The Changing Workforce.

The Changing Workforce.

1. Demographic Changes.

   • Increase in work force, in both gender and ethnicity.
   • Workplace ethnically diversified
   • Increase in women working

2. Problems faced by women and minorities in workplace today.

   • job discrimination, mainly job segregation
   • glass ceiling
   • less income with little opportunity
   • sexual harassment
   • issues of passing over for promotion
   • One women/minority- issues related to Token

3. Challenges of change.

   • managing time, people with respect to work and decisions- leads to conflicts
   • paying the price of prejudice- causes resentment
   • Diversity training programs- can cause problems related to blaming
   • influencing by stirring up the worker’s feelings.
   • Negative feelings might arise- harmful to employee’s success
   • Negative effect can be eliminated- by basing the decisions on merit and group membership