Hrdv 5710 Change Model

HRDV 5710- Diversity Notes for Mid-Term Exam Change Model

Unfreezing of traditional ways and managing diversity: more acknowledgment of different dimensions of diversity, new legislation, a movement to value differences, growing opportunities to serve new global and domestic markets, and an awareness that diversity if valued and managed well can produce more motivated employees and a competitive advantage to the bottom line, that is the business case for diversity. Ex. changing the laws, rules, training, and demographic
Change effort will happen only with solid diversity leadership both on the corporate and employee network group levels, assessment of diversity efforts, and effective training that changes individual attitudes and organizational
Prejudice based on race is referred to as racial prejudice. Racial prejudice resides within the individual; racism resides within society’s structures and institutions.
Racism- can be seen as a system of advantage based on race.
Disparities- any differences among populations that are statistically significant and differ from the reference group by at least 10%.
Whites hold 83% of all management level jobs in both the private and public sector, but they make up 68% of the country’s population.
Racial profiling is the use of race alone as a criterion by police officers as a reason for stopping and detaining someone who appears suspicious of criminal activity. It has become some common that African Americans call it the crime of “DWB” short for “Driving While Black”.
Police brutality- the use of excessive for by police officers.
***Asian Americans fall below white people in education. Their investment in education does not pay off. There’s a glass ceiling for them.
Hispanics are the nation’s largest minority, and immigration patterns ensure that the number of Hispanics will continue to grow more rapidly than that of African
Risk Taking: High or Low? f. Americans are risk takers. They want the contract signed. They want everything to go perfect because they want the contract with you.
**The Tale of O is about a person standing out in a group.
Horizontal segregation- female predominately occupations like education, healthcare, retailing, etc.
Vertical segregation- occurs when both genders work in the same industries but men are percieved as being capable, skillful and qualified for the better paying and more upwardly mobile line positions (like sales, branch management, etc.)
Transactional leader- goal directed leadership style. Men tend to use this style more.
Transformational leader- relationship oriented leadership style.
Glass ceiling- is when women having a career progression that only goes so far, usually to mid-level management positions and then stopped.
Dominant masculinity- is a gender identity that allows those men who abide by its behavior to have a greater access to power and wealth. In the US, it is defined by the ability to excel at competition and risk, be self-assured, withhold emotions, possess physical strength have control over situations, be the breadwinners of families, and not act feminine or be