Experian Business Strategies consulting group. Sport England along with the help of the Experian Group analysed data of the English people aged 18 and older. They collected and collated information about specific sports involvement; desire to do sports and the obstacles they faced in doing sports. The analysis further included the collection of data on media consumption and communication channels, social capital, health indicators, and involvement in wider cultural activities. Sport England completed this survey with the collaboration of Action People Survey. This was one of the largest ever sports survey conducted and carried out in Europe by the company. The survey provided Sport England with the levels of participation of people in different groups in the community specifically. The company had designed the questionnaire to find out and analyze the broad range of demographic information, such as people’s genders, social classes, ethnicity, household structures, ages and disabilities. Their survey also included how involved people in each segment were in other recreational activities....
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