Report on Managing Diversity and its Importance in the Workplace

This report on managing diversity in the workplace delves into the core concepts of diversity, its significance, and practical strategies for effective implementation. It highlights the importance of diversity in contemporary business environments, emphasizing how it enhances creativity, boosts morale, and improves productivity. The report addresses the challenges that may arise from unmanaged diversity, such as gender discrimination, racism, and non-inclusive approaches towards people with disabilities. It provides insights into the role of leaders and managers in fostering an inclusive environment and suggests actionable steps for future practices, including ensuring equal opportunities and fair treatment for all team members and advocating for policy changes that promote diversity management. The report also includes a reference list of relevant sources, providing a comprehensive overview of the topic.

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MANAGEMENT
Managing Diversity

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 Slide 3: Introduction
 Slide 4: Diversity defined
 Slide 5: Importance of Managing Diversity in
Workplace
 Slide 6: Biggest Takeaways from the Topic
 Slide 7: Understanding Diversity and its
Implementation in future Courses of Action
 Slide 8: Conclusion
 Slide 9: Reference List

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INTRODUCTION
 Diversity in Workplace has been a major topic in human resources
management.
 It has become one of the essential goals of the business organizations in
recent years.
 Workplace Diversity enhances the brand image of companies apart from
promoting inclusive practices in business.

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WHAT IS DIVERSITY?
 Diversity implies presence of varied individuals in workforce.
 The varying characteristics of a diversified workforce are -
abilities
age,
gender,
race,
beliefs
sexual orientation and other factors.

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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO MANAGE WITHIN A WORKPLACE?
 Diversity in workplace comes with its own issues and challenges.
 Management of Diversity is essential to avert problems that may
arise due to differences.
 Management increases creativity, boosts morale and improves
productivity.

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WHAT IS/ARE YOUR BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS
TOPIC?
 Diversity is one of the most preferable quality for the contemporary
workforces in business organizations.
 Diversity in untamed or unmanaged state may not be a utility and give
rise to tensions among employees.
 A leader who manages diversity must be fair and just in order to be able
to provide congenial working atmosphere to the employees.
 Hindrances like gender discrimination, racism and non-inclusive
approach towards people with disabilities (PWD) may emerge.

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE AS A
RESULT OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF
DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT?
 Respect individuals and their different personae.
 Ensure equal opportunities and fair treatment provided to team
members.
 Suggest proper changes if policies do not include provisions for
managing diversity.
 Try to learn how to become a good manager or leader for future.

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CONCLUSION
 Leaders and managers are the most critical drivers of efficiency in
business.
 Diversity is an incomplete asset to business unless supervised and led by
a good leader.
 If a leader lacks inclusive outlook, he/she would pass on the same
approach to the managers.
 There is a lot of room for improvement in respect of diversified
workforce management.

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REFERENCE LIST
 Barak, M.E.M., 2016. Managing diversity: Toward a globally inclusive
workplace. Sage Publications.
 Byrd, M.Y. and Scott, C.L. eds., 2018. Diversity in the workforce:
Current issues and emerging trends. Routledge.
 Hunt, V., Layton, D. and Prince, S., 2015. Diversity matters. McKinsey
& Company.
 Lozano, J.F. and Escrich, T., 2017. Cultural diversity in business: A
critical reflection on the ideology of tolerance. Journal of Business
Ethics.

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