Diversity: A Principie of Human Resource Management

As more and more organizations implement diversity initiatives, personnel and human resource managers play increasingly significant roles. This arriele explores some of the challenges personnel and human resources managers face implementing diversity. It discusses strategies personnel and human resources managers are employing to address the need for diversity and suggests methods to implement diversity as a principie of human resource management (HRM). These strategies include processes such as diversity audits to identify organizational problems, aligning workforce planning with strategic plans, benchmarking personnel/human resources practices and positioning diversity as a top-level management function. The arricie also examines the benefits of flex management, partnering with management, and educating and training managers/line supervisors to effectively manage diversity.