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Name: John Blair

Course: B440/GEB 4220 Section 01 Managing a Diverse Workforce

Institution: Rasmussen College

Instructor: Andrea Barnum Phatak

Report to CEO

Research and headlines in today's media suggest that a lot of work still needs to be done with regards to workplace diversity. Diversity and inclusion have been hot topics in recent decades among top business leaders. The importance of corporate diversity programs in the century have been reinforced allegations of sexism, ageism and other forms of discrimination. Embracing diversity enhances work culture of the 21st century and drives business success. Diverse experience and perspectives inclusion create an empowerment culture fostering innovation, new ideas, and economic growth. This paper looks into the benefits of having Women and Asians in the workplace (Barak, 2016).

Workplace diversity meaning hiring employees from different backgrounds, races, gender, age or religion, and this culture benefits many organizations in many ways apart from contributing to organizational efficiency and creating competitive advantage. Workplace cultural diversity leads to higher morale among employees, gives the management different perspectives, have global expansion impact and increases community relations.

Diversity with collaboration is essential in the workplace as it unlocks innovation and drives the growth of the business. Diversity can only be an intellectual multiplier when diverse groups collaborate and speak a common language in an inclusive environment that fosters perspectives devoid of judgment. This allows for design thinking that in turn provides for trying of many diverse approaches before narrowing down to one solution to a business problem or strategy formulation changing how people work for better business operation as it introduces a deeper collaboration level, appreciate diversity and creativity. Sharing of tools help in the creation of an inclusive environment that fosters diverse perspectives and hence innovative solutions.

Asia houses some of the emerging markets in the world that any business seeking to tap into the potential that the future holds should focus on Asia as well as women since they are the next emerging markets (Lambert, 2016).

Works cited

Barak, Michalle E. Mor. Managing diversity: Toward a globally inclusive workplace. Sage Publications, 2016.

Lambert, Jason. "Cultural diversity as a mechanism for innovation: Workplace diversity and the absorptive capacity framework." Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict 20.1 (2016): 68.