Diversity in the workplace

In the 21st century, employers are faced with a number of challenges, including increased competition for talent, adapting to the realities of increased workforce and customer diversity, and responding to the impacts of globalisation.

Effective management of cultural diversity in the workplace can help Australian businesses overcome these challenges, and create a competitive advantage.

Research has found that diverse teams operating in inclusive workplaces are better at innovation, problem solving and creating new products.

The Australian Multicultural Foundation and Robert Bean Consulting have produced the Managing Cultural Diversity Training Program to help businesses to better understand cultural diversity.

These resources have been designed to enable workplaces to harness cultural diversity to improve workplace performances through relationships, team work, productivity, market knowledge, community relationships, customer service and competitiveness.