Essay on Differences in Culture and Diversity at Workplace

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“Essay on Differences in Culture and Diversity at Workplace”
Cultural Diversity refers to the variety of cultures and religions in a society or a community or in
the world as a whole. The aspect of cultural diversity unites people from different part of the
world under the same roof. Diversity refers to the mixture of diverse nature of people in the
society. Diversity is of different types like, age, sex, religion, gender, income level, culture etc.
In the perspective of an organization, diversity can be good or bad, as people that can manage
diversity at workplace, this feature give wonders to them. However, if the management do not
manages the workplace issues adequately then the company might face problems due to diversity
(Manning 2017). Managing workplace diversity has become one of the most increasingly
debated topic in the workplace management that outlines the aspects of globalization, change in
demographics and differences between individuals as well. This issue has become one of the
most significant that the companies need to tackle so as to adequately manage the growth of the
company. Employees are the biggest asset for an organization and if those employees do not
work effectively at workplace then they can become biggest burden for the organization as well
(Rao, and Tilt 2016).
However, the companies should not afraid of using the process of culture diversity in their
business just for the sake that they will not be able to manage it. Diversity is an important
concept that is important for the companies to adopt as it provides various benefits to the
organization using it in the environment. The biggest benefit of diversity is that it helps the
companies in providing competitive advantage in the target market. In the process of diversity,
diverse minds having diverse thinking and cultural background come together under one roof
and share their ideas and though process. This process eventually bring innovative and positive
outcomes for the organization. Resulting in which, productivity for the company subsequently
increases. Further, workplace diversity strategy engages the employees to the maximum extent in
the functions of the company. It increases the employee commitment towards the company that
potentially helps in increasing the productivity of the organization (Salas, et. al., 2015).
Further, a place with wider talent pool generates more innovative and creative ideas in the
environment. This process also helps in the process of globalization as it makes the people to
shift from one part of the world to other for the purpose of job. The people and companies get to
know about the culture of other countries by employing expatriates in the business. The process