Diversity Management as an Eective Tool to Support Sustainable Management in Public Sector Organizations - A Case Study at the Wasit Spinning and Knitting Factory

During the past years, important developments have taken place, that have covered various aspects of life through their impact on the work nature of organizations and institutions in various forms. We have become citizens in a new world which is the world of technological revolution, globalization, and the emergence of modern means of communication. This new reality requires a new type of human resource as an inevitable consequence of the rapid developments in the surrounding environment. The most noticeable aspect of the new world is the diverse workforce. Therefore, diversity management has become important for public institutions and business organizations for several factors, including enhancing the ability of organizations to attract and develop human resources and to retain qualified ones of them. So, organizations must create an organisational culture based on diversity. The organization’s sustainability strategy through the optimal utilization of available resources and capabilities, whether human or material is the second element in this paper . This research consists of a theoretical framework about diversity management and management sustainability and their dimensions; the second part is dedicated to the empirical part which is the checklist that is used to evaluate the actual situation of diversity management and the sustainability of management. The results show that the diversity management application and documentation level is 64%, which means that there is a gap of 36%. At the same time, the sustainable management application and documentation level were at 62.8%, so the gap is 37.2%. According to those gaps, the study recommends that new ideas must be generated and applied in this factory to reach sustainability effectively