Diversity In The Workplace Research Paper
This report is dedicated to the contradictory questions about the multicultural workforce, its benefits and disadvantages and eventually to the issues how to manage the diversity in the workplace.
The research is focused on the most important and beneficial issues and on all possible negative effects that may dramatically increase or decrease the productivity of the organization and have various effects on the workers. The research shows that diverse workforce is a great driving force for the company in order to achieve the success within the multicultural market.
Moreover many worldwide known companies such as Microsoft, Four Season Hotels and Starbucks are among those companies that encourage hiring people with various multicultural backgrounds. …show more content…
Dimensions of diversity include but are not limited to: age, ethnicity, gender, physical abilities / qualities, race, sexual orientation, educational background, geographic location, income, marital status, military experience, parental status, religious beliefs, work experience, and job classification." ( Foothill-De Anza Community College District (2004, March 3) Diversity in the Workplace)
Diversity issues are considered very important nowadays as diversity becomes the business reality. The impetus behind workplace diversity is that of inclusion and the business case: embracing and leveraging differences for the benefit of the organization. The collaboration of cultures, ideas and different perspectives is now considered an organizational asset-bringing forth greater creativity and innovation-with the result that many companies are increasingly focusing on corporate diversity initiatives to improve organizational performance. (Jayne, M. E. A., & Dipboye, R. L. (2004, …show more content…
1. Risk of the Discrimination
The risk of discrimination is enhanced especially in case where the multicultural workforce takes its place. It is quite evident that some employees may have some prejudices against their co-workers with different religion or race.
2. Communication Problems
Those employees, who do not speak fluently the language, which is primary in their workplace, may have some difficulties in communication not only with their clients or customers but even with their co-workers. It could be difficult for such employees to understand and to respond on requests or to express their own thoughts for everyone to understand them. Thus , it may cause the loss of consumers and deterioration of relations between co-workers.
3. Development of Cliques (Detachment)
One more problem that may appear is that some employees prefer to speak only their native language instead the official workplace language among each other ,thus , the ones who do not understand it, would feel themselves excluded from the conversation. Subsequently such informal division may worsen the workers relationship.
Management of the Diverse
The research is focused on the most important and beneficial issues and on all possible negative effects that may dramatically increase or decrease the productivity of the organization and have various effects on the workers. The research shows that diverse workforce is a great driving force for the company in order to achieve the success within the multicultural market.
Moreover many worldwide known companies such as Microsoft, Four Season Hotels and Starbucks are among those companies that encourage hiring people with various multicultural backgrounds. …show more content…
Dimensions of diversity include but are not limited to: age, ethnicity, gender, physical abilities / qualities, race, sexual orientation, educational background, geographic location, income, marital status, military experience, parental status, religious beliefs, work experience, and job classification." ( Foothill-De Anza Community College District (2004, March 3) Diversity in the Workplace)
Diversity issues are considered very important nowadays as diversity becomes the business reality. The impetus behind workplace diversity is that of inclusion and the business case: embracing and leveraging differences for the benefit of the organization. The collaboration of cultures, ideas and different perspectives is now considered an organizational asset-bringing forth greater creativity and innovation-with the result that many companies are increasingly focusing on corporate diversity initiatives to improve organizational performance. (Jayne, M. E. A., & Dipboye, R. L. (2004, …show more content…
1. Risk of the Discrimination
The risk of discrimination is enhanced especially in case where the multicultural workforce takes its place. It is quite evident that some employees may have some prejudices against their co-workers with different religion or race.
2. Communication Problems
Those employees, who do not speak fluently the language, which is primary in their workplace, may have some difficulties in communication not only with their clients or customers but even with their co-workers. It could be difficult for such employees to understand and to respond on requests or to express their own thoughts for everyone to understand them. Thus , it may cause the loss of consumers and deterioration of relations between co-workers.
3. Development of Cliques (Detachment)
One more problem that may appear is that some employees prefer to speak only their native language instead the official workplace language among each other ,thus , the ones who do not understand it, would feel themselves excluded from the conversation. Subsequently such informal division may worsen the workers relationship.
Management of the Diverse