Team Diversity Discuss the Three Term Paper

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It might even simply threaten his ego and personal confidence in his past experience to see a younger person in a leadership role. Geographical differences can grate, as the Southern 'genteel manner' might seem 'fake' to an brusque urban dweller, and a self-identified 'city kid' might look down on a suburban dweller as 'out of the loop' of what is new and cutting edge.

Diversity is neither an organizational or team strength or a weakness, intrinsically -- it is how it is deployed in a workplace context that makes it either a positive or a negative force. The business case for diversity "is that in a global and diverse marketplace, a company whose makeup mirrors the makeup of the marketplace it serves is better equipped to thrive in that marketplace than a company whose makeup is homogenous." ("Diversity," 2005) However, long before diversity training in the workplace became an industry, people came from different regions of the United States and exhibited a variety of personalities while they labored on the job. The question is not if diversity is good or bad, it is a fact of human life and existence, and business reflects the reality of the world and the marketplace.
The only question is to how to deploy diversity in a way to achieve organizational and team objectives, rather than to be stimied by some of the obstacles that life occasionally throws in a team's path.

By treating diversity not as an ortanizational vice, but as an opportunity that can be used to promote the ability of workers from a great variety of backgrounds "to cooperate productively and make as great a contribution as possible to organizational goals," diversity can be deployed to its maximum advantage. ("Diversity Training," 2005)

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