Diversity in the Workplace In today’s society‚ cultural diversity is at the highest point it has ever been. As companies are becoming more diverse‚ it is becoming more important for them to understand and manage that diversity. People of different backgrounds‚ races‚ ages‚ sex‚ and/or religions create a diverse workforce. There is an importance of having a diverse workforce in order to provide better performance overall. With a diverse workforce‚ there arises a need for new management strategies
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Fairness and diversity in workplace. By the advance of technology and society are getting more knowledge about rights and legal law. Discrimination‚ prejudice and stereotype are main issue either in society or among the organization. Diversity can be define as difference in various way‚ while in workplace diversity refers to the differences of people in ethnicity‚ age‚ gender‚ social status‚ religion and add on with sexual identity‚ social economic status and even education level (M. Janssens
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What is meant by: - Diversity Diversity aims to recognise‚ respect and value people’s differences to contribute and realise their full potential by promoting an inclusive culture for all staff and students. Our society is made up of a wide range of characteristics and backgrounds. There are differences within our society such as gender‚ ethnic origin‚ culture‚ social and religious backgrounds and disability‚ age‚ sexuality and appearance. - Equality Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of
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Managing a wide range of cultural diversity in the Australian workplace impossible. We are now in the 21st century and immigrants are entering Australia in greater numbers than they did a decade ago. Nearly double‚ 70‚200 in 1999–00 to 168‚685 in 2010–11 (Australian Bureau of Statistics.)[4] The workforce demographics have indeed changed and a reflection of these changes are occurring in the workforce. Cultural misunderstandings and language barriers are enormous obstacles to overcome for effective
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WORK PLACE DIVERSITY IN AN ORGANIZATION The Importance of Workplace Diversity in an Organization Gina Cazeau/MGT 307/Week4/May2009 University of Phoenix/Professor R. Cullivan Abstract This paper will define a team and a group‚ and the difference between the two. It will also examine the importance of workplace diversity in an organization
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Diversity is crucial and inevitable for any service organisations to create opportunities for more innovative ideas. Diversity involves individuals from different ethnic background‚ culture‚ age‚ gender‚ status and personality characteristics to communicate and share values. To promote and implement diversity‚ managers should have an effective recruitment strategy. Although diversity creates opportunities‚ it can create contemporary issues. The issues on diversity are rather complex. This is due
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Abstract In this paper we will discuss the factors that relate to the relationship between the employee and employer in regards to age diversity and how organizations can handle this form of diversity. Managers have a unique challenge with having such a diverse workforce as they need to be able to prevent it from occurring. They also need to be watchful as even with the best policies discrimination can still occur and they must be able to handle the quickly and efficiently. No person should feel
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This report is dedicated to the contradictory questions about the multicultural workforce‚ its benefits and disadvantages and eventually to the issues how to manage the diversity in the workplace. The research is focused on the most important and beneficial issues and on all possible negative effects that may dramatically increase or decrease the productivity of the organization and have various effects on the workers. The research shows that diverse workforce is a great driving force for the company
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Diversity‚ Pluralism‚ and Racism in the Workplace: The Managerial Responsibility XXXXXXX MBA 525DL Professor Spangenburg February 27‚ 2008 Diversity‚ Pluralism‚ and Racism in the Workplace: The Managerial Responsibility Many accept the position that today’s leaders and managers are far more attuned to the cultural sensitivities that exist in the workplace that they were just 20 years ago. It’s even sufficed to say that today’s managers
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Cultural Diversity in the Workplace In today’s rapid changing global market many organization pays a greater attention to cultural diversity and it has also become an essential business concern too. Workforce diversity refers to the differences between individuals which include‚ national‚ origin‚ religion‚ language‚ age‚ color and even the skills and the attitudes people posses within themselves. As we know people are different in all kind of aspects‚ both visible and non visible. Therefore‚ cultural
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