Ms. Amina is a legal secretary who has worked at an organization with powerful male boss for twenty years. She knows that there are no opportunities for advancement she decides to retire. She can always depend on her gender to secure another secretarial position, because nobody wants to hire a male secretary. In her opinion, even when women can secure jobs of a slightly higher caliber, there are typically jobs that don’t lead to leadership positions due to glass ceiling. Nor do these jobs offer a woman any notable significance as an employee of the company. Q3. What is the problem discussed in the scenario and what does Amina perceive as the cause for such problem? Q4. In your opinion, what policies of HR will protect the workforce against such barriers? Q5. As a young HR professional, if it is your responsibility to ensure that the company recruits competent people from all back grounds but it does not receive many applications

Ms. Amina is a legal secretary who has worked at an organization with powerful male boss for twenty years. She knows that there are no opportunities for advancement she decides to retire. She can always depend on her gender to secure another secretarial position, because nobody wants to hire a male secretary. In her opinion, even when women can secure jobs of a slightly higher caliber, there are typically jobs that don’t lead to leadership positions due to glass ceiling. Nor do these jobs offer a woman any notable significance as an employee of the company. Q3. What is the problem discussed in the scenario and what does Amina perceive as the cause for such problem? Q4. In your opinion, what policies of HR will protect the workforce against such barriers? Q5. As a young HR professional, if it is your responsibility to ensure that the company recruits competent people from all back grounds but it does not receive many applications

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Publisher:Richard L. Daft

Chapter14: Understanding Individual Behavior

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