Diversity Management: Challenges, Pros of Affirmative Action Plan, Executive Sponsor's Role, and Dehumanization in Workplace

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1DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
Week 2
Answer 1.
Two pros on Affirmative Action Plan and their examples are as follows
 Usage of Affirmative plan is that is increases diversity in a particular work place
along with decreasing discrimination again few minorities and groups. If the
affirmative action is taken, it would help the minorities to enter and rise in a particular
field at a great frequency (Wrench, 2016). As a result if affirmative action plan is
implemented, the people belonging to schedule cast or tribe are not discriminated in a
workplace, they would feel free to join the enterprise.
 With the help of this plan, the environment of gender inequality can be eliminated.
Numerous gaps that exist in the society can also be decreased such as wages gaps,
gender gaps and many more (Wrench, 2016). This would help the people to chase
their dreams, for example an environment where there is no gender discrimination in
terms of wages, and women would feel respected and needed.
Answer 2.
Any business enterprise considers financial interests to be their major concern and
work hard to improve their working principles and revenue. In this process of improvement
some enterprises ignore or does not feel importance to be concerned regarding people, these
people may be employees or customer (Wrench, 2016). If the company is least concerned
regarding the employees they would not get job satisfaction. As a result, the production
would also decrease. In case the enterprise is not much concerned regarding the customers
they would not be happy about the performance of the company and they would not prefer
using their products or services.

2DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
Week 3
Answer 1.
Age diversity is still a challenge in today’s workplace because elderly employees have
the most experience but they do not have the potential to work and young employees have the
potential to work but they have least experience. Older workers are definitely at disadvantage
because despite of their experience they do not have the potential to work enough (Harvey &
Allard, 2015). Sexual orientation is challenging sometimes because various companies prefer
male employees and also pay them more compared to the female employees. Managers can
take steps in order to remove the discrimination related to the sexual orientation of the
employees. Managers can also introduce several policies like similar wages should be
provided to every employee and many more.
Answer 2.
The roles of executive sponsor are very important in order to make a project
successful (Harvey & Allard, 2015). Project managers that are successful understand that the
executive support is very important as a result they work in order to gain executive support
when necessary. Some keys to gaining leadership commitment are
 Helping people to set stretching as well as achievable goals
 Show the vulnerability of the leader
 Put other prior to the leader.