Diverse workforce
Explain why having a diverse workforce can provide competitive advantages for an organization, and discuss some of the policies and practices that a company can undertake to better recruit and manage a diverse workforce. What challenges does an organization face in managing a diverse workforce?
According to Furnham, & MacRae (2017), a diverse workforce is a workforce that incorporates different people from entirely different backgrounds in the same firm. Individuals from different backgrounds possess different talents, experiences, and skills. If these people are brought together under one roof, then a firm can be able to benefit from the richness of experience, talent, and different skills of its employees. Since all of them bring to the table their ideas which can then be combined to provide the firm with a competitive edge in its market…
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