Resource Management (In Public Health)

Running Head: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (IN PUBLIC HEALTH)
Resource Management (In Public Health)
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Resource Management (In Public Health)
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Critical Analysis..............................................................................................................................4
Affirmative Action.......................................................................................................................4
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)...................................................................................6
Workplace Diversity.................................................................................................................7
Social Responsibility................................................................................................................9
Employee Wellbeing..............................................................................................................10
Conclusions....................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................13

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Topic 1
Introduction
The healthcare organizations have the primary role of addressing social issues in the
society such as affirmative action. Human resource management in the healthcare setting has
grown in the recent decades and many healthcare organizations are expected to ensure that their
practices promote the workplace inclusivity. Even the richest multiethnic societies have in many
instances failed to guarantee a fair distribution of health, as well as healthcare amongst
individuals with diverse racial along with ethnic backgrounds, especially among healthcare
professionals (Cowlishaw, 2004). Increasing the racial, as well as the ethnic diversity of the
current healthcare employees is necessary for the sufficient proviso of culturally competent care
to the Australia’s mushrooming communities. Affirmative action promotes diversity in
healthcare organizations that will assist develop the access to healthcare for the
underrepresented, promote research in deserted fields of societal requirements, plus improve the
pool of healthcare executives along with the policymakers to fulfil the needs of the different
population. The growing disparities in the healthcare organizations have compelled
organizations to reconsider their human resource strategies towards promoting inclusion to
reduce cases of social injustices. The human resource too that has become important in
eliminating these disparities has been through affirmative action. The healthcare professionals
from the minority groups in Australia such as the Aboriginal and the Torres Islander populace
are underrepresented in healthcare organizations. This demands that there is the need to promote
affirmative action in healthcare organizations in Australia to address this growing disparity in the
workforce in Australia. Therefore, addressing disparities in the human resources through

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affirmative action practices will result in appropriately recruiting more healthcare professionals
from disadvantage backgrounds, especially the minorities in Australia (DeCieri & Kramar,
2005).
Therefore, there is the need for the healthcare organizations in Australia to address social
issues, such as affirmative action to promote equity in the workplace. This is will play a primary
role in promoting the diversity and inclusivity in the healthcare organizations that will promote
access to care among diverse groups in Australia. The paper will critically investigate the role of
healthcare organizations in addressing social issues, like affirmative action. This analysis will
examine concepts of equal employment opportunity (EEO), workplace diversity; social
responsibility; and employee wellbeing.
Critical Analysis
Affirmative Action
Australia is a country with rich diversity in terms of ethnicity that means that there exist
huge disparities in the society, especially when it comes to human resources in the healthcare
organizations. For many years, Australia has struggled to bridge the gap in the healthcare sector
through initiatives, such as affirmative action to promote equality in the workplace. Recognizing
the need for diversity in workplace in the healthcare sector becomes the role of healthcare
organizations towards addressing social needs through programs such as affirmative action
(Kalev, Dobbin & Kelly, 2006). Affirmative action is powerful instrument that ensures that there
is equality in the healthcare organizations because it allows the inclusion of the minorities to
become part of the workforce, including women. Thus, it should be the role of the healthcare