Module 05 Diversity Management Project - Final Proposal

Hubburd, E. (2003). The Manager Pocket Guide to Diversity Management. Massachusetts: Human Resource Development Press, Inc.

Hubburd has not only focused on diversity management, he has also highlighted the challenges facing diversity in organizations. The author has comprehensively looked into all issues that might be derailing the war against challenges facing diversity. The book has laid down a number of strategies that an organization that is interested in promoting diversity should follow. The author has stated that diversity is one of the major problems facing development and growth in different organizations and institutions. The book does not only focus on organizations, it has also focused on non-profit and government institutions.

The issue of diversity has affected many organizations. Controlling people who are from different cultures can be difficult and almost impossible. However, the author has a strategy that is likely to work for many organizations. In the first pages of the book, the author has concentrated on explaining to the reader what diversity is. To ensure that the reader is well informed of the challenges of diversity the author has stated all the challenges facing diversity and expounded on each and every challenge. With the guidance of the book, the managers will know what is required of them in promoting diversity at the workplace.

Thomas, R. (2011). World Class Diversity Management: A Strategic Approach. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Thomas is one of the best business writers. In his book, “World Class Diversity Management”, he has emphasized the need for organizations to encourage diversity at the workplace. Though the book concentrates much on diversity as a challenge in a workplace, the author has also concentrated on the advantages of diversity. Dealing with people from different cultures has never been easy. However, many organizations have not discovered how beneficial it would be if diversity was viewed as more of a resource than a challenge. The author has stated the benefits that diversity might bring to an organization. People from different cultures have different ways of thinking. If every person was given an opportunity to share their views with the organization, then the organization would be rich in ideas and strategies. It is well known that ideas and strategies can be turned into profits.

The book has not only concentrated on one geographic region; the author has ensured that all strategies laid down can be effective to any organization in the world. The author has used examples of many organizations that have converted diversity from a challenge to an opportunity. Most of the people who come from different background are rich in ideas but lack recourses. If organizations could tap into such employee’s knowledge, then success would be guaranteed. In my own opinion, the book is rich in ideas that would be beneficial to any organization dealing with challenges that face diversity.

Mark, S. Human Resource Manager: Agaco Limited. Face-to-face interview, 30th August 2016

During the interview that I conducted on 30th August 2016, I was privileged to be sitting with Mr. Shawn Mark. Shawn is a human resource manager at Agaco limited. I asked Mr. Shawn about diversity management in his organization. According to mark diversity is not a big challenge as such; it only depends on how the organization deals with it. The big challenge is failing to promote diversity at the workplace. “United States is a country full of immigrants. Whether we like it or not, most of the employees in our organizations come from different backgrounds. We must lay down strategies that will help to create a suitable environment for each and every employee,” said Mr. Shawn. The Human Resource Manager winded up the interview by stating that most organizations should encourage diversity because it creates an interesting working environment.