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Workforce Diversity: Khushi Chadha & Md. Faizan Rahman

This document defines workforce diversity as a workforce consisting of people from different racial, ethnic, age, gender, cultural, and ability backgrounds. It notes there are two dimensions of workforce diversity: primary, including inborn attributes like age, gender, and ability; and secondary, including education, religion, and family background. The importance of workforce diversity is discussed in relation to increasing the talent pool, viewpoints, productivity, reducing discrimination, and adapting to global markets. Strategies for managing diversity effectively include training managers on recruitment and integration, and training all employees on recognizing and valuing differences while maximizing productivity.

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Workforce Diversity: Khushi Chadha & Md. Faizan Rahman

This document defines workforce diversity as a workforce consisting of people from different racial, ethnic, age, gender, cultural, and ability backgrounds. It notes there are two dimensions of workforce diversity: primary, including inborn attributes like age, gender, and ability; and secondary, including education, religion, and family background. The importance of workforce diversity is discussed in relation to increasing the talent pool, viewpoints, productivity, reducing discrimination, and adapting to global markets. Strategies for managing diversity effectively include training managers on recruitment and integration, and training all employees on recognizing and valuing differences while maximizing productivity.

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WORKFORCE

DIVERSITY

Khushi Chadha
&
Md. Faizan Rahman
DEFINITION:

Workforce diversity is workforce consisting of broad mix


of workers from different racial and ethnic background of
different ages and genders and of different domestic and
national cultures.

Workforce diversity means that the organizations are


becoming more heterogeneous mix of people in terms of
gender, age, race, ethnicity, mental or physical abilities,
sexual orientation, culture, religion, marital status and
other characteristics.
D I M E N S I O N S OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY

There are two dimensions of workforce


diversity.

Primary Dimension

Secondary Dimension
Primary Dimension

Mainly includes inborn differences such as age, race,


ethnicity, gender, physical ability and sexual orientation.

Secondary Dimension

Mainly includes education, religion, beliefs, marital status,


family background and work culture.
IMPORTANCE OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY

T a l e n t P o o l
V a r i e d V i e w p o i n t s
O r g a n i z a t i o n a l P r o d u c t i v i t y
R e d u c e d D i s c r i m i n a t i o n
G l o b a l C i t i z e n s
I n c r e a s e d A d a p t a b i l i t y
E f f e c t i v e E x e c u t i o n
B r o a d e r S e r v i c e R a n g e
BENEFITS OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY

Strengthen cultural values within the organization.

Enhance corporate reputation.

Help to attract and retain highly talented people.

Improve motivation and efficiency of existing staff.

Improve motivation and creativity among employees.

Enhance service levels and customer satisfaction.

Give the organization a better recognition or may be, global.


STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING DIVERSITY

Providing managers with training

How to recruit/hire diverse employees

How to orient/integrate new employees

Providing all employees with training

Realizing the differences that exist

Learning how differences affect working environment

How to maximize productivity without ignoring employee

differences

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