1. Amity Business School
Amity School of Business BBA, SEMESTER III INDIVIDUAL, SOCIETY AND NATION Divya Goel

2. Contents of Module 2: Managing Diversity
Defining Diversity
Affirmation Action and Managing Diversity
Increasing Diversity in Work Force
Barriers and Challenges in Managing Diversity

3. Definition
Diversity is the qualities that make individuals different from or similar to others, such as personal history, gender, race, sexual preference, abilities and disabilities, religion, class, professional, and educational background, etc.

4. Dimensions of Diversity
Secondary Dimensions
Primary Dimensions Inborn difference - Have an impact throughout one’s life
Secondary Dimensions Acquired or changed throughout one’s lifetime Have less impact – still impact self definition
Marital Status
Education
Religious Beliefs
Primary Dimensions
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Parental Status
Military Experience
Person
Sexual Orientation
Physical Ability
Race
Geographic Location
Work Background
Income

5. Need for managing diversity
Creating working cultures and practices-that recognizes ,respects, harnesses values and celebrates individual differences for benefit of the organization and individual.

6. Diversity as an Asset Stimulates creativity
Facilitates problem solving
Greater system
flexibility

7. To Manage Diversity… Create an inclusive environment
Communicate commitment to all staff
Involve all when designing the program
Avoid stereotyping
Promote diversity in managerial and leading positions.
Building a corporate culture that values diversity
Changing structures, policies, and systems to support diversity
Providing diversity awareness training
Provide an atmosphere of openness.
Never dissuade employees from voicing their opinions and ideas.