Human Resource Management
The latest issue to discuss in the human resource management field is about unequal job opportunities available for women in the organization, or we can say that discrimination shown towards women in the organizations. This issue has been discussed and worked upon by UNO and various governmental and non-governmental organizations. However, even through governmental efforts these measures do not resolve the issue because it has to be addressed at the organizational level. The consequences of discrimination is not merely not giving jobs to someone but rather eventually it affects the overall employment scenario.
DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENDER:
Various discriminations shown towards women can be explained by analyzing each human resource management theory separately.
Remuneration (wages):
Wages and salaries is the award given for the mental and physical work done by a person in an organization over a period of time. Most of the time the women in organizations are not paid equal salaries or wages simply due to the fact that they are women. This is a discriminatory act. According to the Equal Pay Act 1970, women must be given the same pay if the job that she is doing is of equal value to that what a man does and if she is employed on like work.
There are many organizations, which pay women all the salaries, and wages according to the same policy that they adopt for a man. In cases when women is pregnant and is on a delivery leave, some organizations also grant women leave with pay e.g. P & G. And Lever Brothers.
There are some who do no such thing as they feel that women do not have the mental capability a man has. This is the reason why in some organizations women are not working at the level they should be working at the fact that they are not rewarded fairly enough and thus is not motivated. Hence their productivity decrease.
Motivation:
Motivation theories of Herzberg and Maslow state that the human needs should be fulfilled first and then the social, esteem needs. They give the maintenance and the motivational factors. This theory applies on men and women equally, as it states that the more you motivate a worker the more efficiently he will work. This applies to all the workers as in their theories they did not mention anything about applying a motivational concept to man and women separately. Obviously the needs of both the gender is different, so the way they will be motivated may differ. But both need motivation in order to work efficiently. If a company motivates its female employees along with the male then they will work as efficiently as male and this will lead an organization to the road of success. But a firm that demotivates its female through unequal opportunities, employees will not be productive or efficient in their work, with the fear that they will not get anything for their efforts.
Dismissals:
The laws of dismissal applies in the same way for a man or a woman, that is, dismiss them if they do not work upto the mark or do not have the required skill, are not punctual, or have broken the organizations rule and regulations. One cannot dismiss the female employees simply because of the fact that 'she is pregnant.' A lot of companies that have done that were not supported by the law and a heavy suit was filed against them.
Leadership:
woman has all the leadership qualities as a man has. Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of UK for several years and she was a 'woman'. This shows that women do have leadership qualities and should be given legal rights and if they deserve it then a chance higher up the ladder. But besides this there are very less women who are in the directorship position even now with all the laws against discrimination.
Recruitment:
While recruitment of new employees the company must take good care and not discriminate. One cannot hire employees simply because he is a male and is six feet tall. Job requirement needs skills and confidence along with education and experience....
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