Enhancing Indigenous Executive Representation in ACT Public Service

This report addresses the lack of Indigenous employees in executive positions within the ACT Public Service (ACTPS) and proposes strategies to improve representation. It emphasizes leveraging existing resources by providing skill development opportunities to current Indigenous employees, enabling them to ascend the organizational hierarchy. The report advocates for knowledge transfer, staff training, and cross-cultural training to enhance employee capabilities. Training methods include in-house programs, specialized consultancies, and leadership skill development focusing on positivity and communication. The report recommends that ACTPS collaborate with industry bodies and external training institutions to develop a Cultural Competence Framework, ultimately fostering a more inclusive and diverse leadership within the organization. References to various academic sources are provided to support the recommendations.

Promoting Diversity in
Organization NAME OF THE STUDENT
NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY
AUTHOR NOTE

Organizational Diversity
 Organizational Diversity helps in
providing equal opportunity to all
kinds of employees
 It paves the path for creating
new ideas in organization

ACT Pubic Services
 ACT Public services serves the
general public that improves the
condition of the people
 The services provided are
pertaining to transport, health
along with the schools

Problem in ACT Public Services (
ACTPS)
 Lack of indigenous employees in
the executive positions
 The indigenous employees have
not been properly represented in
the organization

Method for representation of
indigenous employees in
executive positions
 The existing resources in the
organization can be provided
with more skills that can help
them in rising in the
organizational hierarchy of ACT
public services.

Development of employees of
ACTPS
 Knowledge can be transferred to
the employees that can act as a
benefit for the organization.
 Planned approach of that of staff
training

Training of employees of ACTPS
 In-house training to the
employees
 Cross-cultural training for the
indigenous employees

Means of training employees
 The people in the senior
positions should provide with the
training that can help them in
rising to the executive positions
 Specialised consultancies can
also provide the training

Leadership skills needed for the
executive position
 Positivity
 Communication

Skilled asked for by managers
 Capacity Building
 Self-Determination

Recommendations for ACTPS
 The organization can take the
help of industry bodies and that
of external training institutions
 Cultural Competence Framework
can be develop that can help in
training the employees

References
 Act.gov.au (2019). Services-ACT Government. [online] Act.gov.au.
Available at: https://www.act.gov.au/services [Accessed 15 Mar. 2019].
 Asfaw, A.M., Argaw, M.D. and Bayissa, L., 2015. The impact of training and
development on employee performance and effectiveness: A case study of
District Five Administration Office, Bole Sub-City, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies, 3(04),
p.188.
 Fletcher, L., Alfes, K. and Robinson, D., 2018. The relationship between
perceived training and development and employee retention: the
mediating role of work attitudes. The International Journal of Human
Resource Management, 29(18), pp.2701-2728.
 Hanaysha, J., 2016. Examining the effects of employee empowerment,
teamwork, and employee training on organizational
commitment. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 229, pp.298-306.