Choose from one of the three scenarios below to address the problem:
Adapted from:
Scenarios (n.d.). National Federation of State High School Associations.
https://www.nfhs.org/resources/student-services-inclusion/minority-inclusion-program/scenarios
Your company leadership has determined that it is time to be more intentional about including diverse individuals within the workplace. This effort has led to some staff expressing negative feelings about the recruitment initiatives. In some cases, individuals have refused to attend events marketed towards more diverse prospects.
Specifically, James, a Caucasian male, has been outspoken about the extra work required to include people of minority and other under- represented groups in its workforce. His main concern, as voiced to his supervisor, is that this is reverse discrimination. It also takes jobs from more qualified candidates in the majority population. He wants to know whether less qualified people will get the job just because of their minority classification.
OR
Adapted from:
Clary, A. (1994). Fifty case studies for management and supervisory training.HRD Press.
https://downloads.hrdpressonline.com/files/3420080326141835.pdf
You are a new manager, fresh out of the company’s 18 month trainee program. You have just been assigned to oversee the order processing department of your company. This assignment puts you in charge of Lisa, who has been an assistant manager for the company for 12 years. Lisa is more than twice your age and has sought promotion on several occasions.
To your knowledge, Lisa has been denied promotion due to her attitude. Since you have taken over, Lisa
has struggled to acknowledge your authority and resisted attempts at coaching. However, until this point she has never been outright insubordinate. On this occasion, you ask Lisa to assign schedules for the upcoming delivers and see that she walks back to her desk and begins watching “Netflix.”
OR
Adapted from Dr. Adam’s brain
You are a manager attending a mandatory harassment training for your place of employment.
When sitting through the training you notice that all of the examples given refer to women and
minorities in subservient roles, or “less than” positions. You question the trainer on why there
are no discussions of how minorities in leadership roles can handle discrimination. The trainer,
who is from outside the organization, responds that “well in most cases these individuals work
for others.”
HR Scenario Paper:
You will be able to ethically balance the competing needs of individuals with productivity (LO4)
You will be given choices on specific HR scenarios that you may encounter and asked to “solve” the problem in an appropriate manner given the situation.
Write a short essay/paper explaining the situation and your response.
Utilizing personal experience, the course textbook, and a minimum of four additional sources, write a 2-4 page APA-formatted paper that discusses the following:
1.) Briefly outline the problem and why it is essential that HR/Management address the issue. Including an explanation of the impact of the issue if left alone.
2.) Explain, utilizing research, the importance of professional, ethical communications when dealing with complex HR situations.
3.) Determine an appropriate response to the issue and draft a memo explaining the issue and outcomes in an appropriate manner following researched guidelines. How would you communicate the resolution to the impacted individuals?
4.) Explain why you feel, based on research, that this response plan would be mutually beneficial to both the organization and the individual.
Your paper will be in Times New Roman, 12-point font. Margins will be no larger than 1 inch. You must reference at least four resources from your independent research. You must use APA in-text citations and references.
Your paper must be double-spaced and approximately 2-4 pages in length (not including the title
and reference pages).
