Diversity in Engineering Managing the Workforce of the Future (2002) / Chapter Skim
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Diversity in the Global Marketplace
Diversity in the Global Marketplace
Pages 92-98
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There were a number of companies outside the United States and a number of global companies, ranging from transportation companies to Avon and Quaker Oats. Globalization is a very timely issue that is not unique to the engineering and design profession.
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We are a privately held company, with more than 9,000 employees working in 250 offices. We operate in 70 countries around the world, and more than 40 percent of our workforce resides outside the United States.
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We now have four focus groups to help with employment issues, including development issues, recruiting and retention related to women, African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American employees. The women's group is the oldest, and we sometimes joke that PB stands for "pushy broads." This group has tackled one issue related to global diversity that the company had no women of any stature outside of the United States.
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We spent most of our time in both sessions talking about the interesting challenges facing local divisions or local companies and branch offices located offshore or outside the United States. Finally, what best practices exist in industry and in education?
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If we are competing globally for a fixed labor pool, isn't this another reason for expanding the domestic pool of engineers? Finally, it is important, especially in the wake of September 11, that we understand global diversity inside the United States.
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We visited Renault, where a woman engineer, who had come originally from Purdue by way of Germany, and is now a senior manager, argued for the importance of language training. Until she developed language skills, she said, she had trouble finding work in Europe.
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Corbin includes information on demographic trends in her discussion of global diversity.
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