DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS

How Organizations Use Diversity as A Success Factor



Table of Contents

CHAPTER NO 1: INTRODUCTION3

Statement of the Problem3

Significance of the Problem3

Research Question4

Hypothesis4

CHAPTER NO 2: LITERATURE REVIEW5

The meaning and context of Organizational Diversity for Success6

Age Diversity in the Organization6

Gender Diversity in the Workplace7

Health and Disability Diversity in the Organization7

CHAPTER NO 3: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY10

Data Sources and Research Limitations10

Research Instruments10

Data Types10

Time Scale12

Reliability & Validity13

CHAPTER NO 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION14

Data Analysis14

Conclusion14

CHAPTER NO 1: INTRODUCTION

Statement of the Problem

The number of reports and studies detailing the lack of diversity within the organizations seem to have an underlying assumption that increasing the diversity of an organization's board or staff members would improve organizational performance or serve as the success factor. Yet unlike the growing evidence and research conducted in the business and public sectors examining the connection between organizational diversity and performance, similar research in the nonprofit sector is sparse and not well known. Oftentimes, when reading a research report on the lack of diversity within the organizations, underlying assumptions about the impact of diversity appear anecdotal or normative, without providing evidence of how diversity can impact organizations' success.

Significance of the Problem

The significance of the problem is the diversity is being defined as a person's age, gender, health and genetic (disability). This specific definition of diversity is used rather than much broader definitions of diversity which can include categories like values, personality types, etc.; for a broad discussion of the term diversity and the multiple viewpoints about how diversity should be defined. Some scholars examine the connection between diversity and performance, which evaluate the impact of diversity on outcomes. Outcomes are defined as the results an organization produces.

Research Question

How the organizations use diversity as a success factor?

Hypothesis

There is a relationship between success of the organizations and age diversity.

There is a relationship between success of the organizations and gender diversity.

There is a relationship between success of the organizations and health of people.

There is a relationship between success of the organizations and genetic (disability) diversity.

CHAPTER NO 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

The globalization of business means that the managerial workers must be able to deal effectively with people of different age and gender health and disability. At the same time, it is important to deal effectively with different cultural groups within one's own country and company. Both the international and domestic workforces are diverse. In the present context, diversity refers to a mixture of people with different group identities within the same work environment. Organizational diversity is not prized simply because it is pleasant to have different groups working next to each other, but because these groups must work together as a team to serve a variety of customers, and to get the success for the organization (Balber, 2005, pp. 18-21).

Market globalization, the revolution in telecommunications and information technology has redefined the way we produce, forcing the restructuring of traditional enterprises. From a more industrial mode where the head sits atop a pyramid of vertical subject, the modern corporation has been slowly streamlined, reducing the gap between ...