NEW PARADIGM: LEARNING AND EFFECTIVENESS CONNECTING DIVERSITY TO MAINSTREAM WORK AND CORE CULTURE

INCORPORATE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVESS INTO MAIN WORK RETHINK TASKS -PRODUCTS MARKETS -PROCESSES STRATTEGIES -POLICIES PROCEDURES -HR PRACTICES ALL IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT IS LEARNED FROM DIVERSE APPROACHES, OPINIONS, PRACTICES FIND OUT WAYS IN WHICH THESE CAN BE USED BY EVERYONE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRM

INTEGRATION INTEGRATION IS THE MAIN VALUE IN THE 3RD PARADIGM DIFFERENTIATION IN THE 2ND PARADIGM ASSIMILATION IN THE 1ST PARADIGM

8 PRECONDITIONS FOR THE INTEGRATION PARADIGM TO HOLD 1. LEADERSHIP TRULY VALUE DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS INSIGHTS APPROACHES PERSPECTIVES BEARING ON THE WORK OF THE FIRM DEMONSTRATE AN INVITING ATTITUDE SUPPORT INITIATIVES FOR WORK DIVERSITY

2. LEADERSHIP AWARENESS OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT DIVERSE APPROACHES BRING CHALLENGES IN MANAGING DIVERSE APPROACHES FORWARD THINKING AND PROACTIVE LEADERS

3. A CULTURE OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROPER SKA INVENTORY ENHANCED JOB DESIGNS COACHING MENTORING CAREER MANAGEMENT FORMAL AND INFORMAL TRAINING

4. HIGH STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FROM EVERYONE A FORMAL, OBJECTIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 360 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL CLEAR, CONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS OF WORK PERFORMANCE NO NEGATIVE (AND LOWER) EXPECTATIONS

5. A CULTURE THAT VALUES WORKERS POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WORKERS ARE THE MOST CRITICAL RESOURCE MIND SET THAT THE WORKERS ARE THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT EXPECTATIONS THAT THE WORKERS WILL BRING ALL OF THEIR SKAs ST TO WORK

6. FIRM CULTURE THAT VALUES OPENNES TRUSTING CLIMATE NON-DEFENSIVE COMMUNICATION NO FEAR OF CONSTRUCTIVE CONFLICTS BELIEF ABOUT ABILITY TO MANAGE CONFLICT SUPPORT FREE EXPRESSION OF IDEAS ZERO TOLERANCE FOR INTOLERANCE TO VARIED IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES ON WORK RELATED MATTERS

7. EGALITARIAN, NON-BUREAUCRATIC ORGANIZATION A FLAT STRUCTURE? A SMALL SPAN OF CONTROL DESIGN? SURELY, NOT RESISTANT TO EXPERIMENTATION NOT PRONE TO “NOT INVENTED HERE” SYNDROME NOT INFLICTED WITH “ WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT THIS WAY” WOUND.

8. CLEAR MISSION AND GOALS . CLEARLY FORMULATED WELL ARTICULATED WELL COMMUNICATED WELL ACCEPTED BRING FOCUS PROVIDE UNITY OF DIRECTION PROVIDE OBJECTIVE CRITERIA FOR JUDGING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARYING APPROACHES TO WORK.

TRANSITION TO THE LEARNING PARADIGM MENTAL CONNECTIONS ARE BEING MADE EXPLORATIONS ARE UNDER WAY TO LEARN THE VARIED CONTRIBUTION STYLES OPEN AND EXPLICIT DISCUSSION IS LEGITIMATED PEOPLE ARE OVERTLY DISCUSSING BACKGROUND CULTURAL EXPERIENCE & COMPLETE POOLS OF SKAs NO DOMINANCE AND SUBORDINATION OF WORK APPROACHES IS TOLERATED HIGH LEVELS OF ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST LEADERSHIP VISION OF THE PURPOSE OF DIVERSITY IS CLEAR AND UNEQUIVOCAL