DIVERSITY

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DIVERSITY

• Chapter 14 Lecture 1

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Diversity Defined

• Human diversity
• Visible
• Less or invisible
• Diverse structural configurations
• Diverse processes

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Global Organizations Emphasize Inclusive Networks
When They

• a) reexamine their norms or traditional ways of
  doing things
• b) seek and value similarities as well as
  differences as sources of competitive advantage,
  and
• c) train people for skills that enhance a sense
  of inclusion

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Diversity Initiatives
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Approaches to Managing Human Diversity

• Discrimination and fairness
• Access and legitimacy
• Learning

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Strategic Responses for Managing Diversity and
their Implementation
Pressures for Diversity Low High
Episodic
Freestanding
Systemic
Strategic responses for managing
diversity Proactive
Accommodative Defensive
Reactive
Marginal Strategic Executive
priorities for managing diversity
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Diverse Structures

• Hierarchical
• Export office to functional to divisional to
  hybrids
• Internal horizontal
• Networks, shamrocks, matrix, virtual
• Interorganizational
• Joint ventures
• Strategic alliances

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Diverse Processes

• ITintegration depends on infrastructures that
  vary
• HRselection, development, and compensation in
  different nations and regions
• Labor practices and conditions
• Social responsibility and ethics initiatives