Professional Development Workshop in Organizations

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Part 1
Introduction
Professional development programs have become important in every organisation and
most of the organisations these days have been incorporating these programs. Organisations have
been conducting interactive workshops in order to help engage the employees actively in the
process of acquiring new information. These workshops help in allowing the employees to be
more productivity and prepare for positions in the organisations for more responsibility
(Westfahl and Wilkins 2017). However, organisations these days have been focusing on
embracing diversity in the workplace and are trying to encourage people to work in a coherent
manner which will pave way for a positive work environment as well as culture. This paper will
focus on preparing a professional development program that will help in incorporating and
valuing diversity in the workplace.
Discussion
In the age of globalization, diversity has become an important aspect as it helps in
increasing the productivity and creativity of an organisation, improves the language skills and the
relations of the community and also helps organisations garner a positive reputation in the
market. Han and Beyerlein (2016) state diversity in the workplace helps in creating coherent
teams and a workforce which is necessary for an organisation to succeed in the market. Thus, to
incorporate diversity in the workplace the following professional development workshop will be
conducted for a week to ensure the incorporation of diversity in the workplace and valuing
diversity.

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Professional development workshop
Objecti
ve
Activities Resource Tim
e
Outcom
e
Introd
uctory
sessio
n
To
introduce
employees
to the
workshop
and to the
topic,
diversity
and its
importance
in the
workplace.
Professional
introduction
A room with basic
necessities like the
following:
 Projector
 Desk and
chair
 Fan
 Microphone
1 day Spread
awareness
about the
need for
diversity in
an
organisatio
n.
Sensit
ivity
traini
ng
To make
the
employees
aware of
their goals
and their
prejudices
 Psychothera
py
 Feedback
 Psychotherapist
 Laptop to fill up
feedback
2
days
Learn to
respect
other
people and
their
different
ideas and

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and help
them in
being
sensitive to
their
surroundin
gs and also
to the
dynamics
of a group
interaction
perspective
s
irrespective
of their
age,
gender,
ethnicity,
race and
many
more.
Game
play
To make
people
play games
that will
help them
in working
in a team.
Team building
games that will
help in energized
and fun learning
like the following:
 Talking in
circles
 Flip it over
and many more.
The necessary resources to
conduct the game and
room.
1 day This will
help the
employee
learn how
to work in
a team and
be
productive
and have
positive
relationship
with the