“Effective Diversity Planning” and choose one of the companies listed under the heading: “What should diversity plans include?” You will compare that company’s diversity plan to the 10 common components of a diversity plan.
Create a 2-3 page paper, give a general overview of the plan you chose for this assignment. Consider each of the 10 components and describe how the company has included this component. Be specific in your findings. If you do not see evidence of a component, consider how you believe the company might include the component.
Effective Diversity Planning
Planning for a Diverse Workforce
Why is planning needed?
Think back to your earliest management classes, you should remember the four functions of management. How might this management process play a role in managing a diverse workforce? In order to reach that inclusive working environment, each of these four functions will play a role.
A diversity vision and a plan with which to implement this vision are essential to the success of diversity initiatives. Together these steps create a well-mapped path toward a specific goal and they also provide control methods in which successes and failures can be measured. The plan includes when strategies should be deployed to respond to specific situations.
Diversity must be a strategic initiative of the organization, and to be successful it requires the buy-in of all key stakeholders. This is because inclusion covers every aspect of the organization, from organizational policies to hiring practices to advertising to customer service - and beyond. Including everyone and responding to their diverse needs can only be accomplished through this type of organizational overhaul.
What should diversity plans include?
Many examples of diversity plans can be found on the Internet for different organizations, here are a few examples: Shenandoah County Public Schools, Radisson and Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Other organizations may not provide its full plan in detail, but you can get evidence of what is included and prioritized by viewing the company website. View the diversity related information at Google and PepsiCo to get an idea of how a diversity plan looks when in place. You will find that some companies target specific areas, such as a supplier diversity plan in addition to workforce diversity plans.
Although the various diversity plans may vary in their approach and priority, each has some similarities in the components used. Use this activity to understand the 10 common components of a diversity plan.
Common Components of a Diversity Plan
Benefits of diversity plans
Through effective diversity planning and implementation, companies can see many business advantages. Even with these plans in place, challenges will continue to arise in every organization; however, you readily have the support you need to identify the concerns and respond as needed. In the long run, the company will see the benefits in their bottom-line profits.
As you can see through the examples shown, the diversity plan may vary, but the need to have a plan in place is clear
Author Note
Plan Comparison
Introduction
Use this section as an introduction to provide an overview about what diversity plans are and some of the components they should contain. This would be a good point to include research helping to state what a diversity plan is. Set the reader up for the discussion to follow.
Overview of Chosen Plan
Identify the organization that you’ve selected to review. Provide a high level overview the company’s diversity plan. Save specific details about the plan for the next section.
Diversity Plan Components
One by one, identify the ten (10) components of a diversity plan as described in the module and compare how the company has or has not met each of those components. If you do not find any evidence of a component, provide your thoughts how the company could have included that component.
Recommended Improvements
Based on your review of the company’s diversity plan and comparing it to the ten (10) recommended components of a diversity plan, provide your opinion offering ways that the diversity plan can be improved upon. This would be a good point to include research to defend your opinion.
Conclusion
Finally, create a conclusion that summarizes the importance ofdiversity plans and ways that organizations can make them effective.
Ideally, conclusions should be at least five (5) sentences in length. Your references will then begin on the last page. Make sure this paper contains at least two (2) references.
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