MANAGING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY IN MULTICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS: SOME OBSERVATIONS

Authors

  • Abdul Rahman Zaki, Prof. Dr.
  • Arshad Syed Karim, Prof. Dr.
  • Hina Khan, Dr.

Abstract

In today’s global economy, attaining organizational goals has become a big challenge due to increasing workforce diversity. Thus, it has become vital to analyze workplace diversity as an integral part of any organization and make it an essential instrument for achieving financial targets and overall organizational success. Technical competence and cognitive abilities of a manager merely suffice the need of managing such workplace. In order to manage an organization with diversified workforce, it is incumbent upon managers to possess effective soft skills like communication, listening, leadership, emotional intelligence, diversity awareness, intercultural competence etc.

 

Keywords: Workforce diversity, multiculturalism, soft skills, organizational communication, diversity awareness, intercultural competence.

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Author Biographies

Abdul Rahman Zaki, Prof. Dr.

Ex-Chairman at the Karachi University Business School, University of Karachi.

Arshad Syed Karim, Prof. Dr.

Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences and Director, Quality Enhancement Cell at the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.

Hina Khan, Dr.

Assistant Professor at the Department of General History, University of Karachi.

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Published

2019-06-21

How to Cite

Zaki, Abdul Rahman, Arshad Syed Karim, and Hina Khan. “MANAGING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY IN MULTICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS: SOME OBSERVATIONS”. Journal of European Studies (JES) 35, no. 1 (June 21, 2019): 79–91. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://asce-uok.edu.pk/journal/index.php/JES/article/view/84.