*Due Date specified on Weekly Course Outline. Refer to Opportunities and Challenges of Workplace Diversity Text for additional information.
A. Task
Your task in this assignment is to examine an organization that has had a problem/issue with managing diversity. Within the context of this assignment, "problem" can be defined as charges of discrimination-gender, race, age, disabilities, sexual orientation, religion, etc., or the organization may be struggling with how to manage diversity effectively. You must include at least seven outside sources, and they should represent a variety of types of sources and not merely ones from the internet (www).
B. Companies
You may choose one of the following companies, or you may choose another company-you must, however, approve this choice with your instructor.
- Amtrak (discrimination: African Americans)
- Boeing (discrimination: women and African Americans)
- CIA (discrimination: women and people of color)
- FBI (discrimination: women and people of color)
- NASCAR (discrimination: African Americans; current situation - transforming their image and expanding their audience via diversity)
- NFL (discrimination: African American head coaches)
- NHL (discrimination: African Americans)
- Wal-Mart (discrimination: multiple non-dominant groups)
C. Individual Diversity Analysis Paper
1. Part One
i. The first section of your paper is a description of the problem(s) and how the problem(s) developed in this company. Was it over a long period of time, or did the problem emerge through one specific incident? Be sure to use details in your discussion.
ii. In this section, describe all of the different methods the company used to manage its problem. Describe, in detail, how the company dealt with the complexities of the situation.
iii. In addition, describe the company's current status.
2. Part Two
Use your own expertise to analyze the situation (you do not need to answer all of these questions in your essay; use them to guide your thought process).
- What could the company have done differently?
- How could they have avoided this problem?
- What did they do effectively/ineffectively?
- What strategies should the company have implemented to manage the diversity problem/crisis?
- Has the company really recovered? If so, how and if not, why not?
- Does the crisis represent a leadership problem, and/or a management problem?
While examining the specific diversity case, utilize the textbook material as a FRAMEWORK for your analysis. Specifically, integrate the diversity management paradigms as found in Opportunities and Challenges of Workplace Diversity (i.e. resistance, discrimination-and-fairness, access-and-legitimacy, and integration-and-learning) as a theoretical framework for your discussion.
D. Sources
When looking for an article that interests you, there are many magazines and academic journals from which to choose:
- Diversity Inc. Magazine
- HR Executive
- Fortune
- Forbes
- Newsweek
- Time, Harvard Business Review, etc.
Furthermore, you may be able to find an interesting article in a local or national newspaper. Remember the helpful resource of diversity Web sites: vault.com, workindex.com, diversityinc.com, etc. Wikipedia is NOT an acceptable, academically credible source. Papers that include Wikipedia as a reference source will be graded as a zero.
E. Referencing
Be sure to define the concepts that you incorporate from the textbook by clearly and accurately quoting or paraphrasing. When you do any type of referencing (quoting or paraphrasing borrowed material), you must use APA 6th edition style manual.
F. Length
Minimum of five complete pages OF CONTENT no more than seven, double spaced. Title page and Reference page are not included in content. Since you are not doing original research, you do not need to include an Abstract.
G. APA Tip Sheet
APA 6th Edition formatting is required. Review the corresponding Tip Sheet or your APA Manual to ensure correct formatting and citation of information.