Dyson is sponsoring a global design competition for students all over the world. What diversity-based challenge should the company be prepared for? A)In many countries, females and other minority groups are not encouraged to be engineers. b)Such a widespread competitios may generate too many duplicate ideas c)Most of the ideas that come in will not be feasible d)Engineering is not an acceptable profession outside of western nations

Dyson is sponsoring a global design competition for students all over the world. What diversity-based challenge should the company be prepared for? A)In many countries, females and other minority groups are not encouraged to be engineers. b)Such a widespread competitios may generate too many duplicate ideas c)Most of the ideas that come in will not be feasible d)Engineering is not an acceptable profession outside of western nations

Management, Loose-Leaf Version

13th Edition

ISBN:9781305969308

Author:Richard L. Daft

Publisher:Richard L. Daft

Chapter13: Managing Diversity

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