Inclusion and Diversity

Organization culture comprises of a set of unwritten rules which give a unique personality to the organization. It is the system of shared assumption values that dictates the behaviour of the members in the organization. It displays various characteristics which may presume different weightages in different organizations. Members judge their values and try to match these perceived set of characteristics. These include innovation, attention to detail, emphasis on outcome, emphasis on people, teamwork and stability. The process oriented characteristics are easy to adapt for the companies. However the real challenge lies in adapting to the characteristics related to people. This is where diversity and inclusion play a very crucial role. It becomes imperative on the companies part to adapt to the cross cultural challenges, particularly when there is globalization taking place. Things are changing at a very rapid pace and culture is no exception to it; the company which tries to keep up its pace with this change is able to sustain itself better. Diversity and inclusion are a major facet of this change process and often the cause of concern in current scenario. Hence it is interesting to understand their impact on organizational culture.