Increasing Diversity in the Workforce

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Increasing Diversity in the Workforce

Introduction

There lies no surprise in the fact that in few decades from now, the world will witness such events and advancements in all aspects that were earlier not thought of, by anyone. Similar is the case with the ever changing and developing business environment. The business domain is experiencing such changes and modifications both in the internal and the external environment, which were considered rather marvel or only desirable from the outset.

However, it did not take long for the business arena to comprehend the fact that just like the world, even business arena must relinquish the adaptation of monotone characteristics. What can excel it and add to its success, as well as progression is the amalgamation of the different and varying talents and potentials from all across the world, for the purpose of rendering this world with new and advanced services and products.

Diversity

In literal sense, the term diversity entails the provision of detectable heterogeneity found in a group or set of objects. Diversity denotes the characteristic of the inhabitants of a group being diverse and incomparable in numerous aspects.

Diversity in the Work Force

Bearing in mind, the literal meanings of the term of diversity, in the context of a business arena, or in the context of management or work force, entails that the individuals who are rendering their services for the organization, in relation to the cognitive potential or other practical and technical skills, are dissimilar to each other in numerous aspects. The primary factor, which marks their distinction from each other, is the background of their origin, their culture, their language and the values which they hold with themselves (Wynne, 2012).

Pivotal Reasons or Causes of the Diversity in the Workforce

It will be interesting to know that the diversity which is currently increasing on constant basis, in the work force of numerous organizations, did not always exist. Numerous scholars and researchers believe that the increasing diversity of the workforce of the organization is rather a benevolent endowment of the contemporary and modern world. However, a cognitive mind will be forced to ponder over the pivotal causes which paved way and opened the gates for such advancement in the business arena. Amongst The primary factor, which made the emergence of this advancement inevitable, was globalization. A few centuries ago, the concept of globalization, and the world gradually turning into a unified platform, would only be a desired mental image rather than a materialized dream. Globalization itself entails numerous benefits. Not that long ago, very seldom one culture would be exposed to another culture, or it was very rare for the people of different countries to be aware of the cultures and values of the individuals belonging to some other part of the world. However, with the advent of globalization, not only are people more aware of the world which they call their homeland, but also the distances and the differences between the countries have diminished to a ...