MHR 600 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Equal Protection Clause, Precondition, New Approach

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 600
• Professor: Saleem Kassum

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Chapter 1 the challenge of managing diversity taylor cox jr. Diversity is the variation of social and cultural identities among people existing together in a defined employment or market setting: hence three dimensions, social and cultural identity, employment and market systems, geographic scope of employment market settings. Problems and opportunities: diversity as a potential performance barrier, reduce the effectiveness of communication, lower levels of commitment. Increase conflict: diversity as a value-added activity: Making differences matter: a new paradigm for managing diversity david a. Discrimination-and-fairness paradigm: diversity is measured by how well the company achieves its recruitment and development goals, due process and equal treatment of all employees, colour-blind and gender-blind, pressure on employees that important differences among them do not count. Access-and-legitimacy paradigm: predicated on the acceptance and celebration of differences, matching the demographics of the organization to critical consumer or constituent groups. Incorporate employees" perspectives: rethinking primary tasks, redefining, markets, products, strategies,