Rasmussen College Managing a Diverse Workplace Paper

Competency

Evaluate the challenges and benefits of employing a diverse workforce.

Course Scenario

You have been hired as the Human Resources Director for a global organization that is headquartered in the United States. Your job is to evaluate and make recommendations in the area of diversity for your company. Each section will contain specific areas within diversity for you to focus on. You will be tasked with choosing from one of the diversity areas that are provided to you. Be sure to conduct research using the university library and other relevant sources.

Diversity Areas (Select one, and continue to use for all modules)

• Race I HAVE CHOSEN RACE.
• Gender
• Sexual orientation
• Religion
• Ethnicity

Instructions

In your first days of your new role, you have noticed a lack of diversity initiatives. Your CEO has come to you and asked for a brief executive summary outlining the importance of your selected diversity group in the workplace.

For your report you have been asked to reflect and address the following sets of questions:

• Introduce the diversity area you have selected through an executive summary.
• What are two benefits of having your selected diversity group represented in the workplace?
• How does the diversity group contribute to a collaborative and innovative environment?
• Conclude your report; why it is important to address this diverse group in the workplace?

Grading Rubric

F	F	C	B	A
0	1	2	3	4
Not Submitted	No Pass	Competence	Proficiency	Mastery
Not Submitted	Introduction did not summarize the selected diverse group.	Introduction included an executive summary and identified a diverse group.	Introduction included executive summary and identified diverse group using clear examples.	Introduction included executive summary and identified diverse group using clear examples and well-defined synopsis of the report goals.
Not Submitted	One or unclear benefits were represented from the diverse group selected.	Benefits were selected and discussed using the diverse group selected.	Benefits were selected and discussed using the diverse group selected using clear examples.	Benefits were selected and discussed using the diverse group selected using clear examples and well-defined reasons.
Not Submitted	Group was not clearly discussed on how they would add collaboration or innovation into the workgroups.	Identifies how the selected group contributed to collaboration and innovation.	Identifies how the selected group contributed to collaboration and innovation using clear examples.	Identifies how the selected group contributed to collaboration and innovation using clear examples and well-defined reasons.
Not Submitted	No noticeable attempts to summarize or conclude the report were included.	Conclusion summarized the benefits of the diverse group.	Conclusion summarized the benefits of the diverse group using clear examples.	Conclusion summarized the benefits of the diverse group using clear examples and demonstrated an understanding of the importance of diversity in the workplace.