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Do you know what workplace diversity does for an organization?

A blog from (Epadmin (2022)), discussed about diversity in a workplace stating that it is the variety of differences between individuals in an organization and by many different characteristics of individuals, is how workplace diversity is defined. It not only just identifies themselves but also how individuals are recognized by others. Moreover, inside a workplace, diversity encircles race, age, religion, gender, citizenship, etc. among people. True diversity is what leads to a greater society through workplace diversity features that is being distributed among people in the workplace. 

Another meaning to add into the definition of workplace diversity is about inclusion. Inclusion is where employees feel whether they are accepted or heard by the organization and whether they really belong in the workplace. 

Why do you think diversity in a workplace is important?

Workplace diversity plays a major role and brings value and goals to the organization which was stated as a fact from 87% of the companies (Sheena (2022)). Further, 65% percent of the leaders in business has listed diversity recruitment as their main importance from a survey conducted by Forbes Insights. (Sheena (2022))

How does workplace diversity benefit for an organization?

1. Organizations with diversity are more innovative and creative with different skills, background and experience levels that can vary approaches to certain situations.
2. Diverse organizations help problem solving much faster as teams with different thinking styles are able to solve problems quicker than people who think in an identical way.
3. Better decisions and adaptability can be brought to an organization with diversity, according to Harvard Business Review, businesses can lead to a greater success with diversity in global competitive environments in business.
4. Companies with diversity enable to seek better employees and also have a higher employee engagement to reduce employee turnover, make employees happier, higher profits and customer retention. 
5. Organizations with diversity help companies to make the world a better place which foster culture of diversity that sets an example to other businesses.  

 How can we manage workplace diversity?

1. To diversify in an organization, employees must effectively communicate with each other.
2. Judge upon employee's success and failures as an individual instead of analyzing employees from different backgrounds.
3. Diversifying work among the teams will help employees get to know each other and value each other individually. 
4. Ensuring that all employees follow discipline, standard of rules and criteria so that all employees are treated equally.
5. Incorporating ways to diverse talents and perspectives to accomplish organizational goals.
6. When hiring, it is important to recruit and hire talent from many different backgrounds.

Below shows the statistics of discrimination in the workplace from four countries on gender, age, racism and sexual orientation: - 

    Source :- https://mydisabilityjobs.com/statistics/diversity-in-the-workplace/ 

Diversity in a workplace is important as it the way forward for an organization. Moreover, successful businesses can manage diversity in a workplace that will be a competitive advantage in innovation and differentiation. In my opinions, diversifying work in an organization is another great way to help the business grow since different types of individuals can share their ideas and knowledge with each other and make better and faster decisions where necessary. 

 

The video below gives more information on diversity in a workplace,

References

Barr, E. (2020) Effectively managing diversity in the workplace • sprigghr, SpriggHR. Available at: https://sprigghr.com/blog/hr-professionals/effectively-managing-diversity-in-the-workplace/ (Accessed: April 2, 2023).

Epadmin (2022) Diversity in the workplace: Workplace diversity: Managing diversity, PeopleScout. Available at: https://www.peoplescout.com/insights/managing-diversity-in-workplace/#:~:text=To%20manage%20a%20diverse%20workplace,pictures%20and%20symbols%20whenever%20applicable. (Accessed: April 2, 2023).

The importance of diversity in the workplace (2017) YouTube. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn6WzHw7gHY (Accessed: April 17, 2023).

MyDisabilityJobs (2023) Diversity in workplace: Statistics: Update 2023, MyDisabilityJobs.com. Available at: https://mydisabilityjobs.com/statistics/diversity-in-the-workplace/ (Accessed: April 17, 2023).

Sheena (2022) The benefits of diversity in the workplace, TestGorilla. Available at: https://www.testgorilla.com/blog/benefits-of-diversity-in-the-workplace/?utm_term=&utm_campaign=Performance_Max_World-7&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=4932434860&hsa_cam=13402555368&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=CjwKCAjwrJ-hBhB7EiwAuyBVXYYO1h2E60uyOkhwNr0hQjFOUhTAewCSm0H2NsY9iifyM6kJFm8UXBoC6MUQAvD_BwE (Accessed: April 2, 2023).