Workplace Diversity: Management Challenges

Groups of people that can be affected by such actions include women and the disabled

Individual vs . Group fairness

The mangers when making the policies they may focus more on changing an individual rather than what will be fair for the group . This at times creates conflicts as the employees cannot effectively achieve their goals because they are not in unison with the groups needs . In other cases , the programs they bring do not match with the needs of the groups hence they are ineffective

Group Cohesiveness and Interpersonal conflict

p Luck of trust and respect only initiates more conflict . This creates divisions that do not relate with each other in the workplace therefore there is no corporation . When the managers cannot find proper ways of uniting the subgroups , then it becomes difficult to maintain an inclusive workforce especially in this day and era when diversity in the workplace is on the increase

Segmented communication networks

When people refuse to speak to each other because of dislike , then they are bound to intentionally not convey information to other people so that they end up in trouble for failing to do their work . These acts of malice occur two-way such that they also prevent messages from getting to the top managers therefore people might end up losing good business opportunities

Competition for opportunities

Competition is a normal in the business environment as it keeps people on toes so that they can perform better . In diversified workplaces certain groups are taking advantage of the situation by seeking placements in higher ranks and the managers are caught in the middle as they have to decide which person or individuals deserve the chance (Greenberg , 126 ' They have to be wise in making such decisions because if they do not back their decisions with good reasons...