Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 5/e

Diversity Management and Affirmative Action

Learning Objective 5

1. List five strategies for successfully increasing diversity of the workforce.

Diversity means being diverse or varied, and at work means having a workforce comprised of two or more groups of employees with various racial, ethnic, gender, cultural, national origin, handicap, age, and religious backgrounds. 137 Today, because many American workplaces are already diverse, the focus increasingly is on managing diversity at work. 138

diversity

Having a workforce comprising two or more groups of employees with various racial, ethnic, gender, cultural, national origin, handicap, age, and religious backgrounds.

Diversity’s Barriers and Benefits

The difficulty is that diversity can trigger ...