GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 01: Byrsonima Crassifolia, Gross Domestic Product, Visible Minority

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Horatio Morgan

Document Summary

Technology shrinks the world but consumers all of our time. Globalization means we can work anywhere, but we must compete with people from everyone. Jobs are increasingly earned and re-earned everyday through one"s performance and accomplishments. Career success requires lots of initiative and self awareness and continuous learning. People and their talents are the ultimate foundations of organizational performance. They represent what is called intellectual capital (the collective brainpower or shared knowledge of a workforce that can be used to read value) Organizations combine talents of many people to a achieve unique results. Today"s workforce is dominated by knowledge workers (persons whose minds, not just their physical capabilities, are critical assets) Workforce diversity the composition of a workforce in terms of difference among people according to gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, etc. Changing diversity trends include more seniors, women, members of visible minorities, and immigrants. Diversity issues are not always handled very well can suggest bias.