Human Resource Management

1. Human Resource Management
R. WAYNE MONDY
ROBERT M. NOE
Ninth Edition
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management

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Chapter 3: Workforce Diversity, Equal
Employment Opportunity, and Affirmative Action
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By 2010, it is expected that the US workforce
will become more diverse.
 There must be a proper response on the part
of management to achieve productivity in the
light of diversity.

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 Diversity: any perceived difference among people:
age, functional specialty, profession, sexual
orientation, geographic origin, lifestyle, tenure within
the organization or position.
Diversity management: ensuring that the factors
are in place to provide for and encourage the
continued development of a diverse workforce by
melding these actual and perceived differences
among workers to achieve maximum productivity.
Diversity and Diversity Management

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 Single parents and working mothers
 Women in business
 Workers of color
 Older workers
 People with disabilities
 Immigrants
 Young people with limited education or skills
 Educational level of employees
 Dual-career family (both husband and wife have jobs
and family responsibilities.)
Components of the present diverse workforce

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 Civil Rights Act of 1866
 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in
1972
 Age Discrimination in employment Act of 1967as
amended in 1978 and 1986,
 Rehabilitation Act of 1973
 Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986
 Immigration Act of 1990
 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996
 The Civil Rights Act of 1991
Major laws affecting equal employment opportunity

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Other major supreme court decisions and presidential
executive orders in the US have had a positive impact
on equal employment opportunity.
Besides Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as amended,
created the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission which was charged with administering
the act.
Other factors that have an impact on equal
employment opportunity

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Factors influencingEqual Employment Opportunity
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The adverse impact is a concept established by the Uniform
Guidelines on Employee selection procedures. It occurs if
women and minorities are not hired at the rate f at least 80%
of the best achieving group.
Affirmative Action Program (AAP) is an approach that an
organization with government contracts develops to
demonstrate that women or minorities are employed in
proportion to their representation in the firm’s labor market.