mgt 100 ch. 5

You see that there are potential advantages of having a diverse workforce. Which benefits would a company like HentonCast gain from having a workforce that included more gender diversity?

A diverse workforce may help find ways to attract a more diverse customer base.

Getting more minorities to apply for a job at HentonCast is an important first step. What can you do to make sure that qualified African American applicants are given job offers?

Develop a hiring workshop for managers that points out ways that employees may consciously and unconsciously discriminate against job applicants.

You decide that you need more information on how employees feel about diversity, so you create a paper and pencil survey on employee attitudes toward diversity and ask managers to distribute it to current employees. If found to be present, which of the following would be the most likely grounds for concern?

Discrimination against women and other minorities

In addition to HentonCast's past history with employee lawsuits, you want to look at the makeup of the workforce. Records show that more than 80 percent of employees are male, and that all managerial employees are male. Considering this information, is there anything you should do?

Gather more information, because there may be something here that needs to be brought to Winston's attention.

Which of the following statements best explains why this new information may be true?

HentonCast's corporate culture is discouraging racial diversity.

You think that HentonCast should make sure that it offers equal job opportunities to different races. Which of the following would help increase the number of African American applicants?

In fishing magazines and at fishing competitions, advertise that HentonCast is an equal opportunity employer and is seeking qualified African Americans.

It's been several months since you brought up the issue of gender diversity, and you are encouraged by the initial steps HentonCast has taken to create a culture more accepting of diversity. Because of the change in hiring practices, several new minorities have been hired and several more promoted to mid-level managers. How should you continue this success?

Recommend that Winston establish a management-training program and encourage several promising minority assistant managers to participate in the program.

You now have a better idea of the types of diversity policies you would like to implement at HentonCast; however, you can only do so much. Which of the following groups should you convince first that these policies are needed?

The top levels of management

You discover that the company has never been sued for discrimination and has never had negative PR as a result of a gender-related HR issue. Should diversity still be a concern?

Yes, because the company may be losing out on the potential benefits of a diverse workforce.

From the exit interviews, it was evident that some African Americans who left didn't feel connected to other employees. What policy could you promote to convince more African Americans to stay with the company?

employee reference groups