HRM Issues in Collegiate Athletics

This presentation examines the HR issues raised in the article 'The High Cost of Discrimination in Collegiate Athletics' and provides potential solutions.

HRM

Table of Content
Topic Pg. No.
Introduction 1
Summary of identified HRM issues 2
Importance of issue 4
Potential Solution 5
Conclusion 7
References 8

Introduction
Human resource management can be defined as the function with a
company which concentrate on the talent management, recruitment,
administration and development of employees (Chelladurai and Kerwin,
2018). Human resources are initially concerned with the people
management within companies, focusing on the system and policies. The
presentation will examine the HR issues raised in article “The High Cost of
Discrimination in Collegiate Athletics” taken from ‘Athlete Business
Magazine’ related to athlete administration and find out the possible causes
and solution associated with the analyzed problem.

Summary of Identified HRM Issue
The report summarise the issues of discrimination which is faced by female
coaches in last few years (Chelladurai and Kerwin, 2018). In the article,
this has been stated that several female coaches have been claimed lawsuits
under the perceived discrimination. This has given the example of Miller
case which was one of the 3 self-identified lesbian coaches working at
UMD.

Cont..
Identified Issue in Case:
• Issue of workplace discrimination
• Inequality at workplace
• Lack of proper policies and HR
structure
• Indiscipline in employee dismissal
(Chelladurai and Kerwin, 2018).

Importance of Issue
It is essential to provide positive work environment to employee to support
productivity and efficiency at workplace. Below is mentioned why this is
requisite to prevent discrimination at workplace:
• To provide importance to specific group of individual
• To provide equality
• To encourage other sports person
• To emphasize of quality and skills

Potential Solution
The division of HRM of UMD is liable for shaping and influencing individual for
such perspectives by executing different plans at sport administration. There is
plenty amount of gender and race discrimination in sports which deprives one
from major accomplishments and success (Kristi Schoepfer-Bochicchio. 2018).
According to the report, approximate 40% of female workers are facing major
biases issues within their workplace. Sport is the domain which doesn’t focus
over the individual’s physical appearance but looks for the skills and abilities and
has increased the women or girl’s visibility in the public spaces. In next slide, few
solutions are mentioned:

Cont..
• Advance recruitment policy
• Training and Development
• Same sex inquiry
• Diversifying the workplace
• Develop policy which prohibits
discrimination
• Creating a review and compliant program
(Kristi Schoepfer-Bochicchio. 2018).

Conclusion
This can be summarize from the above report that human resource management
can be defined as integrated strategies and a clear employee management
approach as well as seek to attain a competitive edge by a highly capable and
committed workforce, utilizing numerous array of HR planning, practices and
policies. HR often oversees worker productivity and satisfaction which is
essential in sport management. HR manager of company remain liable for
preventing workplace issues, identifying problems and carrying out efficient
strategies to resolve the issues.

References
Kristi Schoepfer-Bochicchio. (2018). The High Cost of Discrimination in Collegiate
Athletics. Available at: https://www.athleticbusiness.com/contract-law/the-
high-cost-of-discrimination-in-collegiate-athletics.html.
Chelladurai, P., & Kerwin, S. (2018). Human resource management in sport and
recreation. Human Kinetics.

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