Diversity management at the workplace

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[...] Jorge (2010) continued to point out that “affirmative action emphasizes legal necessity and social responsibility; managing diversity emphasizes business necessity.” In brief, managing diversity at the workplace is more inclusive and bears the acknowledgment that diversity must be accepted by everyone. As a general rule, diversity management, in a sense effectively incorporates and absorbs the tensions among conflicts such as "political correctness", setting a stage for the struggle of a long-standing equality (Kersten, 2003). Some of the major principles include defining managing diversity as “practices to manage people so that the potential advantages of diversity are maximized while its potential disadvantages are minimized" (Hansan, 2010). [...]

[...] As a result, HR managers and group leaders are often tasked “with creating and nurturing diverse working environment that motivate members' contribution to the achievement of common work goals.” (Jorge, 2010) Conclusions In today's business environment, diversity management at workplace plays an increasingly pivotal role in providing flexibility and tolerance in all sorts of organizations. Whilst there are both advantages and challenges for HR managers in managing diversity in the workplace, there're still some necessary roles for HR managers and team leaders such as having a deep understanding of managing diversity concepts aligned with the organizational culture, strong recognition that diversity is exhibited through every level of the corporate management. [...]

[...] References Anonymous Best Practice in diversity management, UN report, accessed on Sept at http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan000715.pdf Astrid Kersten. (2000). Diversity management: Dialogue, dialectics and diversion. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 235-248. Retrieved September from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 238560001). Burgess, J., French, E., & Strachan, G . (2009). The Diversity Management Approach to Equal Employment Opportunity in Australian Organisations. The Economic and Labour Relations Review : ELRR, 77-92. Retrieved September from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 1961405231). Diversity in the workplace Lifestyle Lounge, accessed on Sept at http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/diversity-in-the-workplace- 1595.html Dixon, M., & Hart, L . (2010). [...]

[...] Meanwhile, other advantages of diversity management are as follows. Guaranteed team creativity. The juice of creativity can keep flowing when people from various ways of solving tough problems team up to come with up a common solution. For example, millennium employees are usually “technologically savvy, embrace diversity, and have a strong preference for collaboration to solve problems and seize opportunities” (Sujansky, 2010), which is a huge advantage of having various age group at our workplace. In addition, new perspectives and attitudes occur due to employees from diverse cultures. [...]

[...] “Some of the consequences can include unhealthy tensions between people of differing gender, race, ethnicity, age, abilities; loss of productivity because of increased conflict; inability to attract and retain talented people of all kinds; complaints and legal actions.” (Lifestyle Lounge, 2008) Challenges in diversity management and solutions It is true that a diverse working environment can offer some unique richness to the workplace. On the flipside, it is not without challenges. Suppose each individual within an organization wants to contribute to putting in extra efforts to overcome the above-mentioned individual differences. [...]