Gender Discrimination in an Organization

Running Head: GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN AN ORGANIZATION
GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN AN ORGANIZATION
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1GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN AN ORGANIZATION
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Problem in operations......................................................................................................................2
Solution generation..........................................................................................................................3
Solution evaluation..........................................................................................................................5
Addressing the employee weaknesses.........................................................................................5
Promoting the management decision...........................................................................................5
Make the employees accustomed with the change......................................................................6
Improve the employee performance............................................................................................6
Implementation and action plan.......................................................................................................6
Implementation............................................................................................................................6
Action plan...................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
Reference.........................................................................................................................................8

2GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN AN ORGANIZATION
Introduction
Gender discrimination is considered to be one of the leading problem and concern in the
current business companies where it is important for the organisation to establish a better
organisational practice where both male and female employees can perform equally and get
equal opportunities as well. In this regard, the research of Hideg and Ferris (2016) pointed out
that there is an ethical consideration that influences the business companies to adhere gender
indiscrimination in organisation. The practice is also coupled with motivating the employees to
provide a better organisational culture and maximise the performance of the employees (Roos &
Zanoni, 2017). On the other hand, the gender discrimination can also leave a great deal of impact
over the quality of performance in workplace because it is against the organisational purpose to
retain skilled employees. In response to this, this report is trying to identify the gender
discrimination problem in business and the prescribed solution that can help to erode the problem
effectively.
Problem in operations
In the organisation, the operation department recruits both male and female employees as
per their knowledge and skills to perform with the expectation of the organisation. Therefore, it
is obvious for the employees to have a transparent and flexible workplace culture which will help
to develop an effective and equal organisational practice. However, lack of professionalism
among most of the employees and management create serious problem for the company where
the female employees do not feel safe in working in the organisation. One of the main factors is
male domination in the organisation. The current ration of male and female employees are 5:1 so
that it seems a threat for the female employees to get enough opportunity to express their
opinions. Moreover, lack of diversity and bullying are also prevalent in the organisation where
the higher management does not endorse any anti-discriminatory approach to create a better
workplace environment. Therefore, it hampers the quality of operation and the production of the
company in a great scale. As an obvious result the strategic advantage of the company in
competitive market also curtails to an extensive manner so that it questions the existence of the

3GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN AN ORGANIZATION
Gender discriminationRoot causes Mitigation
Lack of professionalism
Workplace bullying
Lack of equal gender values
Absence of management perception
Focus on diversity
Educate employees
Policy development
Team building
Positive communication
Gender equality in workplace
organisation in the market. In fact, problems with meritocracy and skills of the employees are
also declined and hampers the way to meet the organisational objectives.
Solution generation
The solution is associated with a mind mapping as it is important for the organisation to
get a number of strategic measures so that it will be effective to resolve gender discrimination in
organisation. The mind mapping is not only focused on the resolving strategies but also depict a
clear perception regarding the roots of the issue and find out the best possible measure that can
associate with the organisational values as well.
Image 1: Mind mapping of gender discrimination in operation
(Created by the author)
Based on the mind map, it can be stated that there are some potential root causes that
deliver a gender discrimination within the organisation. First of all, it is pivotal to note that lack
of professionalism can bring a disruption in the positive organisational environment. It can be
stated that due to lack of professionalism among the employees and the senior management as