Management Careers and Diversity discussion

Business Finance

Assignment 5: Management Careers and Diversity

Due Week 10 and worth 165 points

A company has experienced several lawsuits as a result of equal employment opportunity (EEO) infractions. No diversity training has occurred within the company to date. As a newly promoted manager in this organization, you are given the responsibility to determine the effects of implementing diversity training for all levels of the employees in terms of future litigation and EEO problems. Consider how diversity fits into the scope of organization development and how the organizational leaders may have to change to learn from these lawsuits.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

  1. Outline an HR strategic plan that includes diversity training for all employee levels.
  2. Focus specific diversity training segments to address management’s perspectives.
  3. Use a change model to persuade management to implement needed modifications to the organization’s practices.
  4. Propose a brief training outline of diversity content.
  5. Recommend a comprehensive method of evaluation to ensure the training will create the needed changes.
  6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Reconstruct career management models to achieve career goals.
  • Classify management development factors.
  • Research organization development and change theories.
  • Evaluate the effects of Diversity Training on HRD.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in developing human capital.
  • Write clearly and concisely about developing human capital using proper writing mechanics.

Post-disaster Prepardness, Recovery And Vulnerability Discussion Posts

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1-Regardless of the cause of the disaster, whether it is natural or man-made, responders will need to provide resources to the community, as well as keeping their resources to a sufficient level. However, the challenge of evenly or justly distribute the resources to all the people involved and through all the phases of the disaster is persistent. “Supply Chain is the network of organizations that are involved, through upstream and downstream linkages, in the different processes and activities that produce value in the form of products and services in the hands of the ultimate consumer” – Martin Christopher. The follow-up supply is a rapid and continuous response after big disasters such as earthquakes, floods, typhoons is essential for saving lives and damage reduction. In this phase, the effectiveness of the rescue efforts depends on the right distribution of aid materials and sufficient aid personnel. The success in these efforts limits the casualties. Response stage represents humanitarian aid efforts and emergency services after the disaster hit. Rapidity is very important at this stage. After the response, the last stage, reconstruction, and restoration stage begins. The last stage includes normalization of lives and ensuring self-sufficient living efforts for victims of the disaster. In this stage, there is a persistent challenge of determining the level of resources that are being distributed, should they stay the same or major cuts need to take place? It is imperative to keep the source of the materials constant to prevent confusion, keeping the resources coming from their resource and carefully monitor and manage their status will ensure both the responders and population to have the necessary resources.

References:

Kovacs, G., & Spens, K. (2012). Relief supply chain management for disasters: Humanitarian Aid and Emergency Logistics (pp. 90-102). Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference.

Koseoglu, A. M., & Yıldırımlı, H. (n.d.). THE ROLE OF LOGISTICS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER.

Haghani, A., & Afshar, A. M. (n.d.). Supply Chain Management in Disaster Response.

2- Post-disaster recovery plans are always in direct connection with the logistics and supply chain departments. Disasters lead to loss of lives, property, materials and cause a psychological and physical disturbance. After the disaster, the victims need food, shelter, clothing and health care among other basic needs to sustain them as they recover (Spens, & Kovacs, 2012). The humanitarian sectors that respond to disasters help in purchasing and supplying the necessary materials to the affected through the supply chain management department. Follow on activities help in saving recovered lives, assessing the impacts of the disaster, and creating healthy social relations.

Follow on activities save recovered lives. The affected community cannot survive on its means after the disaster due to massive losses that occur. The victims need support through the provision of basic needs and other supportive materials to sustain the victims. The victims should eat, receive medical care, be dressed (clothing) and be provided with temporary shelters until they recover. Psychological and physical support is necessary for such situations (Spens, & Kovacs, 2012).

They help in assessing the impacts of the disaster. Through post-disaster recovery programs developed to support the survivors, the humanitarian organizations and the logistics sectors evaluate the effects of the disaster to help in plans of responding to such emergencies. For example, infrastructures, crops, and domestic animals may have been destroyed. The follow on operations helps in assessing the situation and calculating how long the victims will be supported (Spens, & Kovacs, 2012).

They create strong social relations. Helping the victims makes them feel they are loved. The humanitarian and logistic organization with relevant departments meant to respond to emergencies will build trust between the exposed society and such bodies. This will enhance coordination, collaboration, and better information flow plus awareness for the preparedness of any future disaster (Spens, & Kovacs, 2012).

In short, the post-disaster victims are vulnerable to diseases, psychological trauma and have high chances of dying (Spens, & Kovacs, 2012). The humanitarian and logistics organizations should always be at the frontline in responding to pre and post-disaster events. Through such supportive programs, they would have performed their social and legal responsibilities. Coordination and collaboration in trust building and creating healthy social relations are valued. Saving lives is the best obligation human beings can engage in.

References

Spens, K. M., & Kovacs, G. (2012). Relief supply chain management for disasters: Humanitarian

aid and emergency logistics. Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference.

Sixth Circuit Considers If Funeral Home Must Allow Staff To Cross-Dress

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At least 2.5 pages ,no longer than 5 pages

Double-spaced using 12 pt. font.

You are the HR Director of a group of professional Psychologists who provide grief-counseling services to

people who have recently lost loved ones and who have experienced a wide range of traumas in their

lives and who need grief counseling. The practice is an LLC in Dothan and it is comprised of four (4)

Ph.D. Psychologists and ten (10) staff members. The staff members initially deal with the clients during

the in-take process and then they refer them to the Psychologists who have the most experience dealing

with the types of issues posed by the various clients.

The services provided are very intimate and personal and they require a warm, empathetic relationship

between the clients, the staff, and the Psychologists. All of the Psychologists are members of a religious

denomination which is rather fundamental. That denomination has a firm foundational belief in God.

One of the staff members informs you that she is going to have a breast augmentation because, during

her time off, she dances at a local gentleman’s club and that she believes that she can make more

money if she has the breast augmentation.

You inform the Managing Member of the LLC about this staff member’s decision and he adamantly

objects. He informs you that one of the primary tenants of the faith of all of the Psychologists in the

practice is that a person should cherish the body that God gave them and not make any changes in it.

He schedules a meeting of all of the Psychologists in the practice and they all unanimously feel that the

female staff member is contemplating violating a fundamental tenant of their faith; that she will be a

disruption to clients who come to their practice for solice and counseling; and that she will not present

the professional image that they want to maintain for their practice.

He instructs you to advise the female staff member of this and, if she does not relent and change her

mind about the augmentation, to advise her that she is terminated. You advise him of the Harris Funeral Homes

case out of the Sixth Circuit and he advises you that the facts, the analyses, and the rationale of that decision do not govern this situation, that Dothan is in the Eleventh Circuit, and that the Harris case has not even been decided by the United States Supreme Court.

Do you agree with his perspectives? Why? Provide your analysis and rationale.

reply post 100 words

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According to Houser (2018), literature review is a critical component of the research process. While reviewing the required article for this week’s discussion one study that I found interesting was the convenience sampling of twelve nurses in a moderate sized healthcare facility in western Canada. This study questioned nurses from differing nursing backgrounds and titles to assess their experiences with patients with delirium. These select nurses were interviewed with open ended questions. The questions that were asked were in regards to their personal experience with these types of diagnosed patients, to see how well they recognized signs and symptoms of delirium, to produce interventions to help aide in patient safety to prevent unwanted harms to the patient. The conclusion of this survey found that the nurses that were being interviewed lacked knowledge and formal education about delirium in older generations. These nurses were also found to have inadequate education regarding delirium in general. The study concluded that nurses can benefit from increased delirium related support (Baker, Taggart, Nivens and Tillman, 2015). In my experience as an ICU nurse, I have seen first hand the effects of ICU psychosis and delirium. These patients need extra reassurance and family interaction if available to help them through these difficult times. To help manage these patient’s when friends or family are not present we do frequent rounding to help alleviate apprehension, anxiety and confusion.

The authors review of the literature presented, supported the research purpose or problem by efficiently addressing a collection of data sources, by grouping and evaluating them for the usefulness of this particular study. The author uses citeable resources to back the data being discussed and provides support for the relevance of the study by using primary sources (Houser, 2018).

One area of this literature that I found interesting was the number of nurses from front line staff up to those in managerial roles who lacked education in patients with delirium. This was not included in the curriculum for many in nursing science, even though it is becoming a focus for early intervention and prevention.

A search strategy is a well thought out plan to search for information. The search strategy that you will use can help you to break your research question into key words or phrases to help aide you developing accurate results to the research question (Information Literacy 101). There are several decisions to make when choosing a search strategy and a properly phrased question can narrow the focus of the search to encompass the types of information necessary. The strategy that I would choose is the quantitative research method. This method helps to identify variables that embody the characteristics of interest and measure them in a reliable way (Houser, 2018).

This type of strategy will enable me to rule out unnecessary information by having a controlled environment. This strategy eliminates bias, and uses statistical analysis to establish confidence levels so that random errors are ruled out. By using scientific knowledge, conclusions can be made based on objective data that has been reviewed and verified.

References

Baker, N., Taggart, H., Nivens, A. & Tillman, P. (2015). Delirium: Why are nurses confused? MedSurg Nursing, 24(1), 15-22. permalink (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Houser, J. (2018). Nursing research: Reading, using, and creating evidence (4th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Information Literacy 101. The search strategy. (2018). Retrieved from libguides.uah.edu/informationliteracy/search