IS IT EASY FOR MANAGERS TO MANAGE GLOBAL WORKFORCE DIVERSITY?

Workforce diversity is a concept which is kept on the backburner in the realms of the academic world. Is it easy to manage? The answer is easy - “NO”? It sounds like a simple solution, but hard to comprehend. Normally, such topics are brushed off as figment of imagination. No attempt has been seriously made to dwell deeper into this subtle but significantly important topic in era of globalization. Diversity though relevant in every frame, necessitate critical enquiry as the world strives to become a global village. In current times, managers are facing challenges which adds to their problem of uncertainties and unpredictability. This is hampering them in managing their functions of planning, leadership, organizing and control as the diversity spreads. During pandemic, serious diversity issues have emerged raising concern about prevailing fault lines in management. It raises questions on ethics, social corporate responsibility, decision-making and leadership areas functions. The research explains management concepts supported by secondary research and empirical evidence in depth. The research supports triangulation method to validate the underlying hypothesis. The primary aim is to upscale functional capabilities of managerial thinking. The speed of globalization is threatening managerial thinking to manage change and disruptions. For example, Climate change, Covid situation, Afghanistan crisis, Ukraine war etc. could have been mitigated if political managers were trained to manage diversity in the context of globalization. This is an initial research initiative with the hope that it will enhance the curiosity in others for deeper investigation and collaborative research.