Diversity is good for your business because you'll get different backgrounds, different cultures, and different way of thinking by your employees. The benefits may depend on the type of business you're operating. A local clothes business which is limited to one area of the country may not enjoy all the advantages that come with diversity if the local workforce isn't very culturally diverse.
On the other hand, if your business is not limited to one country, and operates internationally then you will enjoy all the advantages that come with diversity in the workforce. Therefore, diversity should be your number one priority when hiring the employees.
If you're not convinced whether that there should be diversity in the workforce, then you might have to consider educating yourself with the reasons and the possible advantages. I am writing this article for that purpose, and we'll be discussing the reasons why diversity should be embraced in the workforce and its advantages.
1 - Innovative and creative ideas
When you have employees from different countries, you'll enjoy more creativity and innovations that won't be based on just one country. Someone born an raised in the US will probably have a different perspective than someone from Korea. They'll look at things differently and you'll get a wider array of ideas.
These suggested ideas, when evaluated, can innovate your products and make your business more profitable. You may also get the type of thoughts that suggest a better mechanism for your decision-making process. This might also increase the productivity of your business.
2 - Improved support for your customers
If your business is internationally based, then your customers will likely be from various countries as well. With a diverse team of employees, you can hire country-specific employees to become support representatives and offer the support in their national language.
It will increase the level of satisfaction of your customers, which undoubtedly helps leads to success.
3 - Diversity of skills
One of the qualities of long-term business plans is the ability to adapt according to the situation of the market.
Colleagues will be able to discuss and share their thoughts with each other. All of them will learn from each other, which will result in the improvements and generation of new skills. Your colleagues are influenced by each other and just one good colleague can be a blessing for the company when he improves the skills and way of thinking of other employees. When needed, those enhanced skills of different workers can help the company, and maybe even give you some time to spend with your friends and family.
These skills will help ensure that your business exists in the market for the long term, and the profitability is more probable.
Wow! Could you believe this was the question my human resources management lecturer asked in exam yesterday.. You are talking about international hrm and somehow part of globalization.. I wish you could posted it before yesterday so I could have wilder knowledge.
Thanks for posting buddy
Amazing! That makes it a good topic even if we were not quite aligned on the timing.
Diversity could cause a little hiccup at first, but getting it to work creates greater and better workforce.the outcome is bigger than the risk involved. Great piece of writing and also a very good advice
The outcome is great because it reflects our balance in society!
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