Tyell Corp. is a financial consulting firm. The firm has a varied client base. It also hires employees from various ethnicities and backgrounds. As this diversified workforce can give way to problems, the company invests time in increasing its employees' knowledge regarding one another's cultures. The employees are taught to question stereotypes and how to change their personal assumptions about other people. In the given scenario, Tyell Corp. uses _____.
A) skills-based diversity training
B) awareness training
C) readiness-based diversity training
D) supervisory training

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Tyell Corp. uses awareness training, which focuses on increasing employees' knowledge about one another's cultures, questioning stereotypes, and changing personal assumptions about other people. Skills-based diversity training focuses on developing the skills needed to work in a diverse environment, readiness-based diversity training focuses on creating an environment that is open to diversity, and supervisory training focuses on teaching managers how to manage a diverse workforce.