ADM 624 Module 7 DQ 2

ADM 624 Week 7 DQ 2

Diversity in any organization is important for success, having staff members from different ages, gender and races ensures a better service delivery. Government agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and many others should be at the forefront in the pursuit of this goal. As a leader I would want to build a strong and diverse organization, this will not be successful if I would only rely on one approach or solution. As a senior manager working for these state agencies, I would ensure that I recognize and appreciate the diversity in the staff. When you recognize that individuals have difference in culture, race, genders and so on is the first step towards ensuring that the other members of staff do too. Leading by example would be the best ways of making this trait permeate into the group. This can be achieved by ensuring fair treatment of everyone irrespective of their beliefs, gender, and age and so on (Kreitz, 2007).

I will also push for policies that encourage interaction; this can be in recruitment, training, and the composition of various departments and so on. To ensure change in how people act must begin with reinforcement and changes in the organizational policies and processes which define how people operate. Apart from policy development, I would encourage interaction at the workplace by encouraging the agents to work together on assignments, participate in together in sports, teambuilding and so on. Conducting training of staff on issues of diversity training of all the staff is one of the ways that I would use to educate departmental heads and all the other agents (Kreitz, 2007). I would also push for accountability, this I will do by ensuring the departmental heads and other leaders are responsible for all matters of diversity. This I will do by linking their performance assessments and compensation in relation to what they have achieved towards the progress of diversity initiatives. However, a successful diversity program is developed out of the often small, day to day actions by staff from all levels in the organization (Aronson, 2002). Laws can help to guide them towards this goal, but only in the beginning, a complete change from the heart is one that can be more sustainable (Makower, 1995).