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Cultural Diversity in Organizations
Cultural Diversity in Organizations
CHAPTER 12
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS
Slide 12.1 Browaeys and Price, Understanding Cross-cultural Management, 1st Edition, © Pearson Education Limited 2009
Management of cultural differences
Slide 12.4 Browaeys and Price, Understanding Cross-cultural Management, 1st Edition, © Pearson Education Limited 2009
What is diversity?
• Notion of diversity
• Individual characteristics
• Characteristics of an individual such as:
- Work background
- Geographical situation
- Education
• In the business life managers see their
employees:
- As individuals
- With the characteristics of a specific group
Slide 12.5 Browaeys and Price, Understanding Cross-cultural Management, 1st Edition, © Pearson Education Limited 2009
Diversity and transnational organization
Slide 12.10 Browaeys and Price, Understanding Cross-cultural Management, 1st Edition, © Pearson Education Limited 2009
Competence