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