Value of Diversity
Diversity is an increasingly important factor in today’s work team as work groups become more diverse in terms of gender, nationality, and other personal characteristics of their members. Sometimes the effect of diversity seems positive, at the other times negative, and in other situations, there may be no effect at all. Organizations are being challenged to understand and address the linguistic and cultural needs of a diverse workforce. Diversity can be a positive trait of a company or it may cause workplace conflicts and adversity. “Diversity is human qualities that are different from our own and outside the groups, to which we belong, yet are present in other individuals and groups” (Hoban, 2005).
An example of diversity in my organization is age. The age ranges are from 18-85 years of age. The owner of the company is 85 years old and comes to work on a regular basis. The age ranges in my department are 23-52 years of age. Age quite often becomes a......
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