EXPLAIN WHY AND HOW ORGANISATIONS DO THE BEST THEY CAN TO PROVIDE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION?
Looking at the title, it is easily assumable that some laws have been placed in order for such a subject to arise. Organisations globally had one theme in mind, ‘money’, and how they could keep the process of making it going. According to eHow Money, working conditions in many if not all places were extremely poor, most died from machinery or toxicity from work areas, especially as many worked long hours for poor pay. (EconLib, 2002)
For most people, whether in the UK or the US, the working class were really ‘working class’, even though jobs were developing the intensity of the job was not lessened, they were indeed laborious.
As the years went on, leading from the early ages of industrial work, developing into the current year 2013 much has changed. Till now legislations have been passed in order for all employees to have rights within the organisation that they work, Rights such as Equal Pay, Sex Discrimination, Race Relations, Gender Recognition amongst many since as early as the 1970’s. (University of Bradford, 2010)
Through such laws being passed, men and women are able to work side by side , earn fair pay and have the same standing as man within the working society, though even through these laws, discrimination of sexes is still large and racism is still a factor.
Individuals differ, and very much so, through ethnicity, physique, gender, family experiences, motivation, attitudes and personality. (Laurie J Mullins, 2010, Chapter 4)
‘Sensitivity to individual needs and differences, especially in terms of their resilience, becomes particularly significant, when organisations embark on change initiatives. Such changes may lead to new mind sets, new attitudes and new perceptions that enable people to cope and adjust to the different world’. (Laurie J Mullins, 2010, Chapter 4) People’s perception of the working environment has changed so much that for an employer to create a scenario of discrimination is no longer a laughing matter, employers must
For most people, whether in the UK or the US, the working class were really ‘working class’, even though jobs were developing the intensity of the job was not lessened, they were indeed laborious.
As the years went on, leading from the early ages of industrial work, developing into the current year 2013 much has changed. Till now legislations have been passed in order for all employees to have rights within the organisation that they work, Rights such as Equal Pay, Sex Discrimination, Race Relations, Gender Recognition amongst many since as early as the 1970’s. (University of Bradford, 2010)
Through such laws being passed, men and women are able to work side by side , earn fair pay and have the same standing as man within the working society, though even through these laws, discrimination of sexes is still large and racism is still a factor.
Individuals differ, and very much so, through ethnicity, physique, gender, family experiences, motivation, attitudes and personality. (Laurie J Mullins, 2010, Chapter 4)
‘Sensitivity to individual needs and differences, especially in terms of their resilience, becomes particularly significant, when organisations embark on change initiatives. Such changes may lead to new mind sets, new attitudes and new perceptions that enable people to cope and adjust to the different world’. (Laurie J Mullins, 2010, Chapter 4) People’s perception of the working environment has changed so much that for an employer to create a scenario of discrimination is no longer a laughing matter, employers must