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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Managers and their focus on diverse work force

Managing diverse workforce is a crucial skill for a manager since there exists both surface level (demographic, cultural and language) and deep level (personal differences in attitudes, values, beliefs and personality) diversity among an organization’s workforce. A diverse workforce has various advantages attached to it such as cost benefits by saving dollars spent on expensive lawsuits, selecting top talents from diverse groups, utilizing the diverse ideas and expertise to solve business problems and maintain business stability and global existence. Since these gains are usually attached to the organizational goal, managers will have to learn management
of diverse workforce.


Managers have the freedom to hire whomever they choose to unless it is explicitly unlawful. Doing so, there is no guarantee that they can lead to greater organizational efficiencies. Supporting diverse workforce should be a voluntary action realizing the potential benefits as described above. Therefore, efficient hiring practices should consider bringing in diverse workforce.

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