Managing Diversity at CERA: Human Resource Management

Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Human resource management
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Executive summary
The report was prepared to discuss about the different aspects of managing human
resources at the organization named CERA in Australia. The focus of the report was on the
business rationale for the management of diversity along with the various policies associated
with it to derive the best possible outcomes in business. The diversity management was possible
with the effective human resource planning along with management of recruitment and selection
processes and even providing training sessions to the employees for enhancing their skills,
knowledge and expertise. The rationale for diversity management included prevented gender
discrimination and allowing both male and female workers to work coordinately with sharing
and exchange of information to form a good culture and bring workforce efficiency. Due to the
major issues related to the lower morale of staffs and higher turnover and absenteeism, the
business performance deteriorated, which needed proper assessment and management of a
diversified workforce to deliver specialized support to the clients and benefit the business as a
whole. The management of transformational leadership further helped in shared decision making
while the implementation of various legislation frameworks further contributed to the
management of a proper workforce and enhanced business performance too at CERA.
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Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Management of diversity at CERA..................................................................................................3
Business rationale for diversity management..................................................................................4
Diversity management policies and its benefits..............................................................................6
HRM planning influencing diversity management at CERA..........................................................7
Recruitment strategies.....................................................................................................................8
CERA's diversity management approach........................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The topic of the report introduces the concepts of human resource management
considering the business organization named Centre for Eye Research Australia. The business
organization aims to fulfill its mission, which is to eliminate the major eye diseases that can
create loss of vision and other problems. The company is committed to excellence by conducting
eye research with real life impact and transforming the ways treatments are managed with early
diagnosis and providing health education to prevent diseases and identify any eye issues through
genetics (cera.org.au, 2018). The management of diversity is an effective practice that enables
addressing the various lifestyles and personal features within a particular group where the
management of employees is done for supporting the acceptance of cultural, societal, economic
and political backgrounds from which people belong. The diversity management is an important
aspect of human resource management that centers on the recognition and management of
employees along with deployment procedures and maximizing the skills and knowledge of
employees to meet the business goals (Harvey & Allard ̧2015). The diversity management
considers various factors including the cultural values and beliefs and dealing with people
belonging from different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicity, race or religion to work in
coordination and as an unit within the workplace.
Management of diversity at CERA
As the topic is aimed at managing the human resources, so it is important for the
organization to manage diversity and create a diversified workplace for meeting the
organizational requirements and enhance the business performance and effectiveness too at
CERA, Australia. There have been certain issues regarding the lack of ability to meet the
requirements for human capital and thus, it is important for CERA to integrate the business
philosophy of managing diversity at the workplace with human resource requirements (Martín
Alcázar et al., 2013). The management of diversity can be possible in a proper way through the
decentralized modification and customization done though management of human resources,
business operations and processes along with the implementation of various technologies within
the workplace of CERA. The diversity management has been organized according to the