Critical Thinking: The Diverse Workplace and Leadership

The workplace is becoming more culturally diverse. It is important for leaders to understand and manage these differences in workplace culture and diversity.

• Describe a time when you experienced culture or diversity differences in the workplace (either at your current or past place of work).
• Based on these differences explain the following:
  • Describe the differences in culture and diversity by using Cultural Dimensions.
  • Compare and contrast your culture or the diversity factors with the differences that were presented in the workplace.
  • Explain how you or your leader handled the cultural or diversity differences.
  • Determine how these differences could have been mitigated.
  • Examine the leadership style that you or your leader used to manage these differences.

Directions:

• Write a three-part essay (i.e., an essay that includes an introduction paragraph, the essay’s body, and a conclusion paragraph) that addresses the assignment’s guide questions. Do not address the questions using a question and answer format.

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be three to five pages in length, which does not include the title page, abstract or required reference page, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
• Use academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.
• Support your submission with course material concepts, principles and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles unless the assignment calls for more.