Introduction
Today, diversity is getting a great deal of attention. One doesn't have to look far to see why. Imagine a group of employees at work or a class of students at college. Then imagine how that same group might have looked, thought, and acted differently two or three decades ago. Now picture how this same group might change by the year 2050. (Bucher, Chaney, and Martin, 2002) Diversity has affected each adult individual at one point in time. The encounters have sometimes been positive while other times they have been negative. Diversity is not a controllable issue to deal with because you never know how another person is going to handle being around various cultures or people of different age, sexes or races. A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management revealed barriers including stereotyping and preconceptions, corporate culture, exclusion from informal networks, and lack of mentors and role models. (Noe, 2002) Diversity is something, however, that can be......
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