Final Proposal

American Library Association Staff Diversity (2015). Diversity Management Prerequisites and Inclusion Plan. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/offices/sites/ala.org.offices/files/content/diversity/ALA_Diversity_Action_and_Inclusion_Plan.pdf.

American Library Association Staff Diversity and Inclusion Plan outlines why it is necessary for organizations to observe diversity in the workplace. It outlines several objectives of diversity consciousness. These include ensuring that firms maintain welcoming environment as well as safe environments for all its workers, encouraging diversity right from the top of the leadership, and recruitment and retention of excellent and diverse members of the workforce at each and every level of the organization. Also outlined in the plan are the requirements for the provision of models in the development as well as in the implementation of initiatives and programs that address diversity. It further proposes that diverse views should be incorporated as well s dissenting views in the organization. It highlights a number of consequences of skewed workforce management such as reduced productivity, discouraged worker, and withdrawal of services.

American Library Association (2014). Strategic Planning for Diversity. retrieved from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/diversity/workplace/diversityplanning.

This resource is intended to give a number of collections of materials related to diversity planning. American Library Association’s Office of diversity outlines a number of essential elements for a successful diversity plan which includes an assessment of justification for corporate diversity plans, a statement of accountability, and plans towards the achievement of the plans. The resource will offer advice in developing support and also provides various dimensions of understanding diversity. It will broaden the dimensions in which diversity in the workplace can be understood.

Association of College and Research Libraries (2012). Diversity Standards: Cultural Competency for Academic Libraries. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/diversity.

Association of College and Research Libraries’ diversity standards are based on the assertion that diversity is an indispensable component of any society and it’s a moral imperative as well as a global necessity. According to the standards, a diversity management plan should incorporate culture, multiculturalism, and globalization. The standards emphasized in relation to diversity are cultural awareness, cross-cultural knowledge as well as skills, professionals and organization values, developing collections, services, and programs that address language diversity and diversity. The material will be helpful in expanding the dimensions around which the understanding the concept of diversity of the workforce in a number of contexts.