Workplace diversity refers to the variety of differences among people within an organization. Diversity encompasses race, gender, age, sexual orientation and other differentiators. For employees from widely diverse backgrounds to function effectively in an organization, managers must effectively manage issues such as communication, adaptability, and change. Successful management of this diversity aims to leverage the strengths of diversity in relation to the differences of individuals in order to maximize their contributions and promote the overall success of the company. Today, as always, the world is changing, which will lead to significant demographic changes in the future. The population will continue to diversify, leading to workforce disparity based on age, ethnicity, particularly with regard to immigration, and gender.1 To be effective , managers must be aware of the changes and be ready to implement new measures to adapt. their company and their employees. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the workforce is aging rapidly, in other words, age diversity in the workplace will increase in the future.2 Managing teams made up of different age groups can be difficult because a “generation gap” often develops. » When managing groups of people from different generations, they often have different opinions about the expectations and definitions of working within a department. This can often give rise to feelings of unfairness or inequality within the organization.3 When dealing with older and younger employees, managers often need to consider a difference learning style. Today's technology, which may make a recent graduate feel very comfortable, will cause immense consternation in an older employee who finds themselves in the middle of a paper... there is no no more individual differences but common ground on which to build a future structure. . Through “cross-cultural management,” we can bring together people or organizations with different viewpoints and unite to increase the effectiveness of our cause, discussion, or goal. Reference sources: United States Department of Labor. (2006) Futurework: Trends and challenges of work in the 21st century. Retrieved from http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/herman/reports/futurework/conference/trends/trendsl.htm 1,2,6Bauer, T. & Erdogan, B. (2013). Managing demographic and cultural diversity. Retrieved from http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/bookhub/reader/3?e=bauer-ch02_s01#bauer-ch02_s01 3,4,5Adler, N. (2008). Create cultural synergy. J. Calhoun and M. Acuna, International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior (pp. 99-122). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning. 7