Workforce Diversity in Ob

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WORKFORCE DIVERSITY INWORKFORCE DIVERSITY IN

OBOB

Presented by:

Priyanka Nemani

BBA



MEANING OF WORKFORCEMEANING OF WORKFORCE

DIVERSITY IN OBDIVERSITY IN OBy It refers to similarities and differences

among employees in terms of age, cultural

background, physical abilities and

disabilities, race, religion, sex and sexualorientation.

OR

y Workforce diversity encompasseseverything that varies from the so called

norms.



Causes of workforce diversityCauses of workforce diversity

y Internal factors

- Age

-Gender

- Sexual orientation

- Physical /mental ability



Workforce factors

-work style-Physical appearance

-work history

-Communication style-Family status

-Educational background



MANAGING WORKFORCEMANAGING WORKFORCE

DIVERSITYDIVERSITYy Manager must learn to respect diversity.

y He has to recognize the differences of

different employees and respond to them

acc which will ensure employee

satisfaction.

y An increasingly workforce diversity

presents both opportunities andchallenges for the organisation.



y Most people believe in golden words ²

´ Treat others as want to be treatedµ



CHALLENGESCHALLENGES

y There are many challenges which face

culturally diverse workplace and a major

challenges is miscommunication within an

organization.

y Cultural bias is an additional factor which

challenges culturally diverse group

environment.y Cultural bias includes both prejudice and

discrimination.



y Prejudice refers to negative attitude

towards an organization member based

on his/her cultural group identity.

y Discrimination refers to observable

adverse behaviour for the same reason.



ADVANTAGES OF WORKFORCEADVANTAGES OF WORKFORCE

DIVERSITYDIVERSITYy Diversity is beneficial to both the

organization and the members.

y Diversity brings better decision making

and improved problem solving, creativity

and innovation, which leads to enhanced

product development.

y Diversity also provides organization withthe ability to compete in global market.



y Diverse organization will be successful as

long as there is a sufficient amount of

communication within them.

y Enhance communication skill

y Improve team performance



LIMITATIONS OF WORKFORCELIMITATIONS OF WORKFORCE

DIVERSITYDIVERSITYy Many people feel threaten by workingwith people of a different age, sex orculture.

y In the absence of effective diversitymanagement, culturally diverseworkgroups may have certain outcomessuch as miscommunication, taking time for

decision making, lower member morale,and lower team cohesiveness



y As a result, negative consequences can

reduce market share, profitability and

achievement of organizational goal.



CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

y With having more diverse work

environment organization can produce

better performance.

y It is important for the companies to know

diversity and how to handle the issues

relating to it.

y Workforce is growing in all countriesspecially in U.S.A, Canada and Europe.



THANK YOUTHANK YOU

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