Managing diversity and promoting equal opportunity

INTRODUCTION

Diversity is identification and valuing of difference of people . This difference in people is in the form of Culture , National origin , Region Gender , Age , Marital Status , Politics , Religion , Disability Socio-economic differences and family structures . Work place diversity is the concept that talks about providing equal opportunities in work place . It deals about creating a working culture and practices that give recognition , respect , value and harness difference for the advantage of the organization and the individual . Diversity is not a new social concept in U .S . The nation 's increasing heterogeneity

, diversity is encountering varying degrees of resistance among different sectors of U .S . country . One has to realize the fact that diversity is not going to disappear and always the workplace is the most important stadium for social change . An equal employment opportunity is one of the theme that was considered to decrease the workplace diversity by the practitioners The current illustrates how these two are related and or differentiated in reality

Scope of the study

The current study identifies ways of managing diversity in promoting equal opportunities at work places in U .S context

What is Equal Opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO ) is an act that gives guaranty to all the individuals ' about equal access to employment , development based on merit , ability , and potential regardless of race , color , national origin , sex , age , religion , or disability . It means it is the right of all the individuals to apply for the job opportunities regardless to any non-merit related factors . EEO can be defined as giving people a fair chance to succeed without discrimination based on unrelated job factors such as age , race , sex , or nationality (Stone 1998 : 824

Diversity is the approach to provide equal opportunities in work place It integrates the principle of that all workers should receive equal rights by ignoring the differences between the people in terms of their gender and race . By valuing these differences and qualities , managers may create an environment where everyone finds value for their individual talents , and where individuals ' skills and competencies are fully utilized

Managing diversity

Managing diversity follows equal opportunities in an effective manner Equal opportunities are concerned with keeping within the law and ensuring that all personnel decisions concerning pay , recruitment and promotion are based only on the individual 's ability to do their job well . This is achieved through a systematic policy approach to all aspects of personnel activities

Adoption of diversity policy brings to an organization a wide range of experience , ideas and creativity . At the same time it enables the individual employee to work to utilize their full potential . But the inability to manage diversity in a proper way in the workplace can be extremely harmful and can costs the organization by creating negative image , high employee turn over rate , loss of advertising revenue discrimination suits , Litigation time and money

Managing Diversity is the program which recognizes the association between the effective people management and increased organizational efficiency and productivity . It is nothing but about...