In this case study I learned the importance of diversity in the workforce. Diversity has opened the door for innovation for Xerox by providing them with different cultures where everyone is welcome despite their sexual orientation, race, sex or religion. Diversity is not look upon as a bad thing with Xerox, it is the driving force of their business and it keeps them up to date with fresh new ideas. For instance, Xerox hired women who were seen as home makes and not as skilled workers and provided them with the skills and knowledge to perform their duties, but also recognized that they needed to balance work and family so they instituted the concept of "flex time". Xerox believed that women should not be victims of leaking pipeline and leadership double bind preventing them from moving forward and upward in their careers showing them to be weak. For example, Ursula Burns is the first African American female to become president of Xerox in two 2007. Xerox shows it stands by diverse workforce policies (Uhl-Bien, M., Schermerhorn, J. R., & Osborn, R. N.
In this case study I learned the importance of diversity in the workforce. Diversity has opened the door for innovation for Xerox by providing them with different cultures where everyone is welcome despite their sexual orientation, race, sex or religion. Diversity is not look upon as a bad thing with Xerox, it is the driving force of their business and it keeps them up to date with fresh new ideas. For instance, Xerox hired women who were seen as home makes and not as skilled workers and provided them with the skills and knowledge to perform their duties, but also recognized that they needed to balance work and family so they instituted the concept of "flex time". Xerox believed that women should not be victims of leaking pipeline and leadership double bind preventing them from moving forward and upward in their careers showing them to be weak. For example, Ursula Burns is the first African American female to become president of Xerox in two 2007. Xerox shows it stands by diverse workforce policies (Uhl-Bien, M., Schermerhorn, J. R., & Osborn, R. N.