Impact of Workplace Diversity on Business Productivity: A Report

This report examines the significant advantages of workplace diversity within a business context. It begins with an introduction highlighting the benefits of diversity, such as improved culture, productivity, and employee retention. The literature review explores how diversity positively affects organizational success and productivity, supported by research. The report then delves into the research methods used, including the collection and analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data. The methodology section explains how these methods contribute to understanding diversity's impact on business outcomes. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, emphasizing that workplace diversity enhances organizational goodwill and employee satisfaction. The report is supported by a comprehensive bibliography of relevant sources.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Literature review..............................................................................................................................2
Research methods........................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
There are immense benefits of diversity within the business. This makes a successful
workplace as it improves culture, productivity, fights biases and supports to retain employees
(Guillaume, et al., 2017). This brings better productivity with prospects. Groups of people make
efforts to reach their goals and perform more effectively.
Literature review
According to (Lambert, 2016) Organization success is affected by the employee's efforts.
These are known as organization assets. Researchers and management succumb to diversity as an
important factor within the organization. It also brings more concentration to compete within the
global market, refine the business output and accomplish the advanced employee satisfaction
within the secure relationships. Productivity is known as the efficiency, effectiveness of
employers and employees within the organization. According to the department of labor,
productive workplace is built by the shared vision and teamwork. It creates the willingness
within the business level by investing and learning in skills. (Trenerry, & Paradies, 2012) has
discussed that organization becomes more productive by recognizing and appreciating
employees. It also supports employees to keep engage and contribute without a sense of
abandonment. Diversity within the business creates a successful place to work to generate
effectiveness and efficiency. Employees from cultural backgrounds bring individual skills and
examine an issue at diverse levels. This also supports to understand the base of customers from
diverse backgrounds.
Research methods
The methodology to conduct research includes the collection and analysis of integrated
qualitative and quantitative research. Diversity within the workplace through quantitative data
increase more options of productivity and built a successful workplace by close-ended
information like behaviors (observation checklists), measure attitude (rating scales), and
performance instruments. Qualitative data for diversity within the business will includes the
open-ended information that gathered by observations. It has supported to aggregate the
information category and present the ideas of diversity.

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According to (Babalola, & Marques, 2013) research methodology creates the mental
ability to develop a unique concept and ideas with the workplace diversity. This also creates the
process to transform the unique ideas within the new entities. It supports employees to leveler the
practice of diversity with the immense possibility of organization growth. This provides many
options to businesses to choose wide employees to range based on talents. It supports to retain
employees within the diverse workplace. This helps to run the business by meeting the policies
of diversity and build a reputation for the organization. It also increases the equal opportunities
and profitability for the organization and employees. Workplace diversity improves the respect
of the brand through the support of fair employment ethics and practices. It also increases the
organization's personality with the employee's beliefs and actions within the internal and external
matters. It also improves the organization's culture with the work of a diverse group. This creates
respect and a healthy relationship within the workplace and broadens the perspective of
employees to keep the organization culture growing.
Conclusion
In the limelight of the discussion, it can be concluded that workplace diversity improves
the productivity of the organization and creates many approaches to enhance the organization's
goodwill by the support of the progressive strategy. It supports to sustain diversity as the
affirmative influence on the satisfaction of employees.
Workplace
Diversity
Improves
productivity
Creates a
successful
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Bibliography
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fundamental differences", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 24
Iss: 5, pp.680 – 694
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fundamental differences", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 24
Iss: 5, pp.680 – 694
Anne R. and Van Ewijk, 2011. "Diversity and diversity policy: diving into
fundamental differences", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 24
Iss: 5, pp.680 – 694