4.1. Describe how diversity of workers has been impacting organizations, including organizations for which you have worked recently.

The diversity of the workers has been impacting organizations on multiple levels. For instance, it has forced them to become more attentive in order to avoid any accusations of discrimination; in other words, it has forced them to become even more focused on performance, rather than other criteria, such as gender, race, ethnicity, religious appurtenance, sexual orientation and so on. Also, the growing workforce diversity has generated an increased awareness of relationships and authority within the work climate (Skaggs and DiTomaso).

Then, aside from these, the increase of workforce diversity has generated an increased organizational capability of adapting to change; it has improved communications and has allowed...

For many individuals, the nature of work and jobs is changing. Describe these changes, some reasons for them, and how they are affecting both HR management and individuals.
Some of the changes which are affecting work and job include the increased presence of women and minorities in the workplace; the advancement of technology; the increasing level of educational preparation or the increased competition for talented staffs.

These changes generate impacts on both employees, as well as HR managers. On the one hand, the employees are presented with more opportunities, such as the ability to get better trained or to seek a better paid position (Management Study Guide). For the HRM professionals however, the changes are often