The military is diverse now, but there was a time when it wasn’t and the people had to fight for it. In 1948 that had changed because of President Harry Truman. President Truman and others had written a document that changed the military diversity.
Why don’t North Koreans have as much freedom as South Koreans? Japan had nearly full control of Korea around 1910. When the Japanese empire dismantled, the country split. America helps and somewhat controls South Korea. Since America doesn’t force people to have strange beliefs, South Koreans have freedom.
The person I interviewed is the campus Diversity Recruiter Candace Villanueva. She loves working in higher education. I enjoy helping students reach their academics and life goals. Her passion is working with gifted students. She is capable of sharing her achieve strength with these students by pushing them further.
Diversity in the Armed Forces is a complex issue when referring to leadership positions, increase opportunities, and especially in terms of gender equality and gender integration. Increase diversity in the Army challenges traditional military attitudes, beliefs, norms, policies, and regulations. For some analyst the gender integration in the combat fields is a challenge that affects the integrity of the Army.
Over the past years, America has had many immigrants come from all over the world to become American citizens, which allowed America to become a diverse country. The different cultures, languages, and the races make America the melting pot. While some people believe America embracing diversity creates unity, it can be argued that America is moving toward a new standard in which diversity and individuality are encouraged more than uniformity and conformity because people are being taught different languages and some people combine or teach others their culture. Children all over the country are being taught many different languages. Learning different languages is important because our country is more diverse than others.
Creating a diverse and inclusive military prepares the Army to face the world's complexities, build stronger relationships with allies, and better serve the American people. Take, for example, WWII and the many problems the nation faced for the first time. A great lesson in the power and benefits of diversity came into play when the U.S. needed secure, immediate, and virtually unbreakable communication. The U.S. Army and the Marine Corps used Navajo Code Talkers in the Pacific islands to send radio transmissions. Employing Navajo Code talkers eliminated time-consuming code books, prone to deadly errors, and added to the early stages of further diversifying the Army with other races.
The strategic programs have increased minority representation and have enabled the Army to reflect American society. These programs combined with emphasis on broadening assignments as integral element of leader development has allowed the Army to benefit from two positive results of diversity (Erbe, 2014). An inclusive Army is known to be a positive manifestation of nation for espoused commitment to equality and it is specifically important while deploying because Army represents America all across the globe. The cognitive diversity gained by exposing leaders to
The knowledge that I gained through cross culture in the class is being able to contemplate all the culture with different aspect of life from different country in the world. I will be able to understand why cross culture is important to military operation and will be able to use them in a daily basis in my military career. The Army are in a diverse culture that every soldier bring something that will enable us to work together. It will help us to understand the situation and be able to work one another with the same aspect and result. Being able to work with different branches will enhance my ability to work better in a Joint Operation.
Diversity is the beauty of America, people from different ethnicities, backgrounds, and cultures coexist peacefully and eventually meld into an almost homogeneous society. But
In my public health career, I have had the privilege of serving diverse populations of various ethnic groups, religious and cultural practices across the globe. Specifically, I have worked with vulnerable groups including the homeless, hungry, pregnant, uninsured, and those infected with AIDS. With these experiences and having being an U.S. immigrant, I am able to easily relate to and empathize with patients of different religion, languages and/or culturally practices. Working with these diverse population has helped to expand my worldview. I have become more open-minded to different ways of getting the same result(s).
- Ways in which diversity can impact on work and work relationships - The similarities and differences that exist between you and your work community may have an impact on your work. Everyone around you will have similarities and differences, there is a reason we are all individual people, we are all different and have something different to offer. Culture plays an important part in shaping a person’s behaviour. Cultural values and beliefs provide a framework for people to make assumptions about and respond to their situations and or circumstances. Culture also strongly influences perceptions and expectations.
In lieu of this, the Marine Corps created four diversity task forces in 2013 and each was led by a general officer and the goal was to develop ways to “remove potential barriers for Marines to compete on merit for leadership positions”. The percentage of black officers in the services has remained fairly steady since 1995; about 5%-7% in the Navy, Air Force and Marines, and 10%-15% in the Army (Zoroya, 2014). With these findings, one can be led to believe that there are certain differences between race and gender when it comes to success in the military. However, this study reveals that even though some races or a specific gender may do better in certain areas, other races and gender tend to find greater success in other areas.
The ways in which diversity can impact on work and work relationships: Cultural diversity can affect the workplace in numerous ways. Negative impacts can include miscommunication, creation of barriers, and dysfunctional adaptation behaviors. Positive impacts can include building a sound knowledge base fellow colleagues, which can make for smoother integration of the organization into foreign cultures. Many organizations have recognized that the workforce is changing and they are working to create a work environment in which diversity and difference are valued and in which employees can work to their fullest. They are dealing with the problems that arise when people in the workplace communicate.
There has been unnoticeable gender war happening in the minds of people. It is creating assumptions based on historical practices between men and women. The thought process of placing women and men in roles that gendered constructed is generalization. Individuals are socialized into gender roles beginning in infancy, and continued through the adult years, via immediate and distal socializing agents such as parents and the media (Ruble & Martin, 1998). The gender roles are not limited to civilians, but also create an impact in the military.
Today’s most business primary concern is retaining workforce diversity. Recognizing the importance of diversity in the organization and effectively manage to ensure the organization and its valuable diverse employees are growing hand in hand. Rising of immigrants’ employment opportunity, joint venturing business globally has equally brought an opportunity for shared values, exchange of cultures and intelligence to widen the opportunity for business enterprise and also a platform for employees to reach target goal.
