Being a former educator I believe training is a powerful tool in creating a diverse working environment. Allowing workers to understand the diversity around them can permit them to appreciate the differences that surround them and be able to use that diversity to the advantage of the organization. As a manager of a diverse workforce it is important to focus on bringing in the best talent, establishing mentor programs among employees and hold staff accountable for meeting diversity goals. There are five factors that account for companies increasing attention to diversity:
1. Shift from manufacturing to service focus
2. The globalization of markets
3. New business strategies that will require more teamwork
4. Mergers and alliances that require different corporate cultures to work together
5. Changing labor market
I believe if there were diversity issues within the workplace that training would help employees to see the workplace through the eyes of others around them.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
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