Surface-Level Diversity

A diverse workforce is meant for everyone and should be presented as a way to better the organization. Diversity management makes an organization aware of the needs and differences of others. Effective diverse management allows a company access to a wide range of skills, abilities, and ideas offered by many individuals. Differences among others can lead to miscommunication, misunderstandings, and conflict (Robbins and Judge).
There are two levels of diversity surface-level and deep-level. Surface-level diversity is referred to the tip of the iceberg and deals with gender, race, ethnicity, age and disability, where as deep-level diversity expands into individual values, personality, and work preferences. Surface-level diversity can lead employees to make assumptions of one another based on stereotypes. After employees get to know each other, the surface-level traits become less of a concern and the deep-level diversity traits, such as personality and value, take over (Robbins and Judge).
The first step to implementing a diverse workplace is to incorporate specific groups, such as women and minorities, who are underrepresented in the workforce within recruiting messages. Research has shown that these groups are more attracted to companies who make an effort to showcase a diverse workforce (Robbins and Judge). Not only do you want to …show more content…
When implementing any sort of change within an organization, it is expected that there will be complications and push back even when it is in the best interest of the company. Since most organizations will face different and unique issues, the individual company will need to find the best way to address the problem to further develop a solution to eliminate the concern while maintaining the well-being of their diverse