Why Workforce Diversity is Important to an
Organization
What Workforce Diversity is?
The
diversity of the workforce is a collection of employees at different levels. It
further explores the cultural similarities and differences between people's
cultural backgrounds, physical abilities and disabilities, race, religion,
gender and sexual orientation. And no two people are alike. Using this method
is very important for an organization
The Global Practice of Workforce Diversity.
Companies
like Coca cola, Johnson & Johnson, MasterCard, Sodexo, Novartis follow the diverse
workforce very enthusiastically. Since the employees of the above companies
represent different levels and effective products are produced by different
ideas in the manufacturing process. It has also been pointed out that due to
the diversity in the administrative processes of the institutions, it is
possible to maintain the institutions in a proper manner. These companies are
among the top 10 companies that follow the diverse workforce as well
MBM is one
of the largest biscuit manufacturers in Sri Lanka. As we suggest, MBM can reap
various benefits by practicing the diverse workforce. The following tables show
those benefits.
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A Variety of Perspectives |
Since there are employees representing different social levels and the
company can look at the existing problems from different angles and get
effective answers to those problems |
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Increased Creativity |
Employing employees at different social levels in an organization
activates different creative ideas. Those ideas can produce products that are
highly productive |
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Increased Productivity |
An organization employs different employees and their ideas and levels
of intelligence also vary. Because of those different thoughts, the
productivity level of the production process will increases |
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Boost Brand’s Reputation |
Diversity connects you to the community around you. After all, when
you employ a diverse workforce, then your workforce directly reflects the
community where you are located – and possibly, the community that you
serve. Beyond that, a national and international reputation of inclusion can
go a long way toward building favor, both in your industry and as a
recognized brand |
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Global Impact |
diverse workforce grants you a diverse and global perspective – a
point of view rich with the incredible nuances of human experience and
culture – and that means you will have a greater chance of communicating and
expanding to more diverse markets, both at home and further afield. Diversity
is the chance to successfully develop your business in a global market |
Conclusion
From
what we have shown above, it seems that the use of diverse workforce has a very
high propensity globally and has shown that it is more productive. By linking
that system to MBM, the company can be transformed into a highly profitable
organization in the end.
References
saxena, A., 2014. Workforce
Diversity: A Key to Improve Productivity. Procidia Economics and finance, pp.
76-85.
socialtalent,
2020. 9 Companies Around the World That Are Embracing Diversity in a BIG
Way. [Online]
Available at: https://www.socialtalent.com/blog/diversity-and-inclusion/9-companies-around-the-world-that-are-embracing-diversity
[Accessed 2020 October 2020].
Wonolo, 2017. Wonolo. [Online]
Available at: https://www.wonolo.com/blog/6-benefits-of-having-a-diverse-workforce
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Diversified set of people in a team or in a organization with different views always positive thing to have. MBM is in a good move in that matter but its important if you could explain what and which kind of a variations and how the selection of various employees done by the company.
ReplyDeleteIn this script I have shown how diverse workforce is important to an organization and not how to recruit diverse workforce. Thank you for the comment.
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DeleteClearly described, important of diverse workforce to organisation. Good one.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tharanga.
DeleteGood one , Neuro diversity manpower enrollment also to be considered for an organization isn’t ?
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion it can be considered.
DeleteDiversity of the workforce is vital for the continuous improvement (Kaizen) as you have mentioned. It supports to drive processes through different experience levels and ideas. It is also vital to focus on the retention of same since we need to identify motivational factors which drives the team.
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DeleteAccording to Suxena (2014), diversified workforce is very important to each and every organization since it has a combination of different cultural backgrounds, race, religion, gender and physical abilities. The diversified workforce has a direct impact on the productivity and sustainability of an organization. Most of the companies rather than appeal Industry, when we compare the gender differences, female employees are less than male employees.
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DeleteAccording to Konrad et. al (2006) having a diverse workforce will enable increasing the sales by reaching out to different communities. Like you said an employee will obviously promote the product even irrelevant of him being in the marketing department.
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Deletethrough managing diversity, affirmative action and diversity programs have been used to help women and minorities advance in organization
ReplyDeleteDiversity and inclusion in the workplace cause all employees to feel accepted and valued. When employees feel accepted and valued, they are also happier in their workplace and stay longer with a company. As a result, companies with greater diversity in the workplace have lower turnover rates. Workforce diversity is critical, as you have said, for quality improvement (Kaizen). It helps to guide processes across various levels of knowledge and concepts. Focusing on the retention of the same is also important as we need to define motivational variables that drive the team.
ReplyDeleteDiversified work force is important to organisation which is includes many different types of people. It is ages, genders and religions .
ReplyDeleteDifferent types of people work under one organization will be a fruitful. This will give lot of advantages among the employees
ReplyDeleteWorkforce diversity is a benefit for the company because it's improved creativity and innovative ideas. improve employee engagement towards organisation productivity. a wider range of skills is playing a vital role. as well as it improves cultural insights of the company.
ReplyDeleteWorkforce diversification will direct the right person to do the right job in order to get the desired results. Well explained.
ReplyDeleteCompletely agreed with your blog and this can be recommend for new HR managers who are willing to take challenges.
ReplyDeletework force diversification is one of the growing Patton on the world wide ,due to this organizations can ear more knowledge that not available in the own country and the it let us to improve our way of thinks as a organizattion.
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