3. An organization’s success and competitiveness depends upon its ability to embrace diversity and realize the benefits. Benefits, Challenges, and Solutions
4. Organizations employing a diverse workforce can supply a greater variety of solutions to problems in service, sourcing, and allocation of resources. Employees from diverse backgrounds bring individual talents and experiences in suggesting ideas that are flexible in adapting to fluctuating markets and customer demands.
5. A diverse collection of skills and experiences (e.g. languages, cultural understanding) allows a company to provide service to customers on a global basis. COLLECTIVE
6. A diverse workforce that feels comfortable communicating varying points of view provides a larger pool of ideas and experiences. The organization can draw from that pool to meet business strategy needs and the needs of customers more effectively. VIEWPOINTS
7. Appealing to and recruiting for many diverse demographic groups by relating with and getting to know your audience DIVERSITY RECRUITING
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16. UNIVERSITIES The first and easiest thought find diversity candidates is Historically Black Colleges & Universities http://www.smart.net/~pope/hbcu/hbculist.htm A. James Clark: School of Engineering http://www.wie.umd.edu/ Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Default_EN.asp Hispanic/Latino – LANIC http://www.edexcelencia.org/pdf/publications/fact_sheets/Top25CollegesUniv-2008.pdf