organizational Diversity

Inside an organizational it is very important to have the perfect people unite  and come together to have the best group or a teams in order to run an organization propertly. Why is this???? Because the group behavior counts  every step of the way when running an organization. This aspects can be divided into 4 grups (normas of behavior, group cohesion, social loafing, and loss of individuality. But what is the difference between a group and a team. A group is two or more people with common interests, objectives, and continuing interaction. And a team is A group of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common mission, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.

Bulding a good group it is very important because each member would bring something diferrent to the table, for example one can be the contributer meaning the one that brings important information, or the collaborator, that focuses the tema on the mission, also you can be the communicator or the challenger, either way it is important that each individual brings something special and different to the group. This is when we talk about diversity The variation of social and cultural identities among people existing together in a defined employment or market setting (Cox 2001). The benefit of a diverse workplace is the ability to tap into many talents which employees from different backgrounds perspectives, abilities and disabilities bring to the workplace. Lindenberger (2010) in the long term diversity can be challenging to accept for many bosses, but the truth is that the success of many business calls for diverse body of talent that can bring freash ideas, perspectives, and views, and a corporate mindset that values those views. It´s also no secret, that the lack of diversity can affect your ability to communicate effectively with diverse clients. Lindenberger(2010) since todays business world is all about globalization.

According to Slater et al. (2008), what are the actions likely to enhance organization-wide commitment to diversity? Explain which one could be most applied in the context of Colombia.

according to Slater et al. (2008),  the drive to diversity board composition is a direct result of the momement toward diversity of the workforce, customer base, and other stakeholders. organizations want a wider range of leadership skills, workstyle , perspectives , and expertise, as well as increased reperesentation of women and minorities among board directs. in the colombian case i think customer base can be the most relevant that can be applied to  becuase  colombians business have the good quality that it is higly important for them that its coustomers resieved top of the line products becuase is what they would like to received  in return.

BIBLIO

Lindenberger, J., & Stoltz-Loike, M. (2010). Diversity in the Workplace. Business West, 27(1), 22. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Slater et al. (2008),  ¨The business case for commitment to diversity¨Business Horizon 51: 201-209