Aberystwyth University Concepts of Primary and Secondary Diversity Paper & PPT

PART 1-You are a new manager of a small company that is expanding rapidly. At your previous company, diversity was the center point of the company’s initiatives and played a critical role in their success within the industry. Diversity is not the focal point at your new company, and for a continuously growing and successful company, it should be. You decide to create a presentation that focuses on diversity and present it at an upcoming management meeting.

INSTRUCTION–Create a presentation (slides and speaker’s notes) that:

• Examines the concepts of primary and secondary diversity.
• Discusses the differences, provides examples for each, and addresses the role of impacting individual perspectives.
• Explains the benefits of employing a diverse workforce with example.
• Provides research and examples to analyze the outcomes of companies in today’s market.
• Illustrates the challenges of employing a diverse workforce with example.

SCENARIO

You are the hiring manager for a large tech company. You are in the process of recruiting new employees for a global expansion project and seeing a large percentage of females entering the tech industry over the past few years. Because of this, the CEO has asked you to put together a part of the new training guide on the rights and responsibilities relating to gender diversity in the workplace.

INSTRUCTIONS

Develop a section of the training guide that:

• Provides an introduction of gender diversity in the workforce.
• Describes any existing legal protections for gender diversity in the workforce.
• What do these policies cover, and what are their limitations?
• Discusses the EEOC- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – what is it?
• What is its role in protecting gender diversity in the workforce?
• Explains how a company’s global expansion might affect its gender diversity strategy with example.
• Illustrates why effective diversity planning is so important to a global company and what role ethics play in planning and implementation.
• Provide examples of strategies for conducting business and managing a diverse global workforce.