Organization and Management Theory - Management 002

***************After reading the below description Please Provide an Example of each: 1- Disposition 2- Diversity Pairing 3- Organizational Plurality 4- Glass Ceiling 5- Social Integration 6- Affirmative Action

1- Disposition: "the tendency to respond to situations and events in a predetermined manner". Personality is the relatively stable set of behaviors, attitudes, and emotions displayed over time that makes people different from each other. For example, which of your aunts or uncles is a little offbeat, a little out of the ordinary? What were they like when you were small? What are they like now? Chances are that she or he is pretty much the same wacky person. In other words, the persons core personality hasnt changed. For example, as a child, Kip Tindell, CEO of the Container Store, would reorganize the pantry or closets when his parents were out of the house. If your house is unbelievably messy, I probably wont come back to visit. Ill meet you at a restaurant. Im just not comfortable around mess. You dont have to be obsessive-compulsive about it. Well, OK, maybe just a tiny bit.

2- Diversity Pairing: "a mentoring program in which people of different ages, cultural backgrounds, sexes, or races/ethnicities are paired together to get to know each other and change stereotypical beliefs and attitudes". Diversity pairing is a special kind of mentoring. In diversity pairing, people of different ages, cultural backgrounds, sexes, or races/ethnicities are paired for mentoring. The hope is that stereotypical beliefs and attitudes will change as people get to know each other as individuals.

3- Organizational Plurality: "a work environment where (1) all members are empowered to contribute in a way that maximizes the benefits to the organization, customers, and themselves, and (2) the individuality of each member is respected by not segmenting or polarizing people on the basis of their membership in a particular group".

4- Glass Ceiling: "the invisible barrier that prevents women and minorities from advancing to the top jobs in organizations".

5- Social Integration: "the degree to which group members are psychologically attracted to working with each other to accomplish a common objective or, as one manager put it, working together to get the job done.".

6- Affirmative Action: "purposeful steps taken by an organization to create employment opportunities for minorities and women".

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