DIVERSITY:
GROWTH AND IMPORTANCE OF MANAGING

Harpreet Singh
City University
 
 

ABSTRACT:

As companies are becoming more and more diverse it's becoming more and more important for companies to understand and manage it. The people of different background, races, religion creates diverse workforce. There is an importance of having diverse workforce to provide better performance. There are perspectives of managing the diverse workforce, which require organization leaders and managers of being responsible of attaining better diverse workforce.

 
INTRODUCTION

Diversity means differences, difference of age, sex, race, religion and culture etc. People with different demographic differences working in the organization makes diverse workforce. And it is becoming more important for the organizations to know about these differences and how to manage it.  Diversity is also the common issue in the workforce environment, in some companies employees often get discriminated or misunderstood because of the diverse features.
So it is important for the companies to manage the diversity workforce to value best performance. Most important aspect these days is to train the managers to handle the diverse workforce. What is the manager's role in handling the diverse workforce?

GROWTH & IMPORTANCE OF HAVING DIVERSE WORKFORCE:
Many organizations are engaging in activities to manage their employees of different genders, ages, race, sexual orientations, etc. When demographic diversity is valued, all   employees, even the non-traditional (i.e., other than white males), are encouraged to   participate fully and develop their unique skills and perspectives.