Why Do Companies Want a Diverse Workforce?
Major multinational companies top the list of organizations with formal human resource policies that specify diversity as a corporate goal. But they’re not the only ones that value diversity within their ranks. Medium and even small companies are realizing that diversity helps them in numerous ways. Companies value diversity for a variety of reasons: • They want to dip into the largest pool of talent possible. Companies want the best combination of skills they can get, and they have decided that the “wrapper” the skills are packaged in does not matter. • They value a variety of viewpoints. You can debate all day and night whether women think differently from men and the reasons behind those differences, but companies want results-not debates. Companies strive for a mix of different opinions and experiences, and diversity among employees is the best way to achieve that mixture. • Diversity is part of the organization’s mission. It’s not just nonprofits that have a highly developed socia
