Discussion Management

Workplace Diversity

Compared to previous years, the modern-day workplace is highly diversified. Workers from different cultural backgrounds, race, age, and gender work together, to form an innovative and productive organization. According to Alston (2014), workplace diversity plays a critically significant role in shaping organizational culture and cultivating trust within the workplace environment. In addition, a diverse workplace can have several impacts on the organization culture and company performance. Some of the benefits of a diverse workplace include the following. Firstly, diversity in the workplace promotes a resourceful and inventive work environment. A diverse workplace has a high volume of talents working together towards achieving organizational goals. Secondly, workplace diversity brings people with varying experiences, perception, and understanding that improve problem-solving. Virtually, people from diverse backgrounds and with different levels of knowledge coming together provide more solutions. This improves the decision-making process, helps with the troubleshooting, and improves company performance. Thirdly, workplace diversity can help in understanding different cultures and markets, and help the company in expanding their customer base. 

Reflection on a Workplace Situation

Sometimes back, we were having a group project. I was assigned the role of team leader. After we completed the project, we were supposed to do a presentation and being the team leader, it was my role and responsibility to compile everything in a PowerPoint presentation and present it to the audience. I approached the supervisor and explained my situation to her. The supervisor was encouraging and helpful in several ways. She explained to me how to do the PowerPoint presentation, encouraged me to face my fears, and do the presentation because being the team leader meant I was capable. The supervisor went ahead to point my previous achievements, which helped me greatly. When the day of the presentation came, I had compiled my presentation and demonstrated our work to the audience. If the supervisor had not motivated me, I do not think I would have done it well and I would have let my team down.

ReferencesAlston, F. (2014). Culture and trust in technology-driven organizations. Boca Raton: CRC Press.