Length: 1-2 pages

Due: Sunday, July 10th

Value: 120 Points for 12% of the total points 

Format: Upload in the Blackboard Assignment Submission by Sunday of Week 2

Background:  This course emphasizes leveraging diverse resources to implement innovative strategies in a business setting. This assignment will focus on the firm’s most valuable asset – the workforce (employees). This exercise will review data, analysis, and research regarding the outcomes of maintaining a diverse workforce. Utilizing the course-provided report, along with exploring additional references, information and data will present the culture of diverse employees, backgrounds, and ideas that can lead to innovative profit-maximizing strategies (CLO#2, CLO#3).   

Directions:

1. Read the publicly available report by McKinsey & Company “Diversity wins: How inclusion matters”      (located in Week 2: Assignments in Blackboard). An overview of this report is available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-wins-how-inclusion-matters
2.  Find two additional references that focus on outcomes of retaining diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The references should be business-oriented, targeting an academic or professional audience. Examples include the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Forbes, etc. 
3.  Create an infographic, providing data and information regarding maximizing firm’s profits through building/maintaining a diverse workforce. You may want to review what an infographic is and the purpose:

· What Makes an Effective Infographic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl9ZcfKt8sY

· How to Make an Infographic in 5 Steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQXf_d5Mgjg

Some resources for creating the infographic include:

– Piktochart – https://piktochart.com/

– Canva – https://www.canva.com/

– Infogram – https://infogram.com/

– Google Charts (Powerpoint)

Deliverable: Upload the infographic you created. Provide a 1-2 page paper that describes the infographic. Provide an introduction, and a brief overview (body) that describes what data is provided. Finally, provide a conclusion that summarizes your findings from the available data. Please remember to use APA format and cite references.