31 Aug How Managing Diversity well benefits organizations.
PURPOSE OF THE WRITING ASSIGNMENT: To make sure you understand:
- How Managing Diversity well benefits organizations.
- How Inclusiveness benefits organizations;
- How understanding, recognizing, and addressing the problem of Second-Generation Bias, specifically as it relates to internal promotions within an organization, is critical for the positive growth of organizations.
- USE THE READINGS INDICATED BELOW.
- READING 1.B.: Pages 298-300, 302- 306.
- READING 2.A.: Pages 2-5, 7-9.
- READING 2.B.: ALL.
- POWERPOINT 6: Pages 4 -10.
- PROVIDE WRITTEN RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS POSED BELOW.
Your response via BlackBoard Assignments should have the following format and follow the rules indicated below:
- Single spaced.
- In Arial 11 font.
- No more than 1 ½ – 2 pages long. 1 ½ IS PROBABLY ABOUT RIGHT.
- Your response should be in a separate Microsoft Document attached to and submitted through Blackboard Assignments: WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2/WEEK 2.
- Each paragraph of the response should correspond to one of the Questions.
- If you have made more than one response on Blackboard, I will read, grade, and respond to your most recent response by day and date.
QUESTIONS – PROVIDE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO EACH QUESTION. WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH (NO MORE THAN 4-6 SENTENCES LONG) TO RESPOND TO EACH QUESTION.
USE READINGS 1.B., 2.A. AND 2.B. DIRECTLY FOR THE ASSIGNMENT, AND USE POWERPOINT 6 FOR CONTEXT.
JUST FOCUS ON THE PAGES AND SLIDES INDICATED ABOVE.
Question 1: How can recruiting and managing a diverse workforce make an organization more successful in achieving its mission and goals? Give at least one (1) example.
Question 2: What does Inclusiveness mean, and why is it important for developing and maintaining a productive, engaged, positive workforce?
Question 3: What is Second Generation Bias? Briefly define this term.
Question 4: How can Second Generation Bias affect promotions in an organization with a diverse workforce? (NOTE: This relates to the concepts of Sticky Floors and Glass Walls.)
Question 5: Does Second Generation Bias just affect women, or is it also a problem for other protected groups? (Short answer.)
Question 6: What might be one (1) effective strategy for creating an organizational culture that values diversity? (Reading 2.A., Page 8.)
