Multicultural approach to contemporary workplace supervision

Conference Proposal Supervision

Type of Program: Roundtable

Multicultural Approach to Contemporary Supervision

Program Description

With the continuing spread and domination of globalization in contemporary business, it is crucial for managerial practices to be able to keep up in an increasingly multicultural environment. The modern business environment presents issues in dealing with the extreme diversity within its working population. Understanding the need for sensitivity to this growing diversity is now a crucial element for successful supervision.

As such, the goals for this program are to introduce supervisors to this growing diversity in a practical manner in order to provide tools for them to utilize in their own unique working environments. A presentation of unique environmental and cultural factors to supervisors will strengthen their ability to cope with the diverse factors they encounter in their managerial roles. This will then strengthen the quality of leadership and efficiency to meet organizational goals.

In order to achieve such goals, the delivery of the program will center on a semi-structured roundtable presentation. The topic will be introduced and then expanded based on a thorough presentation of the literature in the current discourse regarding the nature of the need for cultural sensitivity within supervisor roles and relations. This will help facilitate a discussion between participants, where the leader guides each individual to finding their own unique way of implementing a more multicultural approach to their own supervisory position in their organizations.

Overall, this program is in synergy with the underlying theme of this year's conference. It aims to unite a multicultural working environment while still highlighting the unique differences that allow the contemporary workforce to bring a myriad of perspectives to the common work environment.

Program Summary for Publication in Conference Program

The modern work environment is become more and more diverse each day. Cultural differences can hinder the synergy of a team and damage the efficiency of productivity within any given organization. The key is to adapt to the changing diversity within the work place. Supervisors can learn to take these obstacles and turn them into advantages with the right skill levels and tools for approaching a multicultural work environment. Embrace diversity and allow for a greater breadth of innovation to increase productivity through cultural sensitivity promoted in strong and understanding leadership.

Keywords

Multiculturalism, Diversity, Innovation