Culturally Diverse Workplaces

Communication involves more than exchanging words between people. Gestures, postures, facial expressions and even eye contacts are important during communication. Both verbal and nonverbal cues are important during communication and can help a person understand the speaker or listener’s emotions, attitudes or status. Understanding the existence of various cultures is necessary since different cultures have varying ways of communication (Lustig & Koester, 2012). Therefore, a communication style that is perceived as bad by a culture may be good in another culture. Besides, characteristics that may be essential for a particular culture may be quite irrelevant for another. In line with this dissimilarity, individuals need to adapt carefully and understand communication preferences and desires among cultures.

- I’m a life-long-learner; I’m always learning how to make anything I do better: it could have been my experience in student teaching, my volunteering with the Park Service in Morristown, or my substitute teacher experience. I try to work closely with my colleagues of a daily basis to improve upon our skills and our interactions with others. I try to make sure that all visitors and students are respected and get the support and help that they need. For example, I have been informed many times that I make the experience of volunteering with the Park Service such a enjoyable experience that many people want to give back to the Park Service and volunteer themselves.

The Diversity of the workplace will have a great impact on me as a doctor. People from different walks of life are becoming doctors in Canada- it is no longer field only composed of only white, heterosexual males. For example, there are many immigrant doctors who practice in Canada, especially here in the Niagara Region. I, as a young, Nigerian-Canadian, female Muslim, should not have to worry about discrimination or the "glass ceiling effect" when I enter the workplace. I will be able to work with other professionals, and contribute to the medical field to the best of my ability, with no worries.

Diversity management is important to every company because no one wants a cookie cutter company and if you don’t you diversify that is what you will have.

Planning, initiating and maintain a diversified workforce and environment allows for the development of a well-equipped workforce that is poised to meet current and future challenges. In the public sector, these issues, including addressing skills shortages, recruitment and retention, succession planning and knowledge management for an aging workforce.

I find it interesting that diversity is such an issue in technology companies. According to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, the estimated size of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce is expected to increase by 18% in the next ten years, (non-STEM increasing by 12%), reaching to 8.7 million by 2018 alone. Forbes hypothesizes that if current hiring trends continue, STEM jobs will be "largely unavailable" to women and minorities, who combine to make up over half of the U.S. population (Newlands, 2016).

Diversity in the Workplace Amber Barger ORG536 – Contemporary Business Writing and Communication Colorado State University –Global Campus Dr. Phillip Jackson November 26, 2013

I worked for a corporation that is very diverse and they believe in giving back to the employees and the community in Johns Creek, Georgia. This corporation has companies all over the world that believes in giving back to the community and making sure the employees are happy in their workplace. The company has many teams and group that support the organization. The people seemed eager to be a part of the team because they felt they were giving something back to the community. Everyone wanted to feel like they were doing something good and they enjoyed themselves doing it.

1.The traditional change model consist of three steps: unfreezing, that is, recognizing the need for change because of some event or threat, the actual change actions and refreezing, that is, incorporating new ways of operating, and thinking into the everyday operations of the organization. Apply this model to the situation at the Coca-Cola Company at the point when the lawsuit was served in 1999.

It is often said that the success of a Business has to do with how well its backbone team manages it. In today’s world, most of a company’s management and backbone team is one that is composed of up of a diverse group of employees. Strong, diverse teams play a vital role, on the success of a business. Diversity is understood to be the ways people can be similar or different from each other. Some examples of diversity in the workplace include culture, race, age, and gender. A good diverse workforce group is made of distinct employees from diverse backgrounds, different age groups, and distinct gender. Cultural Diversity in the workplace is one business component that has extreme importance in an organization. More and more organizations

Problems in businesses conducted across cultures often arise when individuals from one culture are not able to understand culturally determined differences. The most common difference is the language barrier if individuals are not fluent in the language. With individuals, who don’t speak the same language, the use of nonverbal cues can explain what is trying to be communicated. Nonverbal cues and behaviors vary from one culture to another. For example, people from the U.S. are taught to use direct eye contact when communicating; in many

Different people see diversity from different perspective. Its concept is based on acceptance and respect. It means understanding the fact that every individual is special, and acknowledging the differences between people. These difference may be attributed to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious believes, political believes, or other philosophy. Diversity encompasses the analysis of these differences in a very safe, positive and supportive environment. The understanding between every individual should be looked beyond tolerating one another, it should be built on supporting and celebrating the immeasurable features of diversity that is found within everyone. [1]

According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, the racial and ethnic makeup of the U.S. workforce in 2020 is expected to be 79% white, 12% African-American, 6% Asian, and 3% other minorities (Noe, 2014, p. 32). The increasing cultural diversity in the workplace has a lot of effects on U.S. organizations, especially on HRM practices. For this reason, managers and supervisors in companies have to adapt diversity policies as well as diversity strategies in order to manage and operate their companies effectively. In order to let American people have a broader understanding of workforce diversity, the following paragraphs will define cultural diversity in the workplace, discuss the benefits and challenges of managing diverse workplaces, and best practices

In today’s society there are many culturally diverse people in the workforce. Most organizations can no longer make the assumption that every employee has similar beliefs or expectations. When entering into the global marketplace, people are considered one of the most valuable resources to an organization’s success. A well-managed culturally diverse workforce has the potential to thrive if managed correctly; or if mismanaged, there can be devastating negative attributes. With great expectations, culturally diverse employees can foster positive outcomes in the workplace. A company’s acknowledgement to embrace diversity and change, and implement the value of management techniques are

This paper will discuss the methods used by managers and groups in the work environment to ensure effective communication with a diverse labor force. We will discuss the barriers they are faced with and compare methods used by companies who have successfully and unsuccessfully implemented diversity programs.