Organizational Success Is Increasingly Becoming Dependent...

1.0 Introduction Organizational success is increasingly becoming dependent on an organization’s ability to embrace a diverse workforce (Simmons et al., 2011). There exists more variety in the modern workforce than in previous years (Christian et al., 2006). This is largely due to the demographic factors like immigration and economic factors like globalization (Christian et al., 2006). The increase of globalization requires more interaction among people from different cultures, beliefs and background than ever before (Gupta, 2013). Workforce diversity is widely taken into consideration by many organizations since it is considered to enhance decision-making and create a competitive advantage (Gupta, 2013). Diversity management has therefore†¦show more content†¦There are a number of protected characteristics such as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation which are covered by dis crimination law to give people protection against being treated unfairly (CIPD, 2015). In order to critically analyze the approaches to manage equality and diversity, one of these protected characteristics is used as the centre of discussion. ‘Sex’ which is referred to as gender throughout the essay will be discussed. Three organizations will be analyzed in the essay with the aim of critically evaluating how these organizations manage equality and diversity respectively in terms of their policies and practical approaches. The three organizations discussed in this essay are British Transport Police (BTP), PricewaterhouseCoopers UK (Pwc) and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Acas’ guidelines to managing equality and diversity will be used in analyzing and evaluating the policies of these organizations. 1.2 Essay Structure This essay has been categorized into sub-headings based on the topic areas discussed in the essay. The essay starts by exploring definitions around equality and diversity management. Similarities and differences between the terms ‘equality’ and ‘diversity’ are subsequently discussed. This is