Workforce Diversity; a Stage for
Multi-talents.
Team Production
Just think, if you need
to produce a ‘film’ or ‘drama’ to earn more fans with profits you should find a
team with multitalented professionals in relevant fields.
Such as actors of a
variety of ages, skin colors, and body shapes; Makeup artists, costume
designers, scriptwriters, cameramen, and many more make your film or drama as
you wish.
This means you need to
use a variety
of people to accomplish your goal successfully, called Diversity.
How
can we define Diversity?
In simple words,
‘diversity’ can define as variety or
difference. By the organizational
side, it means the difference between two or more individuals or items.
The word ‘Diversity’
comes from the Latin diversus or diversitas, meaning both
‘various’ and ‘contrariety’. In English and French, this duality of meaning
carried on, as ‘diversity’ refers to a “fact of the difference between two or
more this or kinds.”
The CIPD (2018a) states
that each one of us is exclusive. We are different in both detectable and
undetectable ways and have different characteristics including personality,
background, language, age, ethnicity, disability, gender, etc.
Harrison and Klein
(2007) describe as diversity popularly a synonym of difference; it is
associated with the construct of separation, variety, and disparity.
In addition, diversity
is defined by Esty (1995) as the recognition, comprehension, acceptance, and
value of individual differences in terms of age, class, race, ethnicity,
gender, and disabilities.
What
is ‘Workforce
Diversity’?
Workforce Diversity can
define simply as a collection of employees in an organization with varieties
and similarities including age, gender, ethnicity, religion, experience,
qualifications, values, behaviors, attitudes, and many more qualities. The
workforce will be more diversified when more differences occur among the
employees.
Why
is Workforce
Diversity important to the Organization?
If the management can
apply the most suitable decisions to control workforce diversity correctly and strategically,
the outcome will be amazing and it will be a new era for the entire
organization. Several most important benefits can identify as,
Increasing of profits
Profit is the most important target of any
organization other than social services organizations. Diversity in an organization
creates various interests, performances, arguments, and opinions and it leads
the organization to make correct decisions to increase profits.
Maximize
production
Making diversity in the workforce a
priority without a negative atmosphere in the organization results maximize
production. Doors are open for various unique ideas, and new passions lead to excellent
outcomes, by increasing production to fulfill the organizational targets.
The Way to Better and Newer Ideas
Workplace diversity increases the
likelihood of creativity. This results from blending various viewpoints and
ideas to produce an entirely new concept or innovation. Therefore, the
organization should provide the most suitable ways for those talents to achieve
the target from the beginning.
Multiple Solutions for the best answer
Diversity makes multiple
solutions for an issue in multiple ways. Therefore, better decision-making
results from incorporating diversity into the workplace. When contrasted with
people who pursue business choices, a different group can settle on better
choices and tackle numerous issues. They can give improved arrangements and
advantages to the working environment from their fluctuating characteristics.
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ReplyDeleteGood Article. Bringing in different strengths in to a team can create creativity and productivity. It could also help customers relate to a certain business culture.
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