Discuss the stages of the Holvino multicultural organizational model presented in this chapter.
What will be an ideal response?
The first stage is exclusionary in which organizations explicitly and actively base themselves on the values of one cultural group and explicitly privilege that group in organizational practices and norms. The second stage is “passive club” stage, organizations are less openly exclusionary, but still only admit new organization members who are similar in values and perspectives of the dominant group. Stage three is a transitional stage of compliance. In this stage the organization may not actively exclude organization members who are different from the current dominant group but also do not make affirmative changes in management or cultural practices which would seek out diverse new members. Stage four is the transitional stage of positive action in which the organization becomes committed to including others, especially those in legally protected categories. The organization begins to tolerate differences created by new members. The fifth stage is the beginning of multi-culturalism that Holvino calls “redefining.” In this stage the organization tries to expand its definition of inclusion and diversity Leaders and organization members attempt to identify and change barriers to diversity.
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What must be learned and understood before a person can fully enact membership into a group?
What will be an ideal response?
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a. Because it has better resolution than analog cameras. b. Because it uses inexpensive tape. c. Because they can edit the video on a personal computer. d. All of the choices.
Copyright trolls are companies that
a) engage in cybersquatting; b) knowingly infringe others’ copyrights; c) buy rights from others and aggressively pursue infringements; d) share files online; e) all of these are correct.
Why would it be especially challenging to rely on social media as the primary communication tool in China?
a. Social media is censored by the government. b. Many citizens do not have internet connections. c. The language barrier creates communication challenges. d. Chinese citizens don’t like using social media.