Discuss the stages of the Holvino multicultural organizational model presented in this chapter.

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What will be an ideal response?

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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.