Introduction
According to the
What is Workforce
Diversity?
The
diversity of the workforce is a collection of employees at different levels. It
further explores the cultural similarities and differences between people’s
cultural backgrounds, physical abilities and disabilities, race, religion,
gender, and sexual orientation. And no two people are alike
As
explained by
Proposals
to enhance workplace diversity include providing employee appreciation,
training, and other personality development programs, and encouraging employees.
Managing workplace diversity is important, and if left unmanaged it can lead to
conflict, reduce organizational performance, and reduce organizational
efficiency
The Global Practice of Workforce Diversity.
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1 – The Nature of workforce diversity
According to the
1. Alibaba
Group-As the world's largest e-commerce company, the Alibaba Group hosts
hundreds of millions of users and millions of merchants. In 2017, its online
websites had a turnover of $ 248 billion, more than eBay and Amazon.com
combined.
2. Accenture
- Accenture is a global consulting and professional services company with more
than three-quarters partners in the Fortune Global 500 and serves clients in
over 120 countries and over 40 industries.
3. L’Oréal-
Forbes Top Multinational Performer, a beauty company L'Oréal has a presence in
130 countries on five continents. It would be a serious understatement to say
that respect for multicultural diversity is the essence of this company’s
success.
4. Lenovo
- With over 57,000 employees in over 60 countries, the world's largest computer
retailer has built its success on a strong foundation of diversity and
inclusion. The company is 100 percent perfect on the corporate index for LGBTQ
parity, not just in terms of numbers - but also in everyday use.
Companies
like Coca-cola, Johnson & Johnson, MasterCard, Sodexo, and Novartis follow
the diverse workforce very enthusiastically. Because the employees of the above
companies represent different levels and different products in the production
process, effective products are produced. It has also been pointed out that due
to the diversity in the administrative processes of the institutions, it is
possible to maintain the institutions in an orderly manner.
A
Variety of Perspectives Since employees are representing different social
levels and the company can look at the existing problems from different angles
and get effective answers to those problems
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It is obvious fact that with the growing globalization of today’s economy, achieving diversity in the workplace is a smart move to make, because it Connect to a Wider Range of Consumers and boost Greater Creativity and Innovation. A diverse workforce is more likely to understand customers' needs and come up with ideas to fulfill them. It will also increase employee morale and instill a desire to be more effective and work more efficiently resulting greater increase of productivity and Reduced Employee Turnover.
ReplyDeleteMost people think of a diversified workplace as a working environment that includes employees of different genders, ethnicity, and racial backgrounds. While this is true, there’s more to it than this. The meaning of diversity has become more complex. A diversified workforce includes people with variety across a number of different categories, such as religion, culture, sexual orientation, language, educational backgrounds, skills and abilities. When varieties of individuals are worked together in the same room, possibility of getting different perspectives and opinions that can benefit your business is high. As with anything in life, creating a diverse workforce doesn’t come easy some challenges can be arise along the way, such as; Unfair Prejudices, Communication Barriers, Different Interpretations of Professional Etiquette.
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ReplyDeleteThe points you have made in your article are so valid since it is obvious that no matter what organizations go through many challenges and hardship with workforce diversity. According to Seliverstova and Anita (2021), organizations Human resource teams whoudl work on converting this workforce diversity challenge in to a blessing which will help the organisation to keep the top talents and have the best out of all the employees to survive in the challenging business world.
I think you have pointed out good facts about work force diversification. I would like to add a little fact to your article.Mc Kinsey and Co Ltd had revealed that their diversified leadership caused to improve their organisational performance. The researchers had found that gender diversified and culturally and ethnically diversified leadership can increase organisation's profitability by 21% a and 33% respectively.(CPS HR consulting,2021)
ReplyDeleteAs correctly stated in your article increased diversity is needed to have more skilled labor force. This will lead to more innovative and creative e ideas which will ultimately lead to more profit for the organization. However HR should implement proper strategies to treat all the work force in equal way so that no party will feel demotivated.
ReplyDeleteWorkforce diversity includes the differences and similarities of the employees. Organizational performance is the extent to which the organizational objectives and goals are being achieved. Most business organizations fail because galvanizing a diverse workforce to work as a team has been ineffective in terms of policy, training, exposure, and approach to specific and overall goals.
ReplyDeleteI think Leaders and managers in organizations Are primarily responsible for the success of diversity policies and need to be guaranteed the effectiveness of policies.
ReplyDeleteThe increasing globalization tends organizations to operate on the broader market, therefore people from diverse societies, views and experiences, nowadays are challenged to more interaction with each other regarding work and business activities (Önday, 2016). The paper presents the idea of the beneficial individuality of each team member that should be managed appropriately, especially in terms of an international company. Despite the opinion that effective diversity management has been employed as support of minorities and as a defense in opposition to discrimination (Shen, Chanda, D'Netto, & Monga, 2009) in recent years, the practice of diversity has become an integral aspect of organizational management.
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