{"id":158,"date":"2020-05-23T20:40:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T20:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/summer2020\/?p=158"},"modified":"2020-05-23T20:40:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T20:40:43","slug":"discussion-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/summer2020\/2020\/05\/23\/discussion-responses\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Responses"},"content":{"rendered":"
1) What are some of the researchable questions that this week\u2019s readings raise for you? In other words, what issues do these readings make you wonder about? What questions would you be interested in exploring further?<\/div>\n
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Both the readings definitely brought up some interesting questions from both. The first, focusing on organizational culture, had be wanting to look more\u00a0into\u00a0\u201cWho were the people responding to this question?\u201d Although a broad question to research,\u00a0I was\u00a0initially curious how these individuals were creating their rendition of the\u00a0definition for\u00a0\u2018organizational culture\u2019; that maybe influences of their education, work place, and status may have a reflection on the answer they\u00a0provided. For the other reading, focusing on why diversity in the workplace matters, I was curious to then further research what some of the companies I support have to say\u00a0about their workforce diversity. Thinking about different brands and labels I buy into; how many of those companies advertise the diversity they have within their business, and is it\u00a0features like these that make the company more appealing? I would be fairly curious to look further into both of these questions, as I believe that by doing so it would reveal more about each of the\u00a0conversations both aim to start.<\/div>\n
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3) Select one of the definitions from \u201cWhat is organizational culture and why should we care\u201d OR one statistic from \u201cWhy diversity matters,\u201d and discuss what questions this sparks for you? What do you think is interesting or significant about this idea?\u00a0\u00a0In other words, how does your look at this article open up questions about what organizational culture is and why it matters?<\/div>\n
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Focusing on the \u2018Why diversity matters?\u2019 article, I found that the most eyeopening statistic was that, \u201cwhile certain industries perform better on gender diversity and other industries on ethnic and racial diversity, no industry or company is in the top quartile on both dimensions\u201d. This was a\u00a0statistic that really started to jog my thinking about both demographics. I immediately questioned: Which of these two demographics – racial or\u00a0gender diversity – matter more to a company and why? Clearly there was no\u00a0company that was able to secure top rating for both, so I wondered why exactly. Could some\u00a0companies value the gender diversity of their company with little regard as to what is to be said about the racial\u00a0diversity – and vice versa? Connecting back to organizational\u00a0culture, this statistic in a way shows that there is no equal representations for all demographics within a given company. Furthermore, I\u00a0think that this, at least for myself, confuses the\u00a0definition and idea of organizational\u00a0culture because there is no\u00a0company that is able to\u00a0identify and support all cultural backgrounds their employees may stem from.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1) What are some of the researchable questions that this week\u2019s readings raise for you? In other words, what issues do these readings make you wonder about? What questions would you be interested in exploring further? Both the readings definitely brought up some interesting questions from both. The first, focusing on organizational culture, had be … <\/p>\n

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