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Affirmative Action Models

avril9249 Industrial Psychology post grad English

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Affirmative Action Models

  1. THE ASSIMILATION or INTERGRATION MODEL

    • specific culture - fit into organisation
      • relative position based on merit and competency of job performance
        • achievement principle on criterion
          • aim of process: encourage osmosis in both directions across the lines of diversity
            • SO THAT
              • division will become increasingly blurred
        • irrespective of race or colour
  2. THIS DISPLACEMENT MODEL

    • that socio-political development will result in senior positions been taken up by blacks, and result in displacement of whites
      • based on the assumption
      • inevitable reality of white fears and resistence
        • covert sabotage causes serious damage to AA process
  3. THE VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION OR SEPERATE DEVELOPMENT MODEL

    • achieve development in safe growth-support and low-stress environ
      • specific division or sections allocated for the advancement & acceleration of black employees
        • hothouses/ nurseries for black development
          • gain experience in sheltered environment without normal threatening whites
            • whites go to white area
              • problem
                • creates unnatural environment does not expose or equip him to deal with unpleasant realities
                  • expensive, elitist ,complex not credible
  4. THE JOB INSERTION OR 'WEDGE' MODEL

    • based on lifting of black/white barrier by creation of additional job
      • between bottom existing White job hierarchy and the top or exiting Black job hierarchy
        • newcomers feel isolated and stressed - penetration low resistance or backlash against the perceived "intruders' as a result
  5. THE ORGANIC GROWTH MODEL

    • AA is based on natural principle of growth found in nature
      • vigorous growth summer - time for action, planting, bearing fruit
        • slower growth in winter - time for recovery, rest, consolidation, setbacks
          • principles
            • gradualism
            • holism
            • balance
            • participation

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post grad Industrial Psychology Mind Map on Affirmative Action Models, created by avril9249 on 08/11/2014.
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