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    Diversity tends to be established by people from different spheres of life including different ethnicities, cultures, and social settings. It allows individuals to appreciate and understand the interdependence of culture, the environment in which people are living, and humanity. Diversity also helps individuals to build alliances and unity despite having a difference regarding their beliefs, religion, and culture. It helps one to recognize and appreciate that people are born different regarding

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    Team Culture and Scale Introduction In the global business arena organizations which like to have wider representation and participation generally tend to recruit talented team members in its workforce regardless to their cultural origin. To remain competitive in the global economy organizations have no other alternative to this. When any workforce is blended with people of various cultures naturally the difference of their dispositions, actions, mind-sets, pattern of dialogue etc. becomes visible

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    Although the scholarly research is able to see the current state of the Cambodian traditional music revival and the large impact of cultural music education, it fails to see the external benefits of this music that promotes “a culture of peace, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and its contribution to sustainable development”.29 This cultural benefit is one of the biggest answers to the question of why this music education and the survival of traditional music is important

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    In this paper I will discuss how a team/group can become a high-performance team/group, examine the demographic characteristics and culture diversity and the impact on the team/group behavior. I will also describe how demographic characteristics and cultural diversity contribute to or detract from high-performance groups or teams. What is a team/group? A team/group is a group of people who form together to complete a mutual goal such as a presentation, paper, discussing a topic or creating a

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    enacted in a culturally responsive way, classroom management extends to consider how a student’s culture influences their motivations and behaviors. Calloway indicates, “a positive relationship was found to exist between classroom management and cultural teaching” (Calloway, n.d, p. 5). Responsive teaching permits the individuality of the student in conjunction with an equitable structure and scope of learning opportunities. Culture determines the context students need for inquiry, establishing

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    L. (2015). Approaches to culture and diversity: A critical synthesis of occupational therapy literature. The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 82(5), 272-282. doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1177/0008417414567530 Brady, K. (2014) LEADERSHIP IN TODAY’S WORKPLACE. Retrieved January

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    Diversity in Workplace

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    DIVERSITY: GROWTH AND IMPORTANCE OF MANAGING Harpreet Singh City University ABSTRACT: As companies are becoming more and more diverse it 's becoming more and more important for companies to understand and manage it. The people of different background, races, religion creates diverse workforce. There is an importance of having diverse workforce to provide better performance. There are perspectives of managing the diverse workforce, which require organization leaders and managers

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    Many people have come to realize that diversity has an impact on academic outcomes, and yet many people still believe that the impact of diversity is negative due to the understanding that students of different cultures tend to have generally lower scores on standardized test. What many don’t know is that diversity can have a positive impact on students’ academic achievement, rather than a negative. Exposure to diversity has a positive impact on academic achievement in many ways, through advanced

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    hiring and managing employees overseas. The ability to successfully manage a culturally diverse organization is crucial to its success. More and more companies are growing and expanding globally. This expansion increases the potential for cultural diversity within a company. When you call your local phone company, wireless provider or long distance supplier, you may be speaking to a customer service representative that is located in India or China. This has created job opportunities for underdeveloped

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    Gowri Parameswaran’s article, Enhancing Diversity Education, is an informative academic journal that highlights the role diversity will play in schools and why teachers will need to implement new ways to involve students in the classroom. Parameswaran is a professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She is also a chair of educational studies, who focuses on researching the impact of gender, socioeconomic status, culture on children and adults in North America and India. Parameswaran

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