Strategy 1- Promote an inclusive and respectful work culture and environment

1.A plan for the management and respecting diversity within the workforce in the will include the following strategies:

Strategy 1- Promote an inclusive and respectful work culture and environment

The outcomes of the strategy will include- The awareness of diversity will increase among the employees of the AX Media; the AX Media will have access to the workplace for the people that are disabled; The environment within the AX Media company will support people that are belonging from diverse backgrounds.

Strategy 2- Improving the ability of AX Media to attract, recruit and retain people that are belonging from the diverse backgrounds and also target the underrepresented diversity groups.

The outcomes of the strategy will include greater amount of access for the people from different cultures and backgrounds that are underrepresented in AX Media; AX Media will be support the underrepresented diversity groups.

Strategy 3: improve the understanding of AX Media with respect to the workplace diversity issues and at the same time increase the workplace diversity metrics.

The desired outcomes of the strategy will include improved identification of the priorities of the employees and the organization on diversity matters.

In Australia, the anti-discrimination law emphasizes on the following legislation:

• Sex discrimination act, 1984
• Racial discrimination act 1975
• Disability discrimination act 1992
• Age discrimination act 2004

2.In order to communicate with the employees or the team members regarding the communication requires proper channelling between the mangers and the employees. The communication plan will include the various provision of protocols and convention. A press release into the local media can be released regarding the establishment and the development of the diversity program. This will be focussed on enhancing the effectiveness and culture within the workplace. A manager can be employed that will be implementing the plans through the distribution of the materials and brochures to the employees, holding seminars and classes. Group meetings for the employees can be held. The employees can be asked for their feedback regarding the plan. After the plan will be in place, educational sessions with the employees can be conducted to increase the diversity planning within the community. After the plan is in place, educational sessions can be held with the employees so that the employees are able communicate with others. An article on diversity can frame which will be framed as a protocol and it will contain the goals for the employees. The workplace diversity will be achieved through learning the nature diversified culture and the different people that belong from the culture.

The personal communication style will play a major role in communicating the positive workplace relationships, building of trust and the model behaviours. The workplace diversity plan will further include amending the plan for the purpose of improvement. The plan will be improved through gathering the feedbacks from the employees, identification and improvement of the various parts of the suggested plan. Hiring employees for the AX Media company must have a properly deigned advertisement that will promote the diversity of the workplace. The advertisements will serve as a guiding material for the employees. The pictures will contain the important aspects. Follow through and clear communication is necessary to ensure that the policies are effective. For the purpose of internal communication, the employees, it is necessary that the employees must feel confident. There is a need to bring an inclusive change and assumptions must be avoided. One of the best way to achieve a persistent change is to set up an internal communication channel and have a proper feedback channel.

3.The five types of the difference that apply to the workers in your organization are the different employees based on the age, gender of the employees, race and ethnicity, workers with the disabilities, diversity in thinking and workplace type.

4.The four to aspects of diversity that applies to the Australian Society are as follows:

• Language diversity
• Culture
• Age
• Disability status

5.The four items of the legislation that provide the short description of the ways in which the diversity of AX Media can be related are as follows:

• Discrimination based on the based on the age- the objective of this legislation is based on the discrimination of the person on the grounds of age in areas like accommodation, facilities and services, provision of goods, access to the premises, education and areas of work.
• Discrimination based on the disability- the objective of this legislation is to eliminate the discrimination based on the access to the premises, education, accommodation and work.
• Discrimination based on the race- the objective of this legislation is to eliminate the discrimination of a culturally diverse person that are working in a company, or an organization.
• Discrimination n based on sex- the objective of this legislation is to eliminate all sorts of discrimination against the women in a workplace. It also includes the objective of eliminating the discrimination based on the gender identity, sexual orientation, and grounds of sex.

6.The four examples of the procedures that can be implemented for supporting the inclusivity are as follows:

• Looking for the imbalances in the sources of information
• Actively seeking for the different types of the viewpoints
• Embracing active inclusion in the workplace.
• Making conscious effort so the imbalances can be fixed.

7.The five examples of the barriers to the inclusive engagement and the strategies are as follows:

• Language is the first and the foremost barrier in terms of communication and the effective transmission of message. This can be eliminated by having translators that can effectively translate into native language.
• The second example is the culturally incompetent employees are that are unable to accept workers from a different race or ethnicity. This can be effectively eliminated by training the workforce.
• Gender discrimination is also a major issue and majority of the male employees are seen to be unwilling to work with a female manager as their supervisor. Such issues can be eliminated by helping the employees to get trained and increase which will promote gender balance.
• Disability is also a major issue which brings forth the major issues of discrimination within the workforce. Such issues can be eliminated by helping the disabled people have a friendly work environment within the company.
• Employees from different religion also face discrimination and it can be reduced by increasing the tolerance within the employees through the training sessions.

8.The four examples of the actions that can be taken to support an individual for whom first language is not English includes the following:

• Recruiting a translator that can actively translate for the people that do not know English
• Having training session for the employees that are not good at English.
• Helping the employees that are weak in English
• Assisting the employees so that they can have a learning environment

9.When scoping for the diversity-

• The nature of the diversity will be established because it will have employees from different cultural background.
• Quantify and qualify the sources of diversity is to assess the authenticity of the information.
• Research and identification of the benefits is done so as to make the benefits properly applicable for the employees.
• Identification and analyse the information on legislation is to properly analyse the exact legislation on discrimination.  
• So that the exact solution can be devised for the problem.

10.When integrating diversity into the workplace, compliance between workplace and diversity can be reached through the policies, planning and procedures.

11.The implementation of the diversity across the workplace will promote the healthy work environment and it will enhance the coherence within the employees with added responsibility.

12.The reviewing and evaluating the diversity in the workplace will promote a persistent continuance of the workplace diversity.