An Approach to Developing Inclusion and Diversity in the Organization
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read and review Chapters 1-11 from Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice. Additionally, review the Week 4 - Weekly Lecture.
This week’s assignment addresses topics concerning out-groups and embracing diversity. Create an email memo to one of your team leaders and present a plan for this team leader to either:
Improve their out-group empowerment skills.
or
Develop his or her diversity and inclusion approach.
The Out-Group and Diversity Memo
Must be one single-spaced page in length (not including title and references page) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) resource.
For assistance with writing and formatting a memo, refer to the Writing Center’s Writing a Business Memo (Links to an external site.) resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
Student’s name
Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must use at least two scholarly or credible sources in addition to the course text.
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To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view The University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
Out-Group And Diversity Memo
Name:
Institution:
Course name and number:
Instructor’s name:
Date:
To: Employee relation team leader
From:
Date:
Subject: An Approach to Developing Inclusion and Diversity in the Organization
Our organization’s diversity standards emphasize the need to advocate for an inclusive and ethnically and racially diverse workplaces. In the past three years, our goal as an organization has been to build a culture where individual difference is respected and where everyone regardless of age, job group, color, nationality, or race is not only treated equally but also has access to the same opportunities. Clearly, the benefits of developing an inclusive and diverse organization include recording an increased workplace collaboration, reduced turnover, stronger brand identity, increased profits, and higher employee engagement. According to study by the McKinsey & Company, it was discovered that organizations with inclusive and diverse workplaces were 43% more likely to boost higher profits than those that do not embrace inclusion and diversity (Bernstein, Bulger, Salipante, & Weisinger, 2020). As such, there is need to promote inclusion and diversity in your team and I recommend that as a leader you:
* Teach team members to stay aware of unconscious biases – in order to fully address the issue of inclusion and diversity there is need to first understand bias and build awareness. Unconscious biases kill the efficiency of a team without anyone realizing it. unconscious biases are common in the workplace and especially among teams. Some common unconscious biases are gender bias, ageism, affinity bias, beauty bias, conformity bias, halo/horns effect, name bias, weight bias, and contrast effect. These biases are not normal and should never be encouraged in a team (Hayes, Oltman, Kaylor, & Belgudri, 2020). As a leader, it is important to address the issue of unconscious biases by helping team members understand the impacts of unconscious biases on other members. One approach to address unconscious biases is to teach members how top review, question, and analyze individual biases and assumptions. Where possible record such biases as they occur and use them to teach team members how to make biases conscious and replace the negative ones with positive ones.
* Promote pay equity and give equal opportunities – it is important that you level the playing field and give everyone a fair opportunity. Giving eq...