ABSTRACT

Diversity classified into two dimensions: primary and secondary dimension. The primary dimension consists of visible elements, which include age, gender, and sexual orientation, whereas differentiating elements such as religion, education, income, and geographical location are part of the secondary dimension. Managing workforce diversity very challenging for most organizations. Workforce diversity is basically concerned with the similarities and differences of employees in the organization and has become an essential element for businesses or organizations to expand their business globally and strive to achieve competitive advantage. Nowadays organizations have begun to realize that diversity is as important as any positive factor that will lead to a greater outcome for the organization as well as building up the organization to be a stronger competitive enterprise, globally. Organization must put a great effort on developing a better strategic plan of managing the workforce diversity as there is rapid growing of diversity in which resulting an increase in women and people with disabilities entering the work nature.