Work Force Diversity And Organisational Behavior

Presented by, Jaya kumar P Roll No-19 Date: 16 Sept 2011

Key Learning Objectives

1. Work Force Diversity and OB
2. Characteristics of Diversity

3. Managing Diversity
4. Approaches to Managing Diversity

5. Significance of Diversity
6. Conclusion

Work Force Diversity

Definition:
Workforce consisting of a broad mix of employees differ from each other in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and/or education

Focus_Educare_and_Mphasist.docx

Work Force Diversity Cont..

International Diversity
Difference in Countries Culture Difference.xlsx

Intranational Diversity
Difference within a country Kerala & Maharashtra.xlsx

Reasons for the Emergence of Diversity

Changing work Force Demographics (age, gender, ethnicity, & education Increasing Diversity in Todays Organizations Legislation and Lawsuits

Competitive Pressures

Rapidly Growing Increasing in International Business

Characteristics of Diversity
Specific Characteristics
1. Age 2. Gender 3. Ethnicity 4. Education 5. Culture Blood Type.pptx

Other
Characteristics 1. Challenged with Disability
2. Dual Career Couples, etc

Managing Diversity
A Comprehensive managerial process for developing an environment that works for all employees.

1. Developing Multicultural

Organization
2. Individual Approaches to MD 3. Organizational Approaches to

MD

Managing Diversity Cont..

Truly Multicultural Organization: An organization whose work force not only includes people from diverse racial, religious and gender backgrounds, but is one in which minorities are well integrated across all levels of the company, including management and executive positions. Contributions & interests of diverse cultural & social group Decision makers

Approaches to overcome workforce diversity

There are two major approaches 1. Individual approach to manage diversity Learning Empathy

2. Organizational approach to manage diversity Testing Training Mentoring Alternative work schedules

Significance of Work Force Diversity

1. Maximize the productivity 2. Enhance the creativity 3. Increase the loyalty of Employees 4. Getting Competitive advantage 5. Improving decision making by providing perspective on problems 6. Satisfy diverse needs of customer

Conclusion
It is clear that work force diversity has a

profound effect in the workplace.

Even if diversity grows on a high rate,

organizations have to embrace diversity

References:
1. Organizational Behavior Fred Luthans 2. Organizational Behavior Stephen P. Robbins 3. www.indify.com 4. www.maharashtratourism.net 5. www.differencebetwen.net 6. www.google.co.in/images 7. http://thegreatgeekmanual.com 8. http://www.bellaonline.com

Thank you..