Workforce diversity Assignment PDF

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Workforce diversity
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Saxena, A., 2014. Workforce diversity: A key to improve productivity. Procedia
Economics and Finance, 11, pp.76-85.
Main Theme
The fundamental aim of this journal article is to assess the significance of workforce
diversity on improving the productivity of staffs. In the journal, the author has shaded light on
the role of diversity in workplace in strengthening the interpersonal relationship among the
staffs, which is the key of attaining a collaborative workforce. Guillaume et al., (2017)
commented that workforce diversity is basically the resemblances along with variances among
the employees in terms of their socio-cultural background, age, gender, race, religion along with
sexual orientation. As different people holds different psychological characteristics, initiating
diversity paved the way of attaining heterogeneous organization, which is very much needed for
the sake of satisfying multiple base of customers. In the article, the author has made critical
analysis regarding workforce diversity and its impact on strengthening the degree of productivity
of the employees and thereby make them more competent towards challenging professional
difficulties. According to Madsen & Nielsen (2017) in the contemporary business scenario,
integrating diversity in in the workforce has become one of the biggest challenges among the
management. Finally, the paper will also shade light on the role of workforce diversity in
ensuring success and competitiveness and success of an organization.
Supporting Facts
Managing diversity in the workplace is one of the key aspect of attaining creativity and
innovation, which is the key of sustaining in the extreme uncertain global market. This is one of
the most valuable assets in an organization, which is the key of attaining competitive advantage.

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Ozgen, Nijkamp & Poot (2017) observed that this is the way of aligning all the employees
irrespective of their background, gender and age within a single platform and thus ensuring a
collaborative workforce. The fundamental aim of workplace diversity is to mix people,
belonging from different race, age, culture and linguistic background and this enable them to
work together. This is the way of attaining high level of productivity. As discussed by McCann,
Sparks & Kohntopp (2017) employees from different background hold unique skill and level of
expertise. Therefore, when they work together, they can introduce innovative solution to any
critical problem and thus remove any kind of obstacles from the business process.
In addition to that, managing diversity in the workforce also results in increased creativity
in the workforce, due to the fact that diversity enables an organization to be heterogeneous.
Employees coming from different background can execute varied and brainstorming ideas,
which is very much needed in terms of solving any kind of business related issue in a timely and
cost effective manner (Bamel, Paul & Bamel, 2018). It is worthy to mention in this context that
workforce diversity stimulates both creativity and innovation, which is one of the major ways of
creating superior organizational culture. Such culture can pave the way for firms to face the
global competition, which is increasing in a rapid manner. At the same time, Werth & Brownlow
(2018) observed that multicultural organization holds the ability to grab attention of multiple
base of customers, which is the key of dealing with globalization, which is increasing in a rapid
manner. Diversity makes it easy for an organization to assess both the cultural and political as
well as economic environment of foreign country and frame their business strategy accordingly
to get a strong position in the nation.
Therefore, it is the prime responsibility of the employers to design a comprehensive
organizational structure that can help in align all the employees in different hierarchies.