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Chapter 1: Introduction and Conceptual Framework
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How to Become a Good Business Manager?
According to the Chinese tradition, there are four classes in society: scholars, farmers, artisans, and tradesmen
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How to Become a Good Business Manager?
A good manager needs to combine:
the respect for basic human needs of the farmers;
the creativity and strive for excellence of the artisans;
the vision and ethics of the scholars, and
the drive to make a profit of the merchants
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The Challenge of Managing Diversity in a Global Context
Successful management of an increasingly diverse workforce is among the most important global challenges.
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The Challenge of Managing Diversity in a Global Context
Due to:
Today’s global economy;
Global demographic trends; and
Growing demand for equal rights for disenfranchised workers, older workers, workers with disabilities, and sexual orientation minorities.
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Tensions Posed by Global Workforce Trends
Unbalanced fertility rates throughout the world create unprecedented workforce tension.
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Global demographic trends include:
Increased immigration and worker migration
More women in the workforce
Greater economic disparity
Global Demographic Trends
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Global Legislative and Public Policy Trends
Most democratic as well as quite a few non-democratic countries have instituted legislation banning job discrimination against women and members of minority groups.
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Global Legislative and Public Policy Trends
In some countries, employers are required to provide designated groups of applicants, such as racial and ethnic minorities and women, with a competitive advantage by actively recruiting them for open positions.
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The Challenge of Managing Diversity
in a Global Context
The problems arising from today’s workforce diversity are caused not by the changing composition of the work force itself, but by the inability of companies and society to truly integrate and utilize a heterogeneous work force at all levels of the organization
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The experience of social exclusion transcends national boundaries.
Around the world, individuals and groups who do not belong to the “main stream” are excluded from job opportunities, information networks, team membership, human resource investments, and the decision-making
process.
Exclusion
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The Challenge
Creating a comprehensive work environment that welcomes diversity, is inclusive of those who are different from the ‘main stream’, and allows individuals to utilize their talents in a mutually satisfactory way.
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Values and utilizes individual and inter-group differences within its workforce
Cooperates with, and contributes to, its surrounding community
Alleviates the needs of disadvantaged groups in its wider environment
Collaborates with individuals, groups, and organizations across national and cultural boundaries
The Inclusive Workplace
Micro
Macro
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| Macro Dimensions Part I | Micro/Mezzo Dimensions Part II | Practice Applications Part III |
| Legislation | Individual and group aspects of diversity | Diversity management paradigms |
| Demographic trends | Theoretical explanations of intergroup relations | The Inclusive Workplace model |
| Public policy | Culture and communication | Practical tools for implementing the model |
| Global Economy | Interpersonal cross-cultural relations in the workplace | Cases for discussion |
Conceptual Framework and Organization of the Course
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