7.11. SUMMARY

The optimal utilization of personnel in R&D organizations requires (a) the identification of the way different groups are similar and different, and (b) the development of training programs that will make both the similarities and differences salient. The crew then needs to learn how to manage diversity. This requires the development of insights about the way people from diverse groups are similar and different and how to deal with each kind of difference.

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