MANAGING DIVERSITY ISSUES IN ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

Diversity has been defined using a few dimensions like age, gender, religion, race, ethnicity, cultural differences, the difference in sexual orientation, and availability of capabilities or disabilities. This empirical research shows the issues in an organization related to the diverse workforce employed there. Due to diversity, a manager faces many challenges and if they cannot be managed well it will affect the productivity of employees and eventually the organizational outcomes. This study also shows the importance of diversity and its effective management. Later on 10 major roles of a manager are defined that are categorized under three roles that are interpersonal roles, informational roles, and decisional roles.