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BSBDIV501 Manage Diversity in the Workplace

Assessment Task 1:
Case Study and Roleplay

You are required to research the Australian government's Equal opportunity and diversity information and guidelines and then review Marino Enterprises' diversity policy and make recommendations for improvement.

You will then facilitate a workshop to ensure that diversity is understood and respected by relevant parties.

Assessment Task 2:
Case Studies and self-reflection

You are required to answer case study questions to demonstrate your knowledge of fostering respect for diversity in the workplace, relevant federal and state legislation, recruitment practices and workplace complaints procedures.
You are then required to undertake a self-reflection and identify potential prejudices of your own

ASSESSMENT TASK 1

TASK SUMMARY
You are required to research the Australian government's Equal opportunity and diversity information and guidelines and then review Marino Enterprises' diversity policy and make recommendations for improvement.
You are then required to facilitate a workshop to ensure that diversity is understood and respected by relevant parties.

ACTIVITY 1
1. Research the Australian government's Equal opportunity and diversity information and guidelines provided through their website- and apply that information in this assessment task.

2. What are the ten (10) steps that you can take to create a fair and productive workplace as recommended by the Australian Human Rights Commission under its Good practice good business guidelines ? Reference your source.
a) Develop and implement a policy on discrimination and harassment.
b) Establish a process for responding to any complaints about discrimination and harassment
c) Make sure staff are aware of your policies and processes regarding discrimination and harassment.
d) Provide training for your staff on their rights and responsibilities regarding discrimination and harassment in the workplace.
e) Make sure managers model behaviour consistent with promoting a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.
f) Have contact point/s for employees to discuss any issues relating to discrimination and harassment,
Establish other policies that reflect your organisation's commitment to workplace equality.
Identify and plan to address possible risk factors for discrimination and harassment,
Make sure that your workplace, including your premises, information and communication technology, is accessible to employees with a disability.
Consider how you might identify potential problem areas where discrimination or harassment may arise.

3. The Marino Enterprises Diversity Policy is located within the Marino Enterprises Handbook. Locate the policy document and print a copy to include with your submission.
4. You are recently employed as the Human Resources Manager and have been asked to undertake a critical review of the Marino Enterprises Diversity Policy and provide:
i) a list of at least six (6) of the strengths of the current policy document with regard to the work context outlined in the Case Study
ii) a list of at least six (6) of the weaknesses of the current policy document with regard to the work context outlined in the Case Study
iii) feedback on the currency and efficacy of the policy, and
iv) suggestions for improvement to ensure currency and efficacy of the policy

ACTIVITY 2
Management have accepted the outcomes of your review in Activity 1 and will incorporate all of your suggestions into an updated and more comprehensive Diversity Policy. As one of the strategies to ensure that diversity is understood and respected in the work team, management have asked that you facilitate a workshop meeting to ensure that the updated diversity policy will be understood and implemented by all relevant parties.
You are also asked to provide at least three (3) relevant fact sheets/guidelines from the Human Rights Commission to the workshop meeting participants.
1. Who are the main six (6) relevant parties or groups that you should invite to the workshop meeting?

2. Using the template provided, develop a detailed Agenda to facilitate the workshop. The intended outcomes of the workshop are to ensure that the updated diversity policy will be understood and implemented, by:
i) outlining key features of current diversity and discrimination legislation
ii) ensuring an understanding and respect for diversity through good business practices
iii) confirming that recruitment and selection of staff will aim for maintaining diversity
iv) promoting the benefits of maintaining a diverse workforce
v) capturing ideas and information through the diversity of Marino Enterprises' staff to
(a) enhance products and services and
(b) contribute to competitive advantage
vi) gaining commitment to the new diversity policy

ACTIVITY 3
Included in the updated Diversity Policy will be a section that addresses the selection and recruitment of staff.
3. What are the ten (10) strategies suggested as checklist items by the Human Rights Commission to assist organisations to prevent discrimination in recruitment practices? Reference your source.

ACTIVITY 4
At a time organised by your Assessor, you will role play as the Marino Enterprises Human Resources Manager to chair and facilitate the workshop that you developed the Agenda for in Activity 2. Your Assessor and the other students will participate in the role play.
Your Assessor will observe you whilst participating in this role play and complete an Observation checklist as you facilitate the workshop.

ASSESSMENT TASK 2

TASK SUMMARY
For this task you are required to answer the case study questions and to answer self-reflection questions.

DECISION MAKING RULES
Assessors will compare student responses/performance with the model responses and performance descriptors contained in the Assessors Marking Guide. Your responses do not have to be verbatim (unless otherwise specified), but must convey the same meaning as each component listed. Similarly, you do not have to perform exactly as described in the marking guide (unless otherwise specified), but you must address each performance components listed.
You must achieve a satisfactory result for every question and component to achieve a satisfactory result for this assessment activity.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG?
• If your assessor marks any of your answers as incorrect, they will talk to you about resubmission. You will need to do one of the following:
o Answer the questions that were incorrect in writing.
o Answer the questions that were incorrect verbally.

CASE STUDY 1 - MICHAEL
Michael has worked for Marino Enterprises as their Accounts Officer in the Melbourne head office for the three years of their operation, and worked for Luigi for 10 years before then. He has explained to Luigi and his manager that he will be commencing a gender transition and will be known as Michelle upon returning from a month of leave.
Michael's manager works with HR to set up information sessions for staff to discuss the matter before Michelle returns from leave.
At the first meeting, some of the other staff are hostile, asking, ‘When there's only one of her, it or whatever, and there's nearly twenty of us, why is it us who have to be accepting? Why do we have to change?'
The manager and HR team are working together to educate the employees about transgender issues and discrimination.

QUESTION 1
What one (1) federal and seven (7) Australian state and territory legislation do transgender people in the workplace have legal protection under?

QUESTION 2
In support of Michael's transition, Marino Enterprises have discussed developing a transition plan. What are the six (6) key elements that this transition plan should include?

QUESTION 3
As the manager, how could you respond to the hostile staff members and encourage respect?

QUESTION 4
One of the hostile staff members continues to harass and make derogatory comments in front of Michelle. What are the four (4) steps (in order) under the Marino Enterprises' Internal Complaints Procedure, that Michelle must follow before starting a formal resolution process? Include a timeline for each step, and assume each step fails to resolve the matter so Michelle needs to know what the next step is.

QUESTION 5
If Michelle's complaints are not resolved through the informal processes you have described under Question 4 above, outline the formal resolution processes if Michelle then raises a formal complaint directly to the Human Resources Manage? Include the timelines for each step.

CASE STUDY 2 - RECRUITMENT
Champions Sports Bar is owned and operated by Marino Enterprises and it has been subject to a discrimination complaint as a result of their recent recruitment campaign. They told the recruitment agency that they were looking for ‘young women with flair' to fill the positions of bar staff. The recruitment company followed instructions and advertised the job as such and didn't consider anyone other than females under 30.

QUESTION 1
Outline the four (4) discrimination matters related to recruitment that an employer must consider

QUESTION 2
If a 52-year-old female applied for the position, who was also more than qualified, but was told that she didn't get the job because they were looking for young women, what four (4) federal legislations have been breached?

QUESTION 3
During the interview process for this position, a young woman fits the description and is qualified and is asked if she has children. She lets the interviewer know that she has two, one of which she is still breastfeeding. Prior to disclosing this information, she was asked if she could start next week but the interviewer has gone cold and cuts the interview short. What one (1) federal legislation has been breached?

CASE STUDY 3 - MUHAMAD
Louise, a female staff member reports to her manager that Muhamad, a Muslim staff member, never shakes hands with female clients. Louise considers this to be rude and disrespectful to females, and show a total lack of equality. She requests her manager to tell Muhamad that he must shake female client's hands.

QUESTION 1
As Muhamad‘s manager, what are the four (4) key appropriate responses to address Louise's behaviour in this situation?

QUESTION 2
Three (3) weeks have passed and Muhamad comes to you to complain that Louise has cornered him in the photocopy room and told him that he is rude for not shaking hands with female clients. Louise has told you that she cannot work with Muhamad as his behaviour makes her sick!
What are the processes, under the Marino Enterprises' Internal Complaints Procedure available to you as Manager to resolve Muhamad's complaint and encourage Louie and Muhamad to work together?

Question 3 - this is a self-reflection question
Being honest and candid about you own experiences, use the template below to list two (2) personal potential prejudices of your own regarding diversity in a work team or a workplace that may have impacted interactions and work performance.
For each prejudice you identify, outline how you have or can best address each of them to demonstrate respect for difference in personal interactions.

(If you are unable to recognise prejudices from your work experiences, then you may relate this question your day-to-day personal experiences).

Attachment:- Manage Diversity in the Workplace.rar