Diversity Management and Stereotyping HR Management Response

Diversity Management and Stereotyping HR Management Response

Student One:

• “Diversity management is ensuring that factors are in place to provide for and encourage the continued development of a diverse workforce by combining these actual and perceived differences among workers to achieve maximum productivity.” Simply put, diversity management is the process of utilizing a diverse workforce to be advantageous for the corporation. Some elements that have had an impact on our current workforce diversity are as follows; Single parents/working mothers, women in the workforce, mothers returning to the workforce, dual-career families, ethnicity and race, older workers, people with disabilities, immigrants, foreign workers, younger people with limited skills, and many others. All of these niche workforce demographics have helped identify the diversity within the US workforce. Many of these simply didn’t exist 70 years ago while some potentially will cease to exist in the future. Being aware of the ever changing workforce diversity is essential for managers to ensure they continue to give their firm the competitive edge.The component making the most impact today, in my opinion, is single parents within the workforce. With our culture currently experiencing a rampant growth in single parent families, either through divorce, personal choice, or various other reasons, the workplace has been forced to adapt. Obstacles that arise with single parent care-givers, have forced companies to adapt certain policies to support a percentage of their workforce that needs things specific to single parent families. In the Navy, great lengths are taken to ensure these sailors have the support they need to keep the mission on track for completion.

StudentTwo:

• What diversity management means to me is a person or persons in charge of implementing people into the department from all races, nationalities and ethical backgrounds. In doing this, the workplace will be equally balanced in the employees rather than one race or ethnicity only. This should also include internal and external promotional opportunities being offered to all qualified employees of all ethical backgrounds. Unfortunately, even in 2019, diversity management is still an option and not a requirement for certain businesses. Different types of diversity management include disability and ability, age and generation, sexual orientation and etcetera. The most important to me is managing the diversity of race and ethnicity. A place where employees feel uncomfortable for something they cannot change will more than likely not stay at the place of employment. In more severe cases, it could also cost the company a lot of financial strain. The company could also gain a reputation for discrimination and keep potential new employees from applying. Word of mouth goes far. If an employee is comfortable and treated fairly, then they will more than likely stay at that place of employment and recruit other employees. Ways to implement diversity management for race and ethnicity could begin with something as small as not overlooking an application because of a person’s name. I’m sure we’ve all heard that story. Also implementing sensitivity training before an incident occurs could also prevent one being needed in the future. Without diversity management a company with surely gather a bad rapport or in worse case, it will fail.

Student three:

• Analysis:Starbucks is a massive global brand that is everywhere. In almost every city, there is a Starbucks. The strength of the company os the presence. There are locations inside retailers, stand-alone locations, and products for sell on grocery shelves. Because the brand Starbucks is global, they can use their imagination to do more to expand, diversify their items and products. Right now it’s mostly coffee and tea, but why not expand to wines and spirits? Or flavored non-caffeinated drinks? Starbucks has the opportunity to partner with other retailers like Panera Bread where healthy food meets the non-essential drink markets. They have a weakness with price, so they can find more cost-effective ingredients that threaten their price tag. Another threat is the fact that coffee cafes are everywhere, so why not take their strength as a global brand and add to their location settings. They could add more than wi-fi, what if they offer business services (like business consulting, on-site tutors, or even have extended hours when nearby a collegiate campus). There are many great things about Starbucks, but there are things that could be better. I’ve visited there as a student to do my work, and I wanted more options and available help if possible. I do think this a strong company that can only get better with time, just cut the cost for students, we can’t afford it.

Student four:

• Costco has been a firm that continues to fascinate me. In this world which relies so heavily on the convenience of ordering items online to be delivered within hours it stands firmly in the ring of brick and mortar locations.

  Internal
  Strengths		Weaknesses
  Pricing Authority		Membership Cost
  Physical Locations		Limited Product variaty
  Multi-service		High density locations
  Brand Loyalty		Aging Customer Base
  External
  Opportunities		Threats
  Expansion		Amazon
  E-commerce		Warehouse Competition
  Younger generations		Technology dependency

  Strengths: COSTCO builds much of its success on lowest priced option available to consumers as well as a brand loyalty that comes with it. Pound for pound it continues to be one of the cheapest option for high quality products available to consumers. Weaknesses: A lot of the brand loyalty leans on an aging customer base as younger generations lean towards e-commerce as a means of purchasing low-cost high-quality products. While COSTCO carries a number of brands in store, not every brand gets represented and the search for a specific brand of marinara sauce might go without reward. Locations can be spare and limited in parts of the US leading to areas with locations to be densely crowding during standard daily hours and even worse on the weekends. Opportunities:COSTCO does steadily expand year after year, however, there is a chance for COSTCO to expand into markets that it hasn’t fully tapped into yet. E-commerce is probably the biggest frontier that COSTCO is apart of but maintains its smallest foot print. Threats: E-commerce giant Amazon offers some of the same products at similar or even the same price, there by reducing the need for a COSTCO membership. While there are other competitors in the warehouse/bulk-sale category, e-commerce is probably the single greatest threat to COSTCO as it is more and more popular with younger generations

Student five:

Diversity is anything that addresses the differences between people. Developing a diverse atmosphere and team has some hurdles, but the benefits far exceed them. Hiring staff with different backgrounds has the potential to provide a business an advantage since:

• • New ideas and perspectives are introduced
  • A head start on innovation can occur because the company is pulling ideas from various types of people
  • Consumers can potentially assist with relating better to the company

  A company and its HR management team can establish and manage a diverse environment as by:

  • Hiring the most qualified personnel
  • Recruit outside the box (i.e. hiring the qualified engineer that happens to be a female)
  • Put the policies in writing; most companies use the employee handbook to address these policies
  • Enforce a zero-tolerance policy; jokes or stereotypes do not belong at in the workplace
  • Secure buy-in, the highest level of management need to be on-board, or the policies will not be enforced
  • Companies need to invest in training for all employees

Student six:

• Being a manager myself, I understand the difficulty of managing a large group of people where most if not all of them are focused on the same topic, with the same goal. My group consists of all races, genders, and especially a wide age gap (my way or the highway). Managing each individual is the easy part of the job. The tough and trying part is trying to manage them in small groups. When you place these individuals into small groups to complete the many tasks at times due to their age and gender can lead to some intense situations, because each person has their own view how to get things accomplished the best way. Of course not everyone in the group sees it that way and their way is better because of previous experiences. Yes, diversity can be from previous experiences. So, at this point a manager must guide the group without actually becoming a micro-manager into giving a little and getting a little. Guiding them to compromise is the key and making them all feel that they had input. Then giving them all accolades on a job well done. Diversity can be managed if the leader stays actively involved and watches each days progress from a distance. That way they can gauge and determine when it’s best to step in and keep the group on course.

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