MGT501 - Human Resource Management Assignment No. 02 Solution and Discussion Spring 2013 Due Date Jun 20, 2013

[iqra jahangir]

 
SEMESTER SPRING 2013
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
ASSIGNMENT NO. 02 
 
DUE DATE: 20th
 JUNE 2013 
MARKS: 30 
 
TOPIC: Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 
To help the students practically understand difference between Equal
Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action; and the use of Equal
Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action.
 
BACKGROUND:
Racial/ethnic minorities, women and persons with disabilities had been a
victim of unequal access to the benefits that an organization offered. There was
a need to develop some laws in order to provide everyone with equal
opportunity to enjoy these benefits based solely on qualification, thus Equal
Employment Opportunity Laws were developed. But discrimination that has
taken roots over the years could only be  treated by implementing the laws in
their true letter and spirit and by devising policies towards corrective action,
thus Affirmative Action (AA) was developed. Although it does not guarantee
equality but if equality actually exists, it must be shown by equal representation
of minorities in the workforce.
 
Most organizations who claim to be  Equal Opportunity Employer mention
while giving a job vacancy advertisement that they abide by EEO laws, or are
taking Affirmative Action. Different strategies for taking Affirmative Action
can be applied, including Good Faith Effort Strategy and Quota Strategy.
Good Faith Effort Strategy:
This strategy focuses on changing those practices which have contributed to
excluding or underutilizing the minority groups or females. Corrective actions
may include placing advertisements where they can reach target groups, supporting services in favor of women such as day care and flexible working
hours, and establishing a training program in order to enable minority group
members to compete for entry-level jobs.
Quota Strategy:
This strategy attempts to eliminate obstacles in the way of minorities. Results
are achieved through hiring and promotion restrictions. With quota strategy,
“desirable” hiring goals are achieved by specifying quotas for specific minority
group.
 
 
TASK TO BE PERFORMED:
You are required to search 2 job advertisements in any newspaper. One
advertisement should show the organization’s EEO Compliance and the other
should include Affirmative Action (either Good Faith Effort Strategy/ Quota
strategy).
 
You are required to copy the advertisements from any e-newspaper and paste
in Word file of your assignment. Also give justification pertaining to why you
have identified the specific advertisements as based on EEO compliance or
Affirmative Action on the same file without giving irrelevant details. Also
provide the web-link with the name and date of the e-newspaper which you
have used.
 
IMPORTANT: 
 
24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is usually available to overcome
uploading difficulties. This extra time should only be used to meet the
emergencies and above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final
to avoid any inconvenience. 
 
SOLUTION GUIDELINES: 
For a detailed discussion of the topic Equal Employment Opportunity and
Affirmative Action, it will be helpful to carefully read Lesson # 8 and watch its
video lectures.  You can also read Lesson # 11 to see the legal background of
EEO. 
Name, date and web-link of the source e-newspaper MUST be
mentioned.
 DEADLINE: 
Make sure to upload the solution file before the due date on VULMS. 
Any submission made via email after the due date will not be accepted. 
 
FORMATTING GUIDELINES: 
Use the font style “Times New Roman” or “Arial” and font size “12”. 
 
It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word format. 
 
You may also compose your assignment in Open Office format. 
 
Use black and blue font colors only. 
 
Be specific and to-the-point. 
 

[Jinn]

That was just an example.

[rabiamughal]

[rabiamughal]

perfectly detailed iss sy ziada or kya ho ga..i dnt think so k koi aisa add milay ga jis me ye btaya ho k ye EEO h. 

[Jinn]

ap ko ese both se ads mil jaien ge jis mein clearly EEO and AA mention honge.

[meshi khan]

mujhy koi b esa add nhi mil rha jis mein EEO ya AA mention ho :( can anyone help 
ye AA ha ??? Plz guide 

[King]

yah EEO lag raha hai mujay kyn kay is main HIs/HEr hai mean dono hain

[Jinn]

Yeh ap ne khud observe karna ha kon sa ad EEO and AA compatible ha.

[rabiamughal]

guys muje bs koi ye bta dy k EEO me age limitation hoti hain ya nahi?

[Jinn]

Limitations AA mein hoti han if I am not wrong.

[+ M.Tariq Malik]

mgt501 2nd assignment 20 june 2013

ust find disables or female opportunity where they have mentioned EEO wordings from anywhere either from internet or newspaper....no issue regarding the boundaries.

[ashba amir]

can anyone plz tell me k kia ham do different add lay saktay hain ak EEO ka or dosra AA ka?ya phir aik he add ma dono hony chahyen??

[Jinn]

@ashba amir It is better to get two different ads.