[Solution] Multicultural Environment
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Author: Sarah Bennett
People differ from one another in many ways. The way these differences interact with other aspects of the environment affects the organization.
Multiculturalism and Diversity
- Multiculturalism refers to the opportunities and challenges posed by the many differences among the people in the organization's environment, including different locations, values, and experiences.
- The term diversity is used in the business world to refer to demographic differences among people. These include differences in gender, age, ethnicity, and religion. It makes more sense to talk about whether an organization is more or less diverse than to say it is or is not diverse, since diversity exists along a spectrum.
Trends in Multiculturalism and Diversity
Organizations are becoming increasingly diverse and multicultural due to several factors including globalization, changing demographics, and evolving social attitudes.
Dimensions of Diversity
Diversity encompasses various demographic characteristics including gender, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and physical abilities.
Dimensions of Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism extends beyond demographic differences to include variations in values, beliefs, customs, viewpoints, and experiences across different cultures and environments.
Select the words that best complete the sentence.
An organization is diverse when there are many differences, specifically different among the people in the organization's environment.
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The term diversity is used in the business world to refer to demographic differences among people. These include differences in gender, age, ethnicity, and religion.
Multiculturalism refers to the opportunities and challenges posed by the many differences among people in the organization's environment, including different values, beliefs, customs, viewpoints, attitudes, and experiences.
Select the correct response(s) to the following question.
Which of the following are reasons that organizations are becoming more diverse and/or multicultural? Check all that apply.
- Changing workforce demographics
- Climate change
- Technological change
- Antidiscrimination laws
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Organizational environments are becoming more diverse and multicultural because of changing workforce demographics, laws against discrimination, globalization, and increased understanding that a more diverse workforce is a better workforce.
Technological change and climate change are two important factors in the business environment, but they do not relate to diversity and multiculturalism.
Select the correct response to the following question.
A manager observes that more than half the organization's workforce identify as men and wants to increase the number of women hired at the organization. This manager is open to which aspect of a diverse workforce?
- Ethnicity
- Gender
- Sexual orientation
- Age
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This manager is open to hiring people of different genders.
Select the phrase that best completes the sentence.
By contracting with a supplier in another country .
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Multiculturalism refers to the opportunities and challenges posed by the many differences among people in the organization's environment, including different values, beliefs, customs, viewpoints, attitudes, and experiences. By bringing suppliers in another country into its environment, the organization becomes more multicultural.
The other choices here relate to diversity rather than multiculturalism.
