Workforce Diversity in Relation to the Attainment of the Organizational Development Goals of Medical Colleges of Northern Philippines and the International School of Asia and the Pacific

Abstract

Workforce Diversity plays an important role in the workplace. Work life balance is categorically part of it. Diversity exists due to human differences on the basis of color, race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, status of employment and performance rating. Companies need to focus on diversity and look for ways to become totally inclusive organizations because diversity has the potential for unyielding greater productivity and competitive advantage. Managing and valuing diversity is a key component of effective people management, which can improve workplace productivity. Unmanaged diversity in the workplace might become an obstacle to achieving organizational goals. Therefore, diversity can be perceived as a “double-edged sword”. Organizational development goals emanate from a progressive result of all the current situations at the organizational level. The profile of the respondents to the organizational development goals of the Medical Colleges of Northern Philippines and the International School of Asia and the Pacific. It can be noted that the p- value of all the variables is higher than the set alpha value. Hence, the null hypothesis is accepted, which implies that the organizational development goal of the employee is independent of their profile variables.