Leading and Managing Business Organisations

Leading and
Managing
Business
Organisations
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Table of Contents
Question 1 .......................................................................................................................................3
Introduction ................................................................................................................................3
Importance of managing diversities among staff members........................................................3
Challenges faced by Sainsbury's in the attempt of managing diversities...................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
Question 2 .......................................................................................................................................5
Introduction.................................................................................................................................5
Management theories..................................................................................................................6
Advantages of the rational goal theory.......................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References ......................................................................................................................................9
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Question 1
Introduction
The differences in cultural aspects and personal backgrounds has led to formation of
various diversities in the workplace environment. Due to the increasing significance of
globalisation, business world is connecting across geographical boundaries and territories
creating diversities to a major extent. Diversity in workplace is determined by variations in
religious aspects, political views, cultural beliefs, educational and personal backgrounds etc. The
business case for diversity is the conversational conduct of an organisation which connects
various diversities of workforce with the organisational consequences. Businesses are laying
emphasis on the encouragement of practices which supports diversities in the workplace
environment. This report conducts discussion regarding the importance of managing diversities
in the workplace with context to an organisation(Centobelli, Cerchione and Esposito, 2018)
(Laurett and Ferreira, 2018). The chosen organisation for this report is Sainsbury's, which is one
of the leading supermarket brand of UK. The question covers the concept of diversity
management in context to Sainsbury's which discuss its significance and the challenges that are
being faced in managing diversities.
Importance of managing diversities among staff members
A diversified workplace is the one where individuals with different cultural backgrounds
and religions work together with the sense of togetherness and equality. The significance of
diversified workplace is growing due to the growth and development of businesses in the process
of globalisation. The importance of managing diversities in context to Sainsbury's is discussed
with the help of following points:
 Encourage wide range of styles and opinions: The diversity in workplace ensures
connectivity to a wide range of customers with different backgrounds and interests. A
diversified workplace in Sainsbury's helps in increasing familiarity with different aspects
of cultural trends and religious beliefs(Christ and et.al., 2018).
 Different cultural backgrounds promotes organisational learning: Increasing knowledge
of individuals regarding diversities improves the scope of organisational learning which
promotes growth and development of the Sainsbury's.
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