Role of employee diversity with homogenous organisations cultures-with reference to the Study on Dabbawalla Organisation

Diversity management is a strategic process to manage a diverse workforce including the fight against stereotypes, prejudice and all kind of discrimination due to the individual perceptions and assumptions. The integration and learning perspective recognizes that the skills and experiences acquired based on membership in a cultural identity group are valuable assets that can positively impact the way the group conceptualizes and addresses problems and defines its markets.

It has also been identified as a key factor that influences the homogeneous team performance are the cultural factors in the individual attributes of team members like the skill, knowledge, ability and how these contributions can potentially combine to dictate overall performance outcomes for the team. The fashion in which a team is configured has a strong influence on team processes and the outcomes that the team achieves. The Dabbawallas is one such Indian Organisation which proves the perfection in business performance with a culture of homogeneous teams.