CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people - Case Study v1.1 (2018/01/19)

CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
Case Study v1.1 (2018/01/19)
CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
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Case Study
Please read through the following case studies. Reflect on your learning and your own research
within this unit.
Prepare a response that responds to each of the issues presented below. Your responses must
reflect your knowledge, skills, and application for this unit.
Scenario 1
Danielle is the practice manager of a large dental practice in the city. She is the only female
staffer at management level. The CEO often refers to her as the ‘office mum’ although no male
manager is ever referred to as the ‘office dad’. He also expects her to handle office birthdays
and always asks her to organise coffee for their monthly managerial meetings. Danielle is
becoming really frustrated with these requests and the ‘office mum’ label. She tells her CEO of
her concerns, and he responds by telling her that she is being ‘overly sensitive’.
Do you believe that the CEO is displaying any sexist behaviour, or is Danielle being overly
sensitive? Outline your reasons for your response.
Outline at least three strategies that Danielle could use to curb this behaviour while still
remaining respectful to her CEO and colleagues.
Although women had made it clear that they can perform any activities with the same skill or
ability, gender bias or discrimination still holds many back. Although the intensity of the gender
biasness in this context is quite low, but then any responsibility should be distributed equally.
At first it is extremely unprofessional to refer any employee by weird names or job roles. Calling
a lady as an ‘office mum’ can be extremely demeaning and demoralising, discriminating others
role with the lady, although in most of the cases the job role of the women is just similar to the
other male colleagues. It has to be remembered that being a women does not make her an
inborn expert in cooking, “making coffee” or arranging girly things such as “birthday parties”.
Arrangement of the birthday parties or arrangement of coffees are shared responsibilities that
can be taken care of one at a time and should not be imposed upon a particular person. Hence I
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Case Study v1.1 (2018/01/19)
believe that the CEO has been displaying a sexist behaviour to some extent.
Three strategies that can be taken up by Danielle to stop this sexist behaviour :-
1. To talk clearly with the employees and make them remember about their shared
responsibilities.
2. To take up the responsibilities spontaneously when they are being provided, but
reminding strictly about other’s responsibilities, when repeated responsibilities are
given.
3. Danielle can take initiative in making of a roister by herself where each one will be
assigned with some duties each week such that these unofficial tasks are equally
disseminated among the employees. Such a step would not only display Daniel’s
responsibility towards the office but will also not create any resentment amongst the
other employees.
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