Advantages And Disadvantages Of Demographic Diversity

Diversity is commonly defined as the term for uniqueness of individuality, commonly observable through attribution in social-economic environment by means of demographic differences. In essence, it is the demographic diversity which is defined as the differences, or unlikeness (Stone 2006) of individuals whose observable and functional attributes differ from their peers, even in a homogenous environment. Demographic diversity is seen in people management, as the observable attributes of their backgrounds, ethnicity, age and gender all influences the decisions managers make in regards to how they conduct their approach towards diversity (Parochial, Ethnocentric or synergistic)

From the mid-1850s, Australian society has always been culturally heterogeneous (Wilkison & Cheng 1999), the degree of multiculturalism further required demographic management. Therefore, the Australia national legal systems incorporates demographic diversity of individuals with the apparent focus of reducing the inherent disadvantages of certain parts of Australia’s demographics, mainly women, and individuals with ethnic diversity, through legal recognition of …show more content…
Research has shown in increasing overall individual employee outputs through effective people management in the workplace, the cost advantages and flexibility allows for more complex issues and problem to be solvable in groups which benefits from functional diversity (Schneider, Northcraft, 1999) Therefore managers who are able to create teams where personal and cultural differences are the least barriers towards social interactions, would lead more solutions towards problems where it would benefit from different heterogeneous perspective on the issues, leading to stronger synergy between the individuals who are able to perform with greater flexibility and effective partnership (R,j Stone