Diversity Management: Policy, Implementation, Benefits, and Outcomes

This report delves into the crucial aspects of diversity management within a business context, examining the development and implementation of effective diversity policies. The report highlights the importance of cultural diversity, considering factors such as beliefs, traditions, and work practices, and their impact on organizational culture. It also explores the benefits of diversity, including increased support, cultural tolerance, productivity, and employment rates. The report includes relevant statistics about diversity in Australia and outlines the intended outcomes of a diversity policy, focusing on workplace orientation, management, and teamwork. Furthermore, it provides a framework for a diversity policy, including definitions, objectives, target audience, responsibilities, and an action plan with timelines. The report emphasizes the commitment to diversity and the recognition of employees as valuable assets, offering insights into monitoring, evaluation, and reporting requirements to ensure the policy's effectiveness.

Diversity management

Diversity within the business
environment
The culture of a person is determined for
ensuring that proper diversity policy is
formed
The cultural diversity can help in ensuring
that various product innovation can take
place
Culture helps to interact with various
groups of people during the business

Contd..
The beliefs of each individual varies from
person to person
The beliefs need to be based on the
development of the culture that exist
Right to belief need to be practised by the
people
The beliefs help in the development of a
proper policy within the organisation

Contd..
Traditions include the development of the
beliefs
It is passed on from generation to
generation
Traditions define a company and the
products
 Traditions help in the development of a
cultural diversity among the business

Contd..
Practises include the flow of work that is
maintained
It needs to be legal and need to ensure that
it serves the purpose of the companies
Proper practises helps in the development
of cultural diversity
Practises are considered as a form of
traditional beliefs of the companies

Benefits of diversity
Additional support
Cultural tolerance
Increase in productivity
High employment rate
Create positive environment

Facts and figures
26% of the people are born outside
Australia
20% of the people have a parent born
overseas
Aboriginal make up 2.5% of the population
Christianity is followed
Rare disability among the people
Frozen limb is common form of disability

Intended outcome of the
policy
The intended outcome of the policy is that it can
help in the development of the Australian culture
Diversity can bring about workplace orientation
It can help in the creation of proper management
It can help in developing team work and innovate
work place practises

Diversity policy
Commitment
 Recognising of the fact that the staffs are the greatest assets
Definition
 Diversity refers to the equal employment opportunity represented in the workforce
which include age, culture as well as sexual orientation of the people
Objective
 To develop a diverse and skilled workforce
 To develop workplace culture that fosters inclusive practises
 To develop an improved employment and career development
 To develop a work environment and values the work of the employees

Audience
 It is applicable for all the staff members
Context
 It facilitates the Strategic plan that takes place in an organisation
Responsibilities and delegations
 The managers of the organisations and the team leaders are responsible for the
diversity plan
Monitoring evaluation and reporting requirements
 The General Manager, Human Resource Managers and the department team leaders

Action plan
Current: May 2019
Issues Comments
1 Team
work
Develop a diversified cultural team
2
Productivity
Increase the productivity of the team along with the members
3
Competitive
advantage
Ensure the development of competitive advantage by increasing diversity of products
Future: 2021
No. Objectives Measures of Performance
1 To develop a diverse work culture Assess the progress and unity of the team on
a monthly basis
2 To ensure ethical considerations be
maintained
Asses ethical problems as well as maintain
racial problems in the organisation
3 To undertake research actions for the
development of diversity
Ensure that proper research is conducted on
diversity

Contd..
Strategies Step by Step Plan Due Date Name
To develop a diverse work culture
Analyse the team members 28/5/2019 David
Fitzgerald
Assign specific roles 2//6/2019 David
Fitzgerald
Ensure proper team management 7/7/2019 David
Fitzgerald
Delegate responsibilities as per talent 13/7/2019 David
Fitzgerald
To ensure ethical considerations be maintained
Form policies related to ethical responsibilities 20/10/2019 Scott Short
Consider the ethical problems 21/11/2019 Scott Short
Built anti-racism team 20/12/2019 Scott Short
Measure progress of the employees 5/1/2020 Scott Short
To undertake research actions for the development of
diversity
Research on the benefits and drawbacks of diversity 5/5/2020 Maisie
Rogers
Develop anti diversity plans 7/7/2020 Maisie
Rogers
Ensure proper progress of the plan 20/10/2020 Maisie
Rogers
Monitor the final result 12/12/2020 Maisie
Rogers