People and Organizations : Principles and practices in global context

Introduction Workplace diversity is characterized by a number of important factors, including ability, sexual orientation, gender, age, race, and ethnicity. A corporation can increase its competitiveness and innovation by diversifying its workforce and expanding its skill set. “Diversity in the workplace is defined as a trait of company culture wherein the workforce composition includes employees of different genders, age, sexual orientation, religions, languages, abilities, professional backgrounds, socioeconomic backgrounds, and educational backgrounds”. (Chiradeep BasuMallick)   Figure 1, Source: LinkedIn  Layers of Diversity in the Workplace Figure 2, Source: Aperian Internal Diversity in the Workplace The term "internal diversity" describes characteristics innate to humanity. When it comes to internal variety, age is an excellent example—after all, your birthday is your birthday forever. Additional instances of internal variety include race, ethnicity, and nationality...

 Introduction The field of study known as motivation theory focuses on identifying what drives an individual. Stated differently, this idea pertains to the investigation of motivating factors behind an individual's pursuit of a specific objective or result. This approach is very significant when attempting to comprehend workplace motivation. For instance, a person's motivations may begin with fundamental biological needs like sustenance and shelter and then advance to higher wants like fulfillment or self-actualization. According to Gary Latham (2011) “Motivation is what provides the stimuli and direction towards which employees can execute their duties’’   Figure 1, Source: Fellow.app Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs  Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a psychological theory of motivation that consists of a five-tier model of human needs that is frequently represented as levels within a pyramid. Prior to addressing needs higher up in the hierarchy, people must attend to needs...

  Introduction Training and development is an important activity that increases the performance of employee in an organization and is a building block which enhances the growth and success of an organization. Armstrong (2009) stated that organizations could benefit from training and development through winning the ―heart and minds of‖ their employees to get them to identify with the organization, to exert themselves more on its behalf and to remain with the organization. Training and development are the processes of investing in people so that they are equipped to perform well and are part of an overall human resource management approach that hopefully will result in people being motivated to perform (McDowall & Saunders 2010). The following key terms are defined for better elaboration Training This activity is both focused upon, and evaluated against, the job that an individual currently holds; training refers to bridging the gap between the current performance and the stand...

  Introduction Two essential components of the employment process that help businesses locate and draw in the greatest talent are recruitment and selection. Getting a job description in front of as many individuals as you can is part of the recruitment process. The process of selection entails whitening down the candidate pool till the ideal candidate remains. What is Recruitment “Recruitment is a discovering of potential applicants for actual or anticipated organizational vacancies. Or from another perspective, it can be looked at the linking activity bringing together those with jobs and those seeking jobs”. (William B. Werther and Keith Davis) What is Selection “ The   Selection   is the process of choosing the most suitable candidate for the vacant position in the organization. In other words, selection means weeding out unsuitable applicants and selecting those individuals with prerequisite qualifications and capabilities to fill the jobs in the organization”. (...