Diversity poses a threat to the organization's effective functioning. Expressed discomfort with the dominant group's values is oversensitivity. Members of all diverse groups want to become and should be more like the dominant group.
Equal treatment means the same treatment.
Managing diversity requires changing the people, not the organizational culture. Although, these assumptions have been challenged, they still remain implanted in many organizations. The first three categories listed above address diversity issues related to ethnicity and gender, and the last two categories encompass all individual differences and are directed to all employees. He surveyed and interviewed 69 diversity managers, consultants, and academicians and found seven innovative diversity initiatives. Although there is a wide range of approaches and strategies for managing diversity, there is no single approach or strategy that can be recommended for all organizational situations.