{"id":7341,"date":"2024-04-15T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T11:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights.ieseg.fr\/?p=7341"},"modified":"2024-06-12T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:10:09","slug":"managing-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights.ieseg.fr\/en\/resource-center\/csr-sustainability-diversity\/managing-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing differences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A collective organisation par excellence, the company is made up of men and women who have to learn to work together. And when it comes to innovating, tackling an issue in a different way or breaking with established reflexes, being able to rely on a diverse range of profiles is an undeniable advantage. But how do you go about it? How do you create a working group and get the best out of it when you bring together people with different profiles? <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.ieseg.fr\/en\/resource-center\/expert\/mamta-bhatt\/\">Mamta BHATT,<\/a> Professor of Human Resources Management programme at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/en\/\">I\u00c9SEG<\/a>, explains.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In France, the business world faces a recurring accusation linked to its alleged lack of diversity, an \u00abentre-soi\u00bb which, according to the most critical, veers towards endogamy. Identical profiles, similar educational backgrounds, equivalent career paths\u2026 To be honest, this criticism is not confined to business: the world of politics and the media regularly faces the same reproach, and pop culture has long been poking fun at companies where everyone is a carbon copy of their neighbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Managing differences: the difficulty of plural agreement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The clich\u00e9 has long since been dispelled, however, and diversity has long been a feature of the world of work. But what does it achieve? We know that diversity facilitates innovation, creativity and decision-making,\u00bb stresses Mamta Bhatt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A team with heterogeneous profiles can analyze an issue from different angles, and companies with diverse profiles are better placed to understand the needs of a varied customer base.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read the full interview&nbsp;<\/strong>in the <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/ieseg\/docs\/changemagazine-march2024-issue9\">latest edition of Change Magazine<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-issuu wp-block-embed-issuu\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div data-url=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/ieseg\/docs\/changemagazine-march2024-issue9\/4\" style=\"width: 1556px; height: 1000px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This magazine aims to be an information tool, thanks to the range of expertise of our professors and the informed opinions of our professional partners in relation to current themes. 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