Diversity Defined

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Diversity Defined
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Types of Diversity

• Gender
• Age
• Race
• Ethnicity
• Culture
• Religion
• Language/Accent
• Disability
• Height/Weight
• Sexual Orientation

• Education
• Job Title
• Job Function
• Job Skills
• Union/Non-Union
• Part-Time/Full-Time
• Marital Status
• Political affiliation

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Dimensions of Diversity
Secondary Dimensions
Primary Dimensions Inborn difference - Have an
impact throughout ones life
Secondary Dimensions Acquired or changed
throughout ones lifetime Have less impact
still impact self definition
Education
Marital Status
Religious Beliefs
Primary Dimensions
Age
Ethnicity
Gender
Military Experience
Parental Status
Person
Sexual Orientation
Physical Ability
Race
Geographic Location
Work Background
Income
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The Village Earth

• "If we could shrink the earth's population to a
  village of precisely 100 people, with all the
  existing human ratios remaining the same, it
  would look something like the following. There
  would be

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The Village Earth

• 57 Asians21 Europeans 14 from the Western
  Hemisphere, both north and south8 Africans
• 52 would be female48 would be male
• 70 would be non-white30 would be white
• 70 would be non-Christian30 would be Christian
• 89 would be heterosexual11 would be homosexual

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The Village Earth

• 6 people would possess 59 of the entire world's
  wealth and all 6 would be from the United States
• 80 would live in substandard housing
• 70 would be unable to read
• 50 would suffer from malnutrition
• 1 would be near death 1 would be near birth
• 1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
• 1 would own a computer

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Diversity Consciousness Defined

• Recognizing, appreciating, valuing,
• and utilizing the unique talents
• and contributions of all individuals

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The Challenge of Workplace Diversity?

• The challenge lies in the continuous improvement
  of the integration and social acceptance of
  people from different backgrounds.
• Our differing human characteristics influence
  the way we think, act, interact, and make
  choices.
• Often, these differences interfere with our
  ability to support, trust, and respect each
  other, and thus to effectively function together.

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Challenges For Management
CHALLENGES OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Source Taylor H. Cox and Stacy Blake,Managing
Cultural Diversity Implications For
Organizational Competitiveness, Academy of
Management Executive 5, no 3 (1991), 45-56
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Areas of Workplace Diversity

• Valuing Diversity
• The organization sees direct benefits from
  incorporating diverse people and perspectives.
• INCLUSION The goal is to change and/or create a
  organizational culture that recognizes, respects
  and encourages individual differences.

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Diversity Bias

• Assumptions of Superiority
• Im better than you.
• Assumptions of Correctness
• This is the way it should be
• Assumptions of Universality
• Were all the same. Everybody is just like me.

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Culture ComparisonsWhat words describe your
culture versus another

• Most prominent personality characteristic.
• Most positive characteristic and/or contribution.
• Worse characteristic and/or contribution.
• Characteristics as co-workers.
• What would you like to better know about them.