Discussion:
Review the Sherwood Manufacturing case study again. This assignment can be framed with what you see in the case already, but also you can make assumptions about the environment as well. Simply include your assumptions into your report.
Create an overview (or a baseline, which if developed would require greater detail) of a diversity plan for Sherwood. Use each of the 10 common components of a diversity plan.
You are not provided a specific page limit as you are encouraged to use bullets, numbering, or paragraph format depending on what you prefer. In general, you should anticipate about 1-2 paragraphs per component. If you select bullets or numbering, you will want to use complete thought rather than a simple term/phrase. For example, rather than "employee survey", consider, "employee survey will be taken annually measuring employee perception of his or her manager's fairness to all employees".1
10 Common Components of a Diversity Plan
1. Current Climate
a. Keep a baseline and compare frequently
2. Timeline
a. Training, execution and measurement
3. Advisors
a. Experts (internal and external)
4. Training
a. Initial and ongoing...
i. Beware of Diversity fatigue
5. External Assessments
a. Involve the community
b. Compare against other companies
6. Investment
a. What resources are needed?
i. Financial, people, physical
7. Communication
a. All involved
8. People
a. Value diversity at all levels
9. Accountability
a. What support is needed? Who is accountable?
10. Metrics
a. Ways to measure if diversity plan is working
i. Turnover, employee satisfaction, diversity, profit margin