Comparing Canadian and Indian approaches to Managing Diversity in Society and Organizations
| Canada and India easily rank among the most diverse societies in the world in terms of race,ethnicity, language, religion and culture. In addition, both countries experience issues of gender and class diversity, and India has a further dimension of diversity based on caste. Both countries have also tried to build inclusive societies even as they have allowed, and sometimes facilitated, different groups to maintain their separate identities. Canadians are proud to describe their society as a “mosaic†rather than a “melting potâ€Â, and Indians like to refer to Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam, a Sanskrit phrase that suggests that all human beings and even other creatures are part of an extended family. Both countries have implemented government level policies and organizational level practices that have attempted to achieve the goal of a society that is ideally inclusive. It is fare to argue, that both countries have made significant progress but have yet to achieve the ideal state where every citizen experiences that he/she is treated equally in every aspect of term. The focus of the research is to understand (i) the concept of diversity as understood in the two countries, (ii) how the concepts have been operationalized into specific measurable indicators (iii) the policies and practices that have been adopted to implement them, and (iv) understand the experience, particularly the levels of success, of the various policies and practices. Based on a comparison of the experiences in the two countries, suggestions for the policies and practices in both countries will be made. |
Project Team
Abhoy K Ojha
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Indo -Canadian Shastri Institute, New Delhi
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Comparing Canadian and Indian approaches to Managing Diversity in Society and Organizations
| Project Team: | Abhoy K Ojha | |
| Sponsor: | Indo -Canadian Shastri Institute, New Delhi | |
| Project Status: | Ongoing (initiated in 2008-09) | |
| Area: | Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management | |
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