MANAGING CULTURAL DIVERSITY AT WORK PLACE

Modern technological advances in transportation have shrunk the globe to such an extent that it is no longer a problem to move to any part of the world be it for entertainment, studies and especially work. Employee mobility and the trend of boundary-less organizations has been among the macro economic factors that contributed to the increased challenges that today's corporate leadership is exposed with in the field of managing the cultural diversity in their facilities and offices located across the globe . Workplaces today are becoming increasingly diverse with employees of different genders, races, cultures, ethnic origins, and lifestyles. There have been so many changes in the cultural make-up of organizations that it has become imperative for leaders and supervisors to understand cultural diversity and how it can affect their organization. Leaders of the new millennium are being faced with numerous challenges and issue of the corporate environment that make it critical for managers to effectively manage the cultural diversity at various workstations and business locations. In order to lead the corporate in an effective manner while satisfying the needs and cultural demands of each employee, a leader has to be competitive and alarmed to see the long term impacts of any kind of change process initiated in the workplace. This research paper aims to reflect as to what is diversity management, why it is important for organizations to embrace the diversity at the workplace, and most importantly the role of leaders in successfully managing increased cultural diversity within the workforce.