The advantages of a diverse workplace

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The advantages of a diverse workplace

            The diversity of today’s workforce brings advantages to businesses in the following ways a broader range of views and ideas, a better understanding of diverse, fragmented markets, and broader pool of talent from which to recruit. Even if you have never traveled to a foreign country you will interact with colleagues from a variety of cultures, with a wide range of characteristics and life experiences. Over the past few years employers have changed their view on diversity from a legal requirement to seeing it as a strategic opportunity to connect with customers and take advantage of the broadest possible pool of talent.  Your workforce does not need to consist of immigrants to constitute it as a diverse work force. Immigration and workforce diversity creates many advantages but you can also be faced with some challenges for business communications throughout the world.  It is extremely important that there is a vast variety in the work place for your company to grow and prosper. The majority of the most prospers companies are also the most diverse. Having an extremely diverse workforce brings many fresh, new, and innovative ideas to your business. Diversity is a simple fact of life for all companies. This is one of the most important attributes which your company or organization can posses.” Workers from Africa, Asia, and the middle east are moving to Europe in search of new opportunities, while workers from India, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia contribute to the employment base of the Middle East.”(pg.63) This just goes to show that there is diversity in the work place occurring all over the world. I chose this topic because I believe that it is an important quality which all companies should adapt. Companies need to realize how important diversity among its employees and its business. Having new , fresh, and different ideas is important to the progression of a business. Businesses across the world are embracing having a diverse work force. I feel that most companies should not see having a diverse work force as a legal requirement but as a positive contribution to your company and even your industry. Though there may be some differences among the vast diversities within your company the positive contributions which they offer are abundant. It is so important for people and companies to embrace diversity and spread it through out your company or industry.

            The case which I choose for this particular business communication topic is one about the MGM casino in Las Vegas Nevada. They are embacing the diversity which is present with in their company. “Taking place December 16 – 18, “Inspiring Our World" is a commitment to its employees by MGM Resorts that features 70 employee-performers. Original music, exotic costumes, dynamic choreography spanning multiple cultures and styles come together in an arena where the likes of Prince, Bob Seger and Bon Jovi have performed. Comprising a 1.5-hour production simultaneously performed in English, Spanish and American Sign Language, and digitally represented in 14 languages, the program seeks to educate employees on the company’s mission, its values and its commitment to being a leader in diversity, philanthropy and sustainability.’’(MGM international) This is such an amazing thing which the MGM Company is doing for their employees. ““We respect and value our diverse and immensely talented team members as the foundation of our success as a global company,” said Jim Murren, Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International. “By engaging our employees in the core values of our company – from Teamwork, to Integrity to Excellence – we foster a healthy workplace, as well as dynamic and sustainable communities where our employees live and work, and where our guests visit.” MGM really values their employees and the diversity which is present within their company. There should be more and more companies out there that should see MGM as a great role model for diversity and take after them. “Engaged employees are one of the most important components of the guest experience,” Murren said. “Happier employees nurture a higher level of guest satisfaction, providing a competitive edge for the company in the long term.”(MGM international) Diversity is such a great thing to have incorporated within your company. Diversity does in fact help build a stronger more successful company.

http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/34984-MGM-Resorts-Presents-Commitment-To-Diversity-In-Workplace-With-Inspiring-Our-World-