Leading and Managing Business Organizations: Importance of Diversity Management and Scientific Management Theory

LEADING AND
MANAGING BUSINESS
ORGANIZATION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
.QUESTION 1..................................................................................................................................3
Why is it important for Business organisation to manage the diversities among their staff?......3
Some challenges which Sainsbury Supermarket would face in their attempt to manage the
diversity among their employees described below :....................................................................4
.Question 2.......................................................................................................................................5
Despite its weaknesses, certain aspects of Scientific Management is continued to exist in
several organizations today..........................................................................................................5
Discuss the broad characteristics of Scientific Management theory :.........................................6
Reasons of why the scientific theory is not completely phased out entirely in the operations of
some organisations : ....................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
.REFERENCES...............................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Leadership means an individual's capability to motivate, influence & empower others to
participate toward organization success. It is the heart of a business. Managing business
organization consists of controlling groups or set of business entities to accomplish
organizational goals (Awoke, 2020). The report will discuss the importance of managing
diversities among staff for business firm. Moreover, the report will discuss the challenges faced
by Sainsbury supermarket in attempt to manage their diversified workforce. Study will also
examine certain aspects of Scientific Management (SM) that are continued to exist in today
organization. This will also study about the characteristics of SM theory & how they apply in
operations of some industries.
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.QUESTION 1
Why is it important for Business organisation to manage the diversities among their staff?
Workplace diversity means the various differences between individuals in an
organisation. Various types of diversities including age, religion, gender, race, citizenship status,
mental & physical conditions and so on. Diversity not only means how individuals analyse
themselves but also how others look them.
The various importance of diversities which need to be managed by organization is as follows:
 Greater Creativity and Innovation : Globalization bring many new challenges &
changes in the business world. Competition is one of those changes which require high
creativity and innovation to compete with challenging firms & achieve success. Diversity
in workplace brings more creativity & innovations. This is because mixing of diverse
individuals together which is most important aspect of success.
 Improves Productivity : Diversity and productivity runs simultaneously. Productivity is
based on efficiency & productivity of the employees, employers & staff in an
organization. Diversity in workplace boost productivity because diverse staff is better to
understand different types of customers needs & according to that give ideas to fulfil
them.
 Reduced Employee Turnover : Diversities in the workplace helps company to selecting
a wide variety of employees based on their abilities & talents. This helps business
organization achieve success & growth internationally. Hiring diverse employees also