Matakuliah : J0124/Manajemen Sumber Daya Manusia
Tahun
: 2007/2008
MODUL 4
Managing Diversity &
Equal Employment
Pertemuan 4
Learning Outcomes
After studying this chapter you should be
able to :
• Define what is diversity management & why it is
important
• Discuss several arguments supporting & opposing
affirmative action
• Describe how women are affected by work/family &
job assignment issues in orgz.
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• Discuss the 2 types of sexual harassment & how
employers should respond to complaints
• Identify 2 means orgz. are using to deal with the
aging of their workforces
• Discuss how reasonable accomodation is made whaen
managing individuals with disbilities & differing
religious beliefs
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Outline
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Managing diversity
Diversity training
Sex/gender issues in EEO
Sexual harassment & workplace relationships
Age issues & diversity management
• Individuals with disabilities in the workforce
• Religion & spirituality in workplace
• Individuals with differing lifestyles &
orientation
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sexual
Managing diversity
• Approaches to managing diversity
* resistance
* fairness
* access-legitimacy
* diversity culture
• Diversity management programs & activities
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Diversity training
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Components of diversity training
Effects of diversity training
Backlash against diversity efforts
Affirmative action & diversity efforts
Sex/gender issues in EE
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Nepotism
Job assignments & “Nontraditional Jobs”
The glass ceiling
“Glass Walls” and “Glass Elevator”
Breaking the glass
Sexual Harassment &
Workplace Relationships
• Consensual relationships & romance at work
• Nature of sexual harassment
* quid pro quo
* hostile environment
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Age issues &
diversity management
• Age discrimination & workforce reductions
• Attracting, retaining & managing older workers
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Individuals with disabilities
in the workforce
• Reasonable accomodations
* recruiting indiviuals with disabilities
* employees who develop disabilities
* employees with mental disabilities
• Individuals with threatening illnesses
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Religion & spirituality
in the workplaces
• The reason to make accomodation of employees’
beliefs is because many religions have differing days
of worship holiday
• Another potential conflict in religious practices is in
area of dress & appearance
• Other issue relates to religious expressions
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Individuals with differing
lifestyle & sexual orientation
• One specific issue is transgendered individuals who
have had or are undergoing sex change surgery
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Closing
• Efforts to value diversity can enhance organizational
performance
• Diversity training has had limited success
• There are two types of sexual harassment
• Reasonable accomodation is a strategy that can be
used to deal with the religious diversity of employees
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• Managing diversity means ensuring that individuals
are treated with respect at work
• Employer should develop policies on sexual
harassment
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