Managing Cultural Diversity within Workplace

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Table of Contents
Topic of the research is “To manage cultural diversity within workplace". A case study
of Composite Wood Company Ltd. ................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
Rationale of the research ............................................................................................................3
Research aim ..............................................................................................................................3
Research Objective .....................................................................................................................3
Research Questions ....................................................................................................................4
Gantt chart and work break down structure ...............................................................................4
Work break down structure ........................................................................................................6
LITERATURE REVIEW ...............................................................................................................6
The concept of cultural diversity at workplace ..........................................................................6
Different benefits of company by having cultural diversity.......................................................7
Strategies of cultural diversity adopted by organisations ..........................................................8
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................8
Primary and Secondary Research Undertaken.................................................................................8
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DATA ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................................12
DATA INTERPRETATION ........................................................................................................13
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................20
Recommendations.....................................................................................................................21
Reflection .................................................................................................................................21
Implications for further research...............................................................................................22
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................23

Topic of the research is “To manage cultural diversity within
workplace". A case study of Composite Wood Company Ltd.
INTRODUCTION
Cultural diversity within workplace is defined as scenarios when companies are
open for hiring employees from different backgrounds, religion, race, culture, etc. There
are various benefits that a company possess while recruiting and retaining diverse pool
of individuals (Alkhazraji, 2018). A diverse culture at workplace leads to greater
productivity. This brings different talents together and all of these are working together
for achieving a specific goal. Companies are benefited by learning from experience of
different individuals and applying new knowledge in their work. The following research
is based upon knowing the importance of cultural diversity at workplace. Composite
Wood company Ltd. Is situated in Oldham, UK. This company provides wood products
to customers. These products are build for families and installers. This company
provides slip free, stain resistant, slip free and composite wood company products for
withstanding weather, paddling pools and garden parties.
Rationale of the research
Workplace consists of individuals coming from different backgrounds and places
who work together for achieving similar goals and objectives. This present research is
conducted for knowing what are the factors that help companies for managing the
cultural diversity at their workplace (Ng, and Sears, 2018). Composite wood company
is a company which has employees coming from different backgrounds and working
together. Thus, its is necessary for this company to know the different ways for
managing cultural diversity.
Research aim
The aim of this research is “To manage cultural diversity within workplace”
Research Objective
 To analyse the concept of cultural diversity at workplace
 To know different benefits of company by having cultural diversity
 To evaluate Strategies of cultural diversity adopted by organisations

Research Questions
 What do you understand by the concept of cultural diversity at workplace ?
 What is the need of cultural diversity in organisation ?
 What are the various Strategies of cultural diversity adopted by organisations?
Gantt chart and work break down structure
Gantt chart is defined as the representation of all activities that investigator has
used while conducting the research according to the the time allotted to these activities.
The Gantt chart for the present research is given below-

Work break down structure
This representation is defined as dividing project task into small activities which
makes project work easier. According to this breakdown, research work is done
effectively and within the assigned time frame. The WBS for present research is given
below -
LITERATURE REVIEW
The concept of cultural diversity at workplace
According to the viewpoint of Roberson, (2019), cultural diversity means the
existence of different cultures or ethnic groups within a society. Culture is defined as
underlying values which directs how individuals behave at workplace. Within workplace,
cultural diversity is defined as practice, value, belief or tradition of workforce the
depends upon age, ethnicity, gender, religion, etc. The economic globalisation is one of