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Diversity Management
Objectives
To provide an understanding of diversity and diversity management principles
Overview
Define Diversity and Diversity
Management
EEO vice Diversity
Business Case for Diversity Management
Barriers for Diversity
Strategies for Inclusion
What is Diversity?
Elements of Diversity
Age Gender Ethnicity Race Physical Ability Sexual Orientation Physical
Characteristics
Income
Education
Marital Status
Religious Beliefs
Geographic Location
Parental Status
Personality Type
Diversity:
The uniqueness of all individuals; includes everyone.
Diversity vice EEO/AA
EEO - Laws that guarantee all people the right to apply and be evaluated for employment, regardless of their race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability.
Affirmative Action - Workforce profile improvement through recruiting, retention, and promotions
Diversity – Represents the unique values, culture and characteristics of all individuals; includes everyone.
Three R’s
EEO = Requirements
Affirmative Action = Representation
Diversity = Relationship
Diversity Quiz
Principles of Diversity Management
Establish a business strategy for effectively managing a diverse workforce
Create a positive work environment Promote personal and professional
development Empower all people to reach their full potential Attract talent that reflects America Remove barriers that hinder progress
Potential Benefits of an Effective Diversity
Management Program
Improve organizational performance Help prevent unlawful discrimination or
harassment incidents Improve workplace relations Build more effective work teams Improve organizational problem solving Improve customer service Enhanced recruitment efforts
Diversity Management builds upon EEO, but does not replace it
“By 2050, the U.S. population is expected to increase by 50% and minority groups will make up nearly half of the population…. The population of older Americans is expected to more than double. One-quarter of all Americans will be of Hispanic origin…. More women and people with disabilities will be on the job.”
U.S. Department of Labor, Futurework: Trends and Challenges
for Work in the 21st Century. Washington, D.D. (Labor Day 1999).
Changes in Demographics Create
Tension
Tension challenges our conditioning and perceptions about the nature of things
Tension creates both dangers and opportunities
NESDIS Workforce Analysis by Race & National Origin
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Nat'l CLF - Sci, Eng, & Comp 78.88% 5.41% 4.28% 11.10% 0.33%
NESDIS - Sci, Eng, & Comp 83.05% 8.80% 1.29% 6.87% 0.00%
Nat'l CLF - All Positions 73.98% 10.67% 10.87% 3.81% 0.66%
NESDIS - All Positions 77.82% 16.13% 1.78% 4.15% 0.12%
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Nat'l CLF - Sci, Eng, & Comp 76.4 23.6
NESDIS - Sci, Eng, & Comp 79.6 20.4
Nat'l CLF - All Positions 53.2 46.8
NESDIS - All Positions 65.7 34.3
Male Female
Making heads count is more important than counting heads
What are the barriers in the organization that prevent a more balanced workforce?
Possible Barriers
Limiting area of consideration
Lack of diverse applicant pool in STEM positions
Lack of diversity at the senior ranks
Categorizing people into certain positions
Always recruiting from same source
Grooming/developing only one person
Pre-selection
“Golf course” meetings
Strategies for Inclusion
(Hope is not a strategy)
The Value of Mentoring
Without regard to race, gender, religion, national origin ….
Inconvenience yourself to show someone else the way
Unleash someone else’s potential
Recruitment Alternatives
Entry level – Upward Mobility Positions
Bridge Positions
Special Appointing Authorities Schedule A for severe disabilities Veterans Readjustment Appointment Outstanding Scholar
Student Employment Programs
“All Sources” Announcements
Outreach Efforts Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Program
Cooperative Science Centers Undergraduate & Graduate Science Programs Environmental Entrepreneurship Program
Educational Outreach
Bring Your Child to Work Day
Community and Civic organizations
Professional Development
Identify training and development needs for all employees
Utilize Individual Development Plans
Rotational & Developmental Assignments
Rotate “acting” supervisor
Mind Your Business at the Workplace
You don’t have to endorse what you have to tolerate to create respectful workplace to get the job done.
If values clash, we can . . .
Celebrate
Tolerate
But not discriminate
Summary
Diversity management is about full utilization of people with different backgrounds and experiences.
Effective diversity management strategy has a positive effect on cost reduction, creativity, problem solving, and organizational flexibility.
Video:
“A Fair Way to Manage Diversity “
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look like this. There would be:
61 Asians 12 Europeans 14 from the Western
Hemisphere, both north and south
13 Africans 50 would be female 50 would be male 74 would be nonwhite 26 would be white 67 would be non-Christian 33 would be Christian 89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual 6 people would possess 59% of
the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
14 would be unable to read 33 would die of famine 1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth 7 would have a college education 8 would own a computer