Project 1 You have been working as a supervisor in a community service organisation for some time. Five new staff members have been appointed. These are people with little or no previous experience in...

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WORKPLACE DIVERSITY AND ITS IMPACT WITHIN ORGANISATION
Diversity at the workplace gives organisation the strength to deal with diverse cultured clients, customers, issues and helps in the development of improved capacity of work, variety of perspective, flexibility of schedules, therefore it is important to assess the ways in which diverse culture within organisations function and cast their influence, with a special reference to healthcare.
Introduction
Generates the need for learning about multiple cultures
Creates issues regarding language differences
Personal value and preference conflicts
Hampers inter-organisational relationships
Impact of Diversity on Work and Workplace Relationship
Diversity at the workplace generates the need for learning about multiple cultures in order to assess the mindset of the employees. It creates issues regarding language differences, personal value and preference conflicts that hamper inter-organisational relationships. However, diversity also gives organisations the ability to work outside home market; on international levels. Sadly, as identified by Shore et al. (2018), workplace diversity often generates issues of discrimination among employees and customers often undermining the full potential of organisational performance.
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Generates a sense of respect for diverse culture
Helps in business growth and profitability
Improves the knowledge and ability of employees to work in cross culture environments
Develop better communication skills
Advantages of having Diversity in Organisation
Diversity at the workplace generates a sense of respect for diverse culture, in the context of employees and the clients as well as customers. In organisations such as healthcare, retail and hospitality, people from different culture work as employees and visit as customers, in such a context cultural respect helps in business growth and profitability. As mentioned by Edmondson and Harvey (2018), diversity improves the knowledge and ability of employees to work in cross culture environments, learn more about other cultures and develop better communication skills.
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The inclusivity of cultural makes employees attached to organisations
Cultural safety, empowers employees, treats respectfully and offer tasks that does not violate the cultural sensitivity
Cultural competence gives organisations the ability incorporate diverse cultures into organisational frame
Necessity of Inclusivity, Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety
The inclusivity of cultural within organisations, as stated by Malatzky et al. (2018), make the employees attached to the organisation as they feel that despite being a part of diverse cultural background they are equally respected and appreciated as a part of the organisational workforce. The organisation tends to make the organisational culture lucrative from multi-cultural aspect and aims at retaining the interest of the employees. Cultural safety, empowers employees from other culture, treats respectfully from cultural aspect and offer tasks that does not violate the cultural sensitivity. Cultural competence gives organisations the ability incorporate diverse cultures into organisational frame, making cross cultural management easy and effective.
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Person reflection of self characteristics from a cultural context, a sense of assessment of unnoticed biases and prejudices that sub-consciously is generated
Affect the workplace communication, preferences, which ultimately help in resolving cross cultural conflicts.
Necessity of Reflecting Self and Individual Culture, Its Prejudices...