Diversity
With a talent pool that spans the globe, we not only celebrate the differences across our professionals, we rely on them. At Dell, every team member brings with them the possibility for something new and something great. And that's something to be proud of.
Diversity at Dell
As our customers and the talented people we're recruiting become increasingly diverse, we're regularly enhancing our company culture in order to assure it effectively attracts, retains, develops and makes use of the skills of all employees. The simple definition of diversity is "any combination of individuals who are similar in some ways and different in others." In the workplace, people tend to generally associate diversity with characteristics that are readily and easily identified such as race, ethnicity or gender.
To be diverse in a professional environment, however, refers to much more. Diversity applies to education, thinking style, marital status and virtually any other difference that can be recognized between individuals. In this context, we consider diversity to be the beneficial collective mixture of all people at Dell.
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Workforce Diversity Process
The Workforce Diversity Process at Dell consists of a team approach and a six-tenet model. The effort is being implemented by respective business units under the guidance of Dell's Global Diversity Team and Global Diversity Council.
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Our Diversity Program
The transformation of Dell into a diversity mature organization will require focus on both structure and culture change. Structural changes take the form of processes, practices and systems. Cultural change occurs over time and is a result of the behaviours and outcomes that occur on a daily basis. Culture also is influenced by each of us and the values each of us bring to the workplace each day. Culture change requires time and care to influence, since it is the result of interactions between the workforce on a day-to-day basis.
To affect deep cultural change is tricky. It begins with each and every employee taking personal responsibility and becoming involved in the diversity effort. Cultural transformation takes time and a collective effort between management, employees and senior leaders of the company. Successfully managed, cultural transformation can be achieved and will help to create a competitive advantage for Dell.
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