HRMG701- Diversity at Work of Multicultural Society
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Running head: REFLECTIVE WRITING ON WORKPLACE DIVERSITYREFLECTIVE WRITING ON WORKPLACE DIVERSITYName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1REFLECTIVE WRITING ON WORKPLACE DIVERSITYIntroduction:The workplace diversity denotes the differences between the people, process and theorganization. The diversity in the workplace is capable of emerging conflicts and challenges forthe employees as well as for the organization. As per my understanding from practicalexperiences and the reading of the various articles, I realized that the workplace diversity is oneof the major and deep issues even in today’s era. Week 4:To discuss the entire concept and are of the workplace diversity, I will first discuss theposition of the women in the workplace, especially the women leaders and the challenges theyare facing everyday in their workplace. However, the government and the media are consistentlytelling and convincing people that the women and the men are equal in every respect of lifeincluding their professional area, but I have no doubt that the women are still encounteringseveral serious challenges within their workplace on a regular basis. Anyone can find number ofcase studies depicting the miserable condition of the women in the workplace. Based on myexperience on this particulate issue, I have chosen to write on this topic. As opined by JoanAcker (2012) regarding the gender diversity within the workplace that the women are facingvarious kinds of challenges in the professional life. In addition, the job facilities are also differentfrom the men employees in the organization. While taking interview of the woman politicianJacinda Ardern on 95B FM, she told me that the within the 24 hours of the announcement of herbeing the Labour Party leader, she was asked if she wanted to have children after being theleader. I personally feel that these questions are inappropriate in today’s era. I mean what is theconnection between the personal and professional life of a woman? And if the professional life
2REFLECTIVE WRITING ON WORKPLACE DIVERSITYproposes any impact on the personal and family life of a woman then why is it not applicable forthe men? Is this the progression and development we made for the women? I know thesequestions will raise another debate and arguments within the critics and the scholars and therewill be many people who will prove me wrong with their vague logics. So other day I was having a chat with my friend who works in a renowned multinationalcompany, but her situation is similar to the other working women. She said that the wages of thewomen employees in her workplace were less than the other men employees. In addition, therewere other illogical rules and regulation for the women. It the other hand, my friend and otherfemale employees in the organization were the victim of the bully of the male employees in theorigination. I was seriously shocked to hear from her that she was not promoted for being womandespite having all the eligibilities and qualities for the promotional position. She said that whenshe asked the management that what were are drawbacks that pulled her back from not beingpromoted, she was provide with a list of reasons such as women judge and manage everythingdriven by their emotions, they prioritize their family and not work and so others. I strongly feelthat this classification and diversification of the work based on gender is disappointing andinsulting for the women. I would like to refer the answer of Katherine Ravenswood from theGender and Diversity Research Group while she was asked about the prevalence of thechallenges of the women in the workplace (Aut.ac.nz, 2017). She said that it has nothing to dofor women leaders with having children. She also stated that it is entirely the choice of thewomen to have children or not while being a leader and it is not that the women cannot lead herteam just because she has children. Katherine said that there are many women leaders who havechildren and successfully leading the teams.
3REFLECTIVE WRITING ON WORKPLACE DIVERSITYBased on my experience and feelings I have summed up few reasons for the challengesthat are predominant in the workplace for women. Firstly, there works an ego in the men for thewomen leaders (Madsen, 2012). We must remember that we still live in a society that is run anddominated by the male. Therefore, they consistently try to remind us this particular fact bycreating new challenges for the women leaders. Another possible reason is that men are afraid oflosing their position and dignity in the eyes of the people and hence they oppose the idea ofwomen being leaders (Klarsfeld et al., 2014). Secondly, women have been visualized as thehomemaker by the society from the ancient age; therefore the idea of leadership by women willtake time to be accepted by the people. Thirdly, the women are themselves responsible for beingthe victims of the diversity practices and challenges. I strongly feel suggest the other women toraise their voice against the gender discrimination in the workplace. However, there are littleprogress in this respect and the government, non government organizations, social mediacampaigning are taking serious steps regarding these issues, but New Zealand has to go long wayin women leadership. There are many women in New Zealand who are fighting an invisiblebattle everyday in their workplace (Burke & Mattis, 2013). In addition, the society also has toadvance their thought regarding the women leadership. Week 9:In order to discuss the workplace diversity, I must include the subject of racial diversity.No doubt, even in the 21st century the racism is still one of the predominant issues in the in thesociety, and the organizations is no exception. In fact, I personally think that the racial diversityis practices mostly in the workplace and dark skin color make the people victim of the practice.However, I must also include the ethnicity, power and the systematic racism and the differencesamong them. In addition, I would also like to discuss about privilege of the same. For the
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