This document discusses the importance of workforce diversity and managing diversity effectively. It defines diversity as incorporating differences found in a multicultural workforce to increase productivity for both individuals and organizations. Managing diversity means embracing diversity in recruitment and selection, providing training, avoiding stereotypes, and creating an inclusive environment. A diverse workforce allows companies to better understand customer demographics, improve innovation, and create a more satisfied and productive employee base. The document provides examples of diversity policies and initiatives at companies like IBM, HP, Infosys, TCS and Wipro.

1. Workforce Diversity
Changing the Way You Do Business
BY:
Pratik Negi
Shalini Kaushal

2. What is Diversity ?

3. A Management system which incorporates the
differences found in a multicultural workforce in
a manner which results in the highest level of
productivity for both the organization and the
individual.
Ongoing Process
Inclusive Process
Managing diversity

4. Diversity as an asset
New Products and
Services
Better Image
Effective and
Happy Workforce
Expansion of
Markets

5. Diversity =“ strength +
Management”
•Embrace diversity
•Recruit broadly
• Select fairly
•Provide orientation and training
•Sensitize all employees
•Strive to be flexible
•Seek to motivate individually
•Involve all when designing the program
•Avoid Stereotypes

6. Company that employs a diverse
workforce
• Better able to understand the demographics of the marketplace.
• Thus better equipped to thrive in that marketplace than a company that
has a more limited range of employee demographics.
• Improve employee satisfaction, productivity and retention.
• Employers can take the best of the advantage of the diverse workforce
and there multi talented workforce.
• More innovative ideas and better cohesion comes in the workforce.
• Better control over staff and more conducive environment to bring about
any change.
• Works wonders when many people coordinate and form a unit for a
particular job.
• Its make automatic tool for organizations advertising and Employer
branding.
• Make the structure free from biases and remove errors from the
system.

7. • No Discriminating Policy
• Open Door Policy
• Education Assistance Program
• Share in company's success
• Safe and Pleasant work environment
• Flexible work hours
 The company believes that diversity bridges the
gap between the workplace and the marketplace.
 IBM include International Women’s Day celebrations
 Women’s Leadership Conference,
 World Disability Day
 Childcare Centers
International example
Policies that support Diversity at HP and IBM

8. Indian context the diversity management
• Infosys hire from European & US universities.
• TCS and Wipro are actively recruiting foreign nationals. Indian
aviation industry has more number of foreign pilots than
Indian pilots
• Encourage women employees in IT & Banking
• Tata motors – Non- Indians for several projects
• A recent report from the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
shows that there are about 37,000 Britishers working in India