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An inclusive environment is defined as an environment "where all employees are fully and respectfully involved in the work activities and "life- of the organization- (CIGNA's seminar). An organization cannot leverage or reap the benefits of its diverse workforce if everyone does not feel included or seen as important. An inclusive environment allows this to happen.
A company cannot, however, simply decide one day that it wants its organization to have this type of inclusivity. It is a very long and slow process, especially if it is a larger corporation. It is also a gradual process that includes many different stages. The stages each company must progress through towards inclusivity are:.
Exclusive Club Passive Club Symbolic Difference Critical Mass Acceptance Inclusive Organization (Local Level) Inclusive Organization (Global Level).
We can define these stages as such:.
Exclusive Club: Members of these types of groups are all similar people and anyone who is different is not even allowed to be included in the group. This situation is best likened to an expensive country club. Everyone is of the same backgound, financial situation, have the same beliefs, the same value system, and have many of the same views on the world. In a workplace these people would work the same way and have many of the same ideas on how work should be done. They can often have a very narrow view towards many aspects of their business. This is often seen in the highest levels of management within a company, especially older, well-established firms.
Passive Club: This is similar to the Exclusive Club except that the rules for inclusion are less strict. Those that are different are allowed to be members (there are no rules keeping them out, perhaps, even, due to legislation), but they are not often truly included. In many situations the rules are relaxed allowing differences into the group, but the culture and ideals of the group are no different than that of the Exclusive Club.
This is precisely what political diversity provides. ... Moreover, political diversity allows most to have a stake and say what is beneficial to the country. ... However, the debate which political diversity encourages can be a double-edged sword. ... Political diversity can thus breed rivalry. ... In this aspect, the political diversity which encourages this may harm the nation as a result. ...
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Diversity Paper Introduction: Diversity is an increasingly important factor in today's team as work groups become more diverse in terms of gender, nationality, and other personal characteristics of their members. Sometimes the effect of diversity seems positive, at the other times negative, and in other situation, there seems to be no effect at all. Gender: Gender is among the characteristics associated with diversity and is known to influence team behaviors. ... For example, when the group is engaged in a creative task, diversity of values can be expected ...
Table 2 Dilemmas and corresponding recommendations for HR Managers 2.3 DIVERSITY Goal: Come up with ways to overcome foreseen challenges in managing diversity in EXTEC. Diversity is generally defined as acknowledging, understanding, accepting, valuing, and celebrating differences among people with respect to age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, and public assistance status (Green et al. 2002). Excellent diversity management can provide creativity and innovation and this can successfully unlock hidden capacity for growth of t...