Assignment Task: Understanding Diversity
Question 1: Explain the difference between valuing and managing diversity and provide examples for each. Show how communication affects this process.
Question 2: Using a variety of concepts that were introduced in your chapter, identify, define and explain the one or two areas regarding understanding or managing diversity in which you are the strongest.
Question 3: Using a variety of concepts that were introduced in your chapter, identify, define and explain the one or two areas of understanding or managing diversity in which you need more improvement.
Question 4: If you did not change or improve in this area, discuss how it would affect your personal and professional life.
Question 5: Identify, define and explain one barrier to accepting diversity that you experienced/observed and discuss how you would address it.
Question 6: Select one of the five dimensions of cross-cultural differences. Explain the meaning and offer a specific example to show how it impacts cross-cultural communication (from your own experiences, or from what you learned through your research).
Question 7: Name individual diversity strategies discussed in your chapter. Select one and explain how you might apply it moving forward to help gain awareness and improve your ability to understand and relate to others.
Question 8: Think back on the questions and identify a few that were more difficult to complete than others. Explain why.
Question 9: What did you learn about yourself in this exercise?
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(Remember that you should cite your textbook and locate additional scholarly sources to demonstrate knowledge gained).