Challenges of Supervising a Diverse Workforce

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Challenges of Supervising A Diverse Workfore

Cherell Harding

Intructor: Steven D'Ostroph

Challenges of Supervising a Diverse Workforce

Today's workforce requires managers and supervisors to adapt, competently and constantly, to the needs of an increasingly diverse employee base. By being proactive and making informed choices, supervisors and managers can gain full productivity from all employee populations. The ability to manage within the framework of a diverse workplace today is rapidly becoming as much of a key success requirement as knowing how to manage projects. To be successful and truly reap the benefits of diverse functional backgrounds, perspectives, cultures, and languages, managers must be skilled in creating a productive, respectful, inclusive workplace where all employees can contribute to the business goals of the organization. Companies that are working only to increase the representation of formally under represented groups may find themselves holding a large, disproportionate amount of this burden if their managers fail to develop the skills needed to effectively manage the diverse workforce. Diversity is about more than race and gender, as pointed out in, "Beyond Race and Gender." (pp 66-75) Diversity is also present between people who work in different environments and under different rules