Workplace diversity
In your opinion, what is workplace diversity? Can you provide an example?
Workplace diversity is a term used to refer to a workplace that is comprised of employees with different characteristics. For example gender, ethnicity, race, religion among other differences Saxena (1). Workplace diversity is important because each person has their characteristic which they bring to the table making work easier. An example of workplace diversity is when a company hires employees who are from different ethnical groups and can work together in harmony.
Is workforce diversity important for improving productivity and performance at the workplace?
Workplace diversity helps to improve productivity in the workplace because it offers a wide range of talent and not talent that is confined to one particular ethnicity. The many talents help in understanding the client’s needs and motivation broadly. Workplace diversity contributes to the effectiveness and success of a company making it add to its production and profits. It helps to increase the skills and knowledge that exist in a company Fahad (1). An example of this is, employees from a different ethnic group can come up with an innovation that the company is not accustomed to. However, workplace diversity can become hard to achieve due to the different characteristics that sometimes cause discrimination and conflicts. Some colleagues are likely to experience a lack of cooperation from others. A discrepancy in how the companies develop diversity policies and how they implement them can make it hard to achieve workplace diversity Shemla (1). Lack of good management for the diversified worker can cause serious problems and make it unachievable. These problems include language barriers, different beliefs, and perceptions among others which are about human behavior.
Works Cited
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Saxena A. Workforce Diversity: A Key to Improve Productivity, Symbiosis Institute of
Management Studies Annual Research Conference (SIMSARC13) Retrieved from
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Shemla M. Why Workplace Diversity Is So Important, And Why It's So Hard To Achieve. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/rsmdiscovery/2018/08/22/why-workplace-diversity-is-so-important-and-why-its-so-hard-to-achieve/#53732fe43096
