Diversity And Diversity Case Study

1. What key things did you learn about diversity management? I learned that diversity management is starting to make an impact around the world. There are still areas around the world that have not resistance to diversity management based on their culture and time. It still seems that this is a concept that is more forced and less welcome across the board. From the readings it seems like organizations are more complying with legislations or diversity policies and programs set by the organizations. I was not aware that if an American company is established somewhere in Middle Eastern or Asia, the American organization still would need to follow the host country’s policies instead of their own policies on diversity. Even though this concept

Setting up an location in another country with different culture and ignoring their culture would be very disrespectful and could end up hurting the diplomatic relationship and possible put individuals at risk. I think it’s very important that Cox expressed how important it is to use diversity to improve the organization’s performance rather it create more problems or increase barriers, (p. 236) The issues that I have with the reading is that its seems like not only is there government legislation that organizations need to consider during the hiring process but the organizations themselves have made the whole hiring process unnatural. I cannot express how many times I have heard individual’s express and somewhat joke that the reason why they were hired by their organization was due to the fact that a quota needed to be met. I think people should feel like they were hired based on their skills and what they have to offer to that particular organization, instead of being a part of a quota being filled. I learned that human resources departments often hire individuals that only fit the organization’s culture. What this means to me is that race is not always the issue but the culture of the person is judge more and analyzed to

The NPR clip explains that there are so many untapped markets still out there in the world which organizations are not a part of due to their diversity resistance. If organizations learn to become more excepting to diversity verses being forced to comply, they would be able to tap into untapped markets. The main issue that I have always had with government legislation or company policies on diversity standards is that it feels too forced. From the text it seems that that most organizations are not accepting or open to diversity, however more concerned with their image, ultimately focused on fulfilling their diversity quotas. The overall issues with diversity and culture lies within us. We have created this problem in our organizations. As someone that is from a Caucasian background, I can’t believe still in 2016 African Americans feel like they need to white wash their names and resumes just so they can have the same opportunities. Organizations need to stop trying to force creating the culture but allow the diversity of the organization to shape their culture. We are always concerned with our individualism so why are we not allowing our individual diversity and culture to reshape our