Organizational Behavior: Diversity in Organizations

Robbins, Judge, and Vohra
Organizational Behavior
15th Edition
Diversity
Diversity in
in Organizations
Organizations
Kelli J. Schutte
William Jewell College
Copyright © 2014 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd
Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Organizational
Behavior, 15e 2-1
Chapter
Chapter Learning
Learning Objectives
Objectives
 Describe the two major forms of workplace diversity.
 Demonstrate how workplace discrimination undermines

organizational effectiveness.
 Describe how the key biographical characteristics are relevant
to OB.
 Explain how other differentiating characteristics factor into OB.
 Describe how organizations manage diversity effectively.
2-2
What
What isis workplace
workplace Diversity??????
Diversity??????
 Is it a need of the hour ????? Or just a new hype???????
2-3
Diversity
Diversity vs
vs Inclusion
Inclusion
..
2-4
Diversity
Diversity
2-5
Biographical
Biographical Characteristics/
Characteristics/ Stereo
Stereo typing
typing
Biases
Biases
Objective and easily obtained personal characteristics.

Age
– Older workers bring experience, judgment, a strong work
ethic, and commitment to quality……can you make a case
for the younger lot??????
Gender
– Few differences between men and women that affect job
performance.
2-6
Biographical
Biographical Characteristics
Characteristics (Continued)
(Continued)
Disability
– Today’s organizations have started making efforts to hire
people with disabilities……….
Tenure
– People with job tenure (seniority at a job) are more
productive, absent less frequently, have lower turnover, and
are more satisfied…..can you make a case for people for
shorter tenure????????????????
2-7
Other
Other Biographical
Biographical Characteristics
Characteristics
 Religion……..
 Sexual Orientation……..
 How to “INCLUDE” such people in the workforce?
2-8
Some
Some facts
facts from
from Pakistan……….
Pakistan……….
 The gender pay gap for Pakistan was identified to be 34 per cent, which is more than double
the global average. Women account for almost 90 per cent of the bottom 1 per cent of wage
earners in Pakistan.
 In May 2018, the Parliament of Pakistan passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of
Rights) Act 2018. The Bill was a unique piece of legislation and gained local and international
recognition. The Act provided transgenders definition and recognition. Act gives transgenders
an opportunity to select a gender of their choice (issuing of ID card), and guarantees
fundamental rights of transgenders already provided to them under the Constitution of
Pakistan. Article 25A.
 Pakistan has recently passed the revolutionary ‘ICT Rights of Persons with Disability Act
2020’ . No discrimination against basic rights (education, employability, access to health and
rehabilitation services)
2-9
Some
Some facts
facts from
from western
western countries
countries
2-10
Diversity
Diversity in
in practice………
practice……… how how to
to remove
remove the
the
blind
blind spots????
spots???? First
First step
step towards
towards removing
removing
the
the DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION
2-11
CP
CP question?????
question????? 44 marks
marks
 What , according to you is our biggest blind spot and how

does it hinder any one of the following diversities…….
 Ethnic diversity, special abilities, gender diversity
 No more than 5/6 lines.


 You have time till 6.22 pm
2-12
Implementing
ImplementingDiversity
DiversityManagement
ManagementStrategies
Strategies
2-13
Summary
Summary and
and Managerial
Managerial Implications
Implications
– Diversity Management
• Must be an ongoing commitment at all levels of the
organization.
• Policies must include multiple perspectives and be long term
in their orientation to be effective.
2-14
Assignment-1
Assignment-1 to to be
be submitted
submitted on on
17
17th Sep,
th
Sep, 10pm
10pm on on LMS,
LMS,
typed,
typed, single
single space,
space, 1212 font,
font, limit
limit 450
450 words
words
 https://youtu.be/mtUlRYXJ0vI
 What are the three most important takeaways from

this video (not more than a half page).
 Write down three most important steps an organization
can take to incorporate gender diversity (not more than
a half page).
 She mentions “tokenism”. Explain what do you mean
by “tokensim” in terms of organizational diversity.
2-15

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Robbins, Judge, and Vohra

 Demonstrate how workplace discrimination undermines

 Describe how organizations manage diversity effectively.

 Is it a need of the hour ????? Or just a new hype???????

Objective and easily obtained personal characteristics.

 What , according to you is our biggest blind spot and how

 Ethnic diversity, special abilities, gender diversity

 No more than 5/6 lines.

 What are the three most important takeaways from

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