HRMT2237 HRM Report: Diversity Management and Case Analysis

This report examines the critical human resource issue of managing diversity within organizations, using a case study of Adtalem Global Education. The report highlights the importance of implementing diversity and equality initiatives in the workplace, emphasizing the benefits of multiculturalism, such as increased innovation, improved communication, and better client relations. It reviews relevant literature on diversity, gender equality, and the underrepresentation of women in leadership roles. The report also reflects on the issues of gender-based discrimination in remuneration, harassment, and the lack of opportunities for women in top management positions. It underscores the importance of valuing employees and creating a diversified work environment to improve overall organizational performance. The report concludes by emphasizing the need for fair recruitment, equal pay, and the promotion of women to leadership roles to foster a more inclusive and successful workplace. The report also incorporates the author's self-reflection on the topic.

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
HR-Issue Description...........................................................................................................2
Literature Review................................................................................................................2
HR-Issue Reflection.............................................................................................................7
Self-Reflection.....................................................................................................................8
References..........................................................................................................................10

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HR-Issue Description
The major human resource issue that is discussed in the given article refers to the
management of the diversity within the organization. The concerned organization in discussion is
known to have been dealing with the issues that are related to the diversity within the
organization. The case study reveals the fact that the meeting within the organization is found to
be managed and taken over by a dark-skinned female who has proved herself to be as capable as
her male counterparts. The concerned female member of the workforce is the chief executive
officer of the education institution based in Chicago, Adtalem Global Education. The company is
known to have been operating in order to gain profit and earns a profit of around three billion
dollars. The leader in discussion is considered to be only woman of an African American ascent
who had featured in the Standard & Poor’s mid-cap 400 index.
The concerned issue that has been highlighted in this case refers to the issue of the
implementation of the diversity within the workplace as well as the concepts of equality within
the workplace. The major issue that is being discussed within the case study refers to the issue of
the equality within the organizational workforce. The case study suggests that the equality within
the organization can be achieved through the implementation of the thought process among the
members of the workforce. The case study further highlights the fact that the awareness of the
diversity should be incorporated within the members of the workforce in order to deal with the
proper implementation of the same.
Literature Review
The concept of multiculturalism within the workforce refers to the concept of the
bringing together of the employees belonging to the different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

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The concept of multiculturalism should be implemented within the organization in order to
incorporate the people from various cultural backgrounds so as to help in the development of the
issues that are necessary for the creation of a workforce capable of handling the issues that are
presented within the organization regarding the development of the forces within the
organization (Vargas-Hernandez and Cervantes-Maldonado 2018). The implementation of the
diversity within the workforce of the organization helps in the spread of the organization at the
various international markets with the proper amount of ease regarding the cultural practices of
the target market wherein the concerned company has been planning an entry (Vora et al. 2018).
The implementation of the multiculturalism within the organization helps in the promotion of the
sharing of the ideas and the perspectives among the workplace members. This further helps in
the integration of the cultural factors which in turn leads to the newer innovations and business
concepts that would help in the increase in the proper working relationships among the
businesses.
The implementation of the multiculturalism within the organization has been considered
to be extremely advantageous for the development of the operations within the given
organization. The implementation of the multiculturalism within the organization tends to assist
in the development of the organizational activities through the incorporation of the better ideas
that are creative in nature. The implementation of the multicultural staff within the organization
would help in the development of the ways in which a certain issue within the organization might
be approached and solved. This would be helpful for the business organization due to the
diversification of the thought processes that are maintained by the employees within the
organization (Ng and Metz 2015). The huge variety of the viewpoints within the company tends
to implement a variety of solutions that might be put forth by the organizational management in

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order to deal with the situations that are faced by the organization in a proper manner. The
implementation of the multiculturalism within the organization further deals with providing the
employees of the organization with the encouragement to propose the solutions to the issues that
have been highlighted within the organization.
The implementation of the multiculturalism within the given organization also helps in
the development of the mutual respect among the employees of the organization. The
implementation of the multiculturalism within the organization helps in the increase of the
knowledge base within the organization. This in turn leads to the conditions wherein the
concerned organizational employees develop a better understanding of the differences that exist
within the organization on the basis of the cultural and the ethnic differences that exist within the
organizational employees. This also leads to the improvement of the interpersonal
communication within the organizational employees within the organization (Ensari, Lopez and
Shackelford 2017). The incorporation of the multiculturalism within the organization further
helps in the development of the issues that are relevant in the improvement of the service that the
concerned company provides to the concerned clientele. The multicultural workforce within the
organization facilitates the dealings with the multicultural clientele as well. This in turn helps in
the development of the relationships that exist within the clients and the organization. The proper
implementation of the multiculturalism within the organization further helps in the enhancement
of the work culture and environment within the organization. The people who have been
belonging to the diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds help in the maintenance of the proper
communication within the employees of the organization as well as with the clientele of the
organization. The presence of the multicultural workforce is also known to have been a boon for
the development of the organizational workforce. This helps in the improvement of the value of

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the organizational employees (Wicker et al. 2012). The employees within the organization who
are valued by the company tend to perform better in their job roles which in turn affect the
overall performance of the company in the longer run. The diversified work culture as is
presented by the members of the workforce of the organization help in the development of the
better advantage for the organizational managers in dealing with the scenarios that are presented
within the given organization.
The diversity within the organization should be maintained in terms of the issues that are
inclusive of the remuneration that is presented to the employees of the organization. The
employees within the organization should not be discriminated on the basis of their genders. The
implementation of the diversity within the organization on the basis of the gender helps in the
development of the issues that are related to the retention among the employees (Touheda
Yasmin Chowdhury et al. 2018). The experts further state that the promotion of the equality
among the organizational workforce tend to put forth a motivation among the employees of the
organization. This would help them to deliver towards the betterment of the overall performance
of the organization. The incorporation of the diversity within the organization further helps in the
development of the issues that are relevant in the improvement of the service that the concerned
company provides to the concerned clientele (Perera-Desilva 2015). The diverse workforce
within the organization facilitates the dealings with the organizational clientele in a better
manner as well. This in turn helps in the development of the relationships that exist within the
clients and the organization. The proper implementation of the diversity within the organization
further helps in the enhancement of the work culture and environment within the organization.
The discrimination within the remuneration is generally faced by the female employees
of the organization and thereby leads to the low participation of the female employees in the

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several workplaces that are present within the organization. The diversity within the organization
on the basis of gender is helpful in dealing with the issues that are presented within the
organization due to the inequality in the payment of remuneration, the harassment and the
discrimination that is faced by the organizational female workforce (Mišić-Andrić 2015). The
top managerial positions within the workforce of the organization tend to remain under-
represented by the female members of the workforce. This in turn leads to the lack of the proper
organizational representation. The implementation of the diversity within the workforce of the
organization helps in the spread of the organization at the various international markets with the
proper amount of ease regarding the cultural practices of the target market wherein the concerned
company has been planning an entry (Mensah & Antoh 2005). The implementation of the gender
diversity within the organization helps in the ease in the promotion of the sharing of the ideas
and the perspectives among the workplace members. This further helps in the integration of the
cultural factors which in turn leads to the newer innovations and business concepts that would
help in the increase in the proper working relationships among the businesses. The lack of
opportunities that are provided to the female members of the organization tends to lead to the
high amount of attrition of the female employees of the organization (Jacobs & Padavic 2015).
The researches on the demographics of the female representation state that the majority of the
organizations lack in the appropriate representation of the concerned female employees in the
higher positions that are present within the organization. This leads to the lack of motivation
among the female workforce in the organization. This in turn affects the overall performance of
the concerned organization in discussion. The lack of motivation on the part of the employees of
the organization tends to deal with the lowering down of the performance of the performance of
the organization in the given market. The experts further argue that the incorporation of the

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female employees within the organization should be encouraged in order to deal with the issues
that are presented by the various clientele as well as the other employees within the organization
(Cimirotić et al. 2017). A certain section of the experts argues that the implementation of the
higher number of the female staff within the organization tend to assist in the dealings with the
organizational issues in a better manner than their male counterparts. The implementation of the
diversity within the organization helps in the increase of the knowledge base within the
organization (Broderick 2012). This in turn leads to the conditions wherein the concerned
organizational employees develop a better understanding of the differences that exist within the
organization on the basis of the cultural and the ethnic differences that exist within the
organizational employees.
The organizations that have been active all over the world tend to deal with the
development of the conditions wherein there is a dearth of the proper representation of the
employees. The multinational organizations further face issues in the expansion in the countries
wherein the female employees are not considered to be capable and worthy of holding the
positions that are ranked in the higher positions within the organizational hierarchy (Bogacz-
Wojtanowska et al. 2018). The organizations are thus observed to face greater issues in these
countries in the recruitment of the female employees who demonstrate the capability of holding
the concerned position as well as helping in the overall growth of the concerned company.
HR-Issue Reflection
The major issues that have been highlighted in the given case study refers to the issues
regarding the recruitment of the female members within the workforce of the company, the
issues that are related to the inequality that is observed in the payment of the remuneration within
the organization as well as the gender based discrimination that is presented within the

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organization in discussion, the Adtalem Global Education, a for profit educational institution.
The diversity within the organization on the basis of gender is helpful in dealing with the issues
that are presented within the organization due to the inequality in the payment of remuneration,
the harassment and the discrimination that is faced by the organizational female workforce
(Bergman et al. 2016). The top managerial positions within the workforce of the organization
tend to remain under-represented by the female members of the workforce. This in turn leads to
the lack of the proper organizational representation. The lack of opportunities that are provided
to the female members of the organization tends to lead to the high amount of attrition of the
female employees of the organization. The researches on the demographics of the female
representation state that the majority of the organizations lack in the appropriate representation
of the concerned female employees in the higher positions that are present within the
organization. This in turn affects the overall performance of Adtalem Global Education.
Self-Reflection
The project has helped me to learn more about the importance of multiculturalism and
diversity within any business organization. The project has helped me to develop my knowledge
base on the importance of the incorporation of the multicultural workforce within the
organization. The project has helped me to gain knowledge on the fact that the implementation of
the multiculturalism within the organization tends to assist in the development of the
organizational activities through the incorporation of the better ideas that are creative in nature.
The implementation of the multicultural staff within the organization would help in the
development of the ways in which a certain issue within the organization might be approached
and solved. The major challenges that I faced during the project was in the understanding of the
cultural gaps that exist within the various countries and the ways in which these differences

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affect the organizational performance. The proper understanding of the subject helped in my
understanding of the various cultural differences and the effects of the same on the development
and the management of the workforce of the organization in order to deal with the issues that are
faced by the concerned business organization.

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