INTRODUCTION Relating and working with people who hold different perspectives and different views brings different qualities to the workplace. Diversity consists of visible and non-visible differences that include sex‚ age‚ background‚ race‚ disability‚ personality and work style. This means that diversity has an impact on the products and services developed by the workforce and on personal‚ interpersonal‚ and organizational activities. Managers of diverse work groups need to understand how their
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1. Question : Which of the following is prohibited discrimination under civil rights law? Student Answer: discrimination in hiring discrimination in compensation discrimination in classification all of the above Points Received: 1.25 of 1.25 Comments: Question 2. Question : What can employers do to ensure that permatemps‚ that is‚ individuals from staffing firms who have long-term relationships with an employer‚ are not considered employees of their firm? Student
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HR 582 DIVERSITY AUDIT Conducting a Diversity Audit for Public Health Informatics Consultants‚ (PHICON Corporation) Table of Contents Contents Executive Summary 3 Organizational Background 4 Selected Criteria/Audit Methods 5 What is Diversity 5 How is Diversity Measured 6 I. Quantitative Measurements 7 II. Qualitative Measurements 7 Description of PHICON’s Diversity Initiatives 8 Design of the Audit 8 Scope of the Audit 8 Evaluation of PHICON’s Diversity Initiatives
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1. Globalization: the trend toward opening up foreign markets to international trade and investment 2. Embracing new tech-HRIS‚ training‚ the internet a) HRIS (human resource information system)- provides current and accurate data for purposes of control and decision-making. Three key terms: operational‚ relational‚ transformational b) Training- 3. Reactive change: change that occurs after external forces have already affected performance Proactive change: change initiated to take advantage of targeted
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1. The Texas political culture is a blend of traditionalist and individualist. Both of the traits can be traced back to the formation of Texas. The individualist roots of the lone star state can be tied to several factors. First‚ the American settlers and the Mexican people who strived to better themselves through opportunities had an individual mindset that made them desire to settle the rugged land. Second‚ after the revolution Texas became its own nation and with its own constitution. Third
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past then we would no longer need affirmative action. Racism still exists and will forever exist in the world because the history it has of getting here. The book talks about how law institutionalizes the American ideal of equality‚ and this may be true but there are always people that are in these positions that corrupt and contaminate the entire system. Things have changed from the past form how racial discrimination was. It’s just done now through actions more so now than verbalizing. You
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needs. As such‚ organizations assets include the employees that provide a viable advantage to the said organization. Forward thinking organizations have this perspective and show this; by the way‚ employees are hired‚ promoted and compensated. This action on the organizations part creates an environment and workforce poised for corporate success. Implementing a strategic human resource management plan As a public manager working together with other managers and employees helps to foster a healthy
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The (EEOC) means that everybody have the same opportunity to work. It is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. John F. Kennedy sign a document where everyone had the right to work‚ and every employment without regard to their race‚ creed‚ color‚ or nation origin. The EEOC was established on July 2‚ 1965. This order establish and maintain a positive program of equal employment opportunity for all civilian employees and applicants for
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Daniels_ Mary_ ASSIGNMENT 1 CHAPTER 1 1. Are people always an organization’s most valuable resource? Why or why not? 4 points The human capital is always the most valuable and import asset of any organization. It takes a person to create the vision for any business or non-profit enterprise and people to execute that vision and make it a reality. There are other significant assets within an organization‚ and all other assets have to be allocated to or managed by people. Organizations that
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CASE PRACTICE #1 We noted in the chapter that some researchers have provided evidence that diversity training programs may not be delivering the expected outcomes. The authors interpret this evidence as a sign that corporate efforts to improve diversity are more effective when the focus is on concrete measurable goals with accountability. It may be that entrenched attitudes related to race‚ ethnicity‚ and gender are just too hard to change in short-term classroom settings. Others argue that diversity
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