Diversity is barrier to effective teamwork

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Topic- Diversity is barrier to effective teamwork
Introduction
The essay will discuss the different kind of issues that are faced in teamwork in
different organizations due to the diversity. The discussion will be supported by the help of
different literatures and viewpoints of different authors on understanding the reasons that
diversity is the big barrier in the effective teamwork. The essay will include different kind of
reasons that includes the analysis of the different disadvantages and advantages of the
diversity implementation in teamwork.
Meaning of Diversity in Workplace
Diversity workplaces and teams are essential and it is composed with varying
characteristics that includes the religious along with cultural beliefs. The diversity helps the
entire workplace in increasing the overall productivity in the organization and increases the
morale of the employees. Diversity in the workplace builds different kind of opportunities in
building proper reputation for the organization and create opportunities for the workers
(Barak 2016).
However, there are different issues relating to the diversity as this creates issues in the
workplace as there can be issues related to unproductivity in few firms as there are employees
from different cultural backgrounds. A diverse workplace is important in different
organization among the employees as this is the main reflection of the changing world on the
workplace. It is the main duty of the employees in organization to manage the diversity issues
related to culture in an operative manner to handle the grievances of the different employees
who are from different cultural background (Wrench 2016).
Diversity as barrier in teamwork

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The phenomenon of the diversity at workplace is directly related to the organizational
performance wherein the workplace diversity is responsible for the positive and negative ills
that takes place in the organization. The diversity issues are now considered essential and this
is projected to become more relevant in future as there is increasing differences in population
in many countries. Proper valuing and managing diversity is the major component in
effective people management and it helps in achieving the organizational goals.
Sabharwal (2014) has commented that workplace diversity is complex and
controversial process and it has been conceptualized by the author in several viewpoints.
There are different authors who has looked into the concept through narrow perspective and
on the other hand there are different authors who has provided the same from a broader view.
Furthermore, the article (Peoplematters.in, 2018) has stated the different key issues of the
diversity that arises due to the discrimination along with exclusion of the cultural groups from
the different kind of traditional groups. The diversity is the concept that is inclusive in all the
individuals and this becomes difficult to identify the practices of the discrimination.
The danger in narrowly defining the concept of diversity includes the cultural
diversity dimensions. However, the scholars who has advocated the broader concept of
workforce diversity argues that the diversity encompasses the possible manners through
which the individual can differ. The individuals who are in accordance with the respective
school of thought do not differ on the basis of the race, gender and age, however it includes
different values, tenure, personality and organizational functions. Klarsfeld et al. (2014) has
contented that the different individuals with multiple identities along with the manifold
dimensions can never be isolated from the organizational setting.
The diversity has a major role to play in understanding the dynamics of the
heterogenous workforce and understanding the interactive effects of the multi-dimensional