Leadership in Business: Promoting Cultural Diversity in Organizations

Running Head: Leadership in Business
Leadership in Business
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Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Problem Identification...................................................................................................................................................... 3
Solution for the Problem..................................................................................................................................................4
Recommendation................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Importance of Cultural diversity in Organization............................................................................................4
Global Expansion....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Creating a workplace environment where alternative perspectives are valued and
appreciated.................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Mentoring new and high potential employees.............................................................................................5
Effective Communication and Language Skills.............................................................................................6
Leaders role in influencing the cultural diversity in the organization...................................................6
Developing knowledge about dimension of culture..................................................................................6
Developing new skills in cross cultural communication..........................................................................6
Making work arrangements more flexible.....................................................................................................7
Inviting industry leaders from diverse backgrounds................................................................................7
Mentoring and Sponsorship.................................................................................................................................7
Importance of cultural diversity in the workplace..........................................................................................8
Increased Creativity................................................................................................................................................. 8
Decision Making......................................................................................................................................................... 8
Makes Company Attractive................................................................................................................................... 9
Varied opinions and perspectives......................................................................................................................9

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References........................................................................................................................................................................... 10

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Introduction
The intention behind the case study here is to study and analyse the document titled
“Leading for Change-A blueprint for cultural diversity and inclusive leadership 2016”
and the speech by Doctor Soutphommasane, Race Discrimination commissioned titled
“Cultural diversity in the workplace 2015”.
The case study here in the first replace reflect on the biggest problem which is related to
cultural diversity in the Australia, which is one of the biggest multi-cultural country in
the world. Further, the action to solve the problem will also be discussed.
The second problem identified in the case study is how can leaders influence and
promote cultural diversity in the organization while handling the resistance of the
employees in workforce diversity.
The third problem identified in the case study is establishing the importance of cultural
diversity in the workforce. This will help in understanding the rationale behind
increasing the workforce diversity in the leadership roles in the organizations.
Problem Identification
The intention behind the paragraph here is to help in understanding why it is important
for leaders to understand the importance of cultural diversity in business organization.
AHRC (2016) leading for change publication identifies the problem that leads do
understand the importance of cultural diversity in the business organization. The
problem here is that leaders prefer people with fairer skin and wants to see people with
less cultural differences in the leadership role (Luthans & Doh, 2018).
It has been mentioned in leading for change that at the federal level, Racial
discrimination act prohibits unfair treatment because of race, colour, ethnicity and
national origin. It is also mentioned that it takes more than rules and regulations to set
the rules in place. Culture of inclusion has to be followed to make sure that no racial
discrimination takes place in the organization.