Diversity and Inclusion at Work - Emerging Themes in Human Resource Management

Running Head: Human Resource Management-Emerging Themes
Human Resource Management-
Emerging Themes
Diversity and Inclusion at Work

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Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Findings and Analysis........................................................................................................................................................2
Case Study Findings.......................................................................................................................................................2
Outcomes of Diversity.................................................................................................................................................. 2
Implication of Diversity for People Professionals............................................................................................3
Factors of inequality at Work....................................................................................................................................3
Factors supporting inclusion and diversity at the workplace....................................................................4
Future of Diversity and inclusion at Work..........................................................................................................4
Areas of focus for inclusion and diversity at the workplace............................................................................5
Political Environment...................................................................................................................................................5
Technological Advancements...................................................................................................................................6
Demographic Changes..................................................................................................................................................6
Social Trends and Shifts.............................................................................................................................................. 7
Industry Globalization..................................................................................................................................................7
Global Economic Issues............................................................................................................................................... 8
Possible implication on operational and strategical decision making.........................................................8
Recommendation to Harbour Diversity and Inclusion.......................................................................................9
Leadership involvement and impetus towards diversity and inclusion................................................9
Cultural Change............................................................................................................................................................ 10
References........................................................................................................................................................................... 11

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Introduction
Organizations across the globe are putting in strong efforts towards equality legislation
and recognition for diversity and inclusion, however, inequality still exists at the
workplace. The inequality is on various fronts such as pay gap, gender gap, lack of
senior role model in females, lack of flexible working and many more. All these reasons
in comprehensiveness lead to inequality in the business organization. Although, the
situation has seen a significant improvement over the last decade, however, there is still
a scope for further improvement and bring equality in the business organization at all
fronts. Diversity in the workforce has been on an increasing spree owing to
Globalization and the advent of Internet, which makes it possible for a person from
other nationality to work in a Multinational corporation (CIPD, 2018).
The above introduction serves as a preamble for the introduction to the essay report
which will focus on the critical understanding of emerging themes in relation with
diversity and inclusion at work. A critical analysis of the evolving trends in business
management will help in providing robust strategic solution to business organizations.
The area of focus for the critical discussion has to be evolved around various Political,
economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors.

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Findings and Analysis
This section will focus on critical understanding of the case study findings and analysis
of the document “Diversity and Inclusion at Work”.
Case Study Findings
The report clearly highlights that the problem of inequality is of grave concern in the
UK, despite the efforts of many organizations towards improving equality by imposing
legislation in the business organization; the progress still seems to be painfully slow.
The report also highlight the moral case of diversity and inclusion in the workplace
where everyone should be treated equal and fair and with dignity by giving them a fair
share of resources, equitable pay, equal opportunity to progress grow and reward
people for their work in the business organization.
The business case for diversity and inclusion shows that diversity in the workplace and
inclusion has a positive impact on the performance of the employees which in turn
guarantee the achievement of the organizational goals and objectives.
Outcomes of Diversity
The outcomes of diversity within the purview of the report have been determined by
plethora of literature review and conducting a longitudinal research in the country. The
key findings of the research can be summarized as:
 Diversity has to be seen as a broad term as different aspects of diversity have
different outcomes in the business organization. For instance, it has been
observed that the tenure of the team is a factor of efficiency, whereas cultural
diversity is a factor of creativity (Nishi, 2013).
 The effects of diversity on the performance are toned down by various aspects of
the organizational context (Joshi & Roh, 2009).
It has been mentioned in the policy implementation in the UK that individuals have
multiple identities and therefore it makes sense to consider diversity in a holistic
scenario. The same has been mentioned by Parker that the recent emphasis on gender