The main advantage is the new perspectives on problems that arise within the organization. They also state that it is important for organizations to recognize the value that individual talents bring to particular tasks. They observe that those organizations which perform better are those that do not conform to a rigid organizational mold, but have enough flexibility to accept people of all backgrounds. Meetings are not dominated by one ethnic or gender group. Ethnic, racial, and sexual slurs or jokes are not tolerated.
Comfortable relationships exist between people of diverse backgrounds.
The authors conclude by stating that although these characteristics may seem easy to achieve, they must be valued in order to be implemented. If you are using Navigator 2.0 or later, and you see this message, you should enable JavaScript by on the Advanced page of the Preferences dialog box.