Use diversity! Diversity management in elementary institutions

This thesis was written in response to an interest in the topic of diversity and the desire to demonstrate the value of diversity management in elementary institutions in the context of immigration in light of current globalisation and migration processes. To this end, systematic literature research was used to analyse which diversity strategies could be relevant for the child education and care sector and how staff in training or further education are enabled to deal with the complexity of interculturality. Furthermore, the systemic interaction between organisation, manager and staff is examined. In addition, this research paper looks at the significance and strategy of diversity management using the example of the City of Linz's kindergartens. The results show that, above all, self-reflection and continuous engagement with the topic of diversity are essential. Intercultural competence can be learned, but does not develop by itself and requires above all the willingness of the entire organisation as well as sufficient time resources.