You have just accepted a new position in a multinational corporation doing business in several countries. As an experienced HR professional, you understand how equal employment opportunity and related employment laws continue to shape human resource policies and practices, and you are committed to establishing and maintaining compliant and equitable work environments, both in the U.S. and internationally. You also recognize that changing workforce demographics have influenced the need for developing strategies that not only comply with legal requirements but also focus on optimizing talent for greater individual and organizational success. In your new position, you are considering the implementation of a diversity management strategy. However, your prior experience with diversity management is limited to organizations based solely in the U.S. Therefore, it is imperative that you consider how a diversity management strategy would transfer as an employment practice to the organization’s international locations in Europe, India, and the Middle East.

Given this background, conduct an analysis that addresses the following:

• Provide a general description of what diversity management is and how it contributes to developing an effective work environment.
• Analyze workforce demographic trends in the geographic regions where the organization does business (U.S., Europe, India, and the Middle East), and identify the main sources of diversity for each country.
• Compare and contrast the legal and cultural differences that would influence the success or lack of success of a global diversity management strategy in each geographic region.