Fostering Corporate Diversity in Companies and its Implementation

Fostering Corporate Diversity
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The research papers addresses the significance of the company’s plan for adding gender inclusive bathrooms and nursing mother’s room in the new office plan. The small software company comprises of 100 employees. Recently the company bought empty office building and started drafting drafting plans to renovate the place to accommodate the growing business. A small group including 10 workers who have worked for approximately 6 years in the company in different positions requested that the management to include gender inclusive bathroom s and dedicated nursing mother’s room. Unfortunately, the current office building did not have the space required for implementation. Therefore, working in the middle management role in the company, I was appointed to lead a transition planning team involving professionals in various positions in the syndicate, to carefully analyze the company’s request to the executive board. Our findings enabled the company executives to plan to accommodate the requests and provide employees with the spaces requested in the new office building. The decision caused the human resource office to receive positive feedback regarding its implementation. However, some people complaint, while others did not understand why the gender inclusive bathroom and nursing mother’s room had to added. Therefore, the current report explains what persuaded executive board to recommend on adding the spaces. Also, it is primarily focused on educating employees about the intended purpose of the spaces and clarifies how each should be used. Furthermore, it established recommendations and policies where necessary.
Introduction
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