Diverse Workforce
Contents
Part 1: Introduction…………………………………………………………………………1
Part 2: Advantages of a diverse workforce............................................................................1 2.1 More creative……………………………………………………...............................2 2.2 Increasing sales and earnings……………………………………..............................2
Part 3: Two problems of workforce diversity………………………………………………3 3.1 Communication……………………………………………………............................3 3.2 Discrimination……………………………………………………………………......4
Part 4: strategies can be implemented to overcome the problems……….............................4 4.1 Recognition…………………………………………………………………...............4 4.2 Fairness………………………………………………………….................................5 4.3 Patience………………………………………………………….................................5
Part 5: Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….5
Part 6: References………………………………………………………..............................6
1.0 Introduction
The term labor force is a general way to refer to all the people willing and able to work. For an organization, the internal labor force consists of the organization’s workers - its employees and the people who have contracts to work at the organization. This internal labor force has been drawn from the organization’s external labor market, that is, individuals who are actively seeking employment. With the development of the world, the labor force also changes. There are three major trends today in the change in labor force: 1. An aging working, 2. Diverse working, 3. Skills deficiencies of workforce. This report will talk about one of the three major trends in the change of labor force --- Diverse Workforce.
Diversity workforce refers to the variety differences between people in an organization. That sounds simple, but a diverse workforce consists of so many things, like gender, age, ethnic group, immigrants, physically and mentally disabled people, veteran status,
Part 1: Introduction…………………………………………………………………………1
Part 2: Advantages of a diverse workforce............................................................................1 2.1 More creative……………………………………………………...............................2 2.2 Increasing sales and earnings……………………………………..............................2
Part 3: Two problems of workforce diversity………………………………………………3 3.1 Communication……………………………………………………............................3 3.2 Discrimination……………………………………………………………………......4
Part 4: strategies can be implemented to overcome the problems……….............................4 4.1 Recognition…………………………………………………………………...............4 4.2 Fairness………………………………………………………….................................5 4.3 Patience………………………………………………………….................................5
Part 5: Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….5
Part 6: References………………………………………………………..............................6
1.0 Introduction
The term labor force is a general way to refer to all the people willing and able to work. For an organization, the internal labor force consists of the organization’s workers - its employees and the people who have contracts to work at the organization. This internal labor force has been drawn from the organization’s external labor market, that is, individuals who are actively seeking employment. With the development of the world, the labor force also changes. There are three major trends today in the change in labor force: 1. An aging working, 2. Diverse working, 3. Skills deficiencies of workforce. This report will talk about one of the three major trends in the change of labor force --- Diverse Workforce.
Diversity workforce refers to the variety differences between people in an organization. That sounds simple, but a diverse workforce consists of so many things, like gender, age, ethnic group, immigrants, physically and mentally disabled people, veteran status,
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