MHR 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Supplier Diversity, Organizational Commitment, Asian Americans

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 600
• Professor: Genevieve Quintin

Document Summary

Diversity management: organizational commitment and integrated approach that moves beyond compliance with legal requirements and statements that simply express the organization"s claims to value diversity. The voluntary organizational actions that are designed to create through deliberate policies and programs greater inclusion of employees from various backgrounds into the formal and informal organizational structures. The purpose of diversity management is to incorporate diversity into the. A diverse workforce can cause more conflict and misunderstanding because. Diversity paradox: represents the potential challenges or inconsistencies that diversity may raise. More conflict and misunderstanding because of people"s differences of people"s differences. Primary dimensions of diversity: age, gender, mental/physical abilities and characteristics, race, ethnic heritage, sexual orientation. Secondary dimensions, work style, education, geographic location, military experience, work experience, income, religion, first language, organizational role and level, communication style, family status etc. When any organizational or social structure and context are.