Guidelines for Discussion Board
Answer the main discussion board question. Note: You will be expected to answer a minimum of one question (including sub-questions) each week as a way to add to your understanding of the course materials. In some of the weeks, you may be required to answer more than one main question. Please see the weekly discussion boards for special instructions.
Reflect on the material we explored this week and respond to the following questions. High-quality posts will demonstrate content knowledge as reflected by the thoroughness of the answers and the use of references/sources from the course material (textbook, lectures, or articles) or external sources to strengthen the posts. High-quality posts will also reflect the originality of posts through the use of personal real-life examples to make the connection between the course material and practical real-life world views.
Post your answer(s) to the discussion board. Each answer post should be substantive and provide evidence that you have read and applied the relevant course material relating to the topics for this week. Your answer posts will be graded on content knowledge, originality and/or new information including the use of personal real-life experiences, and quality of the responses. Your answer post should be a minimum of 200 to 225 words in length.
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Questions
Select only ONE of the following four question sets listed below and answer it:
1.0. What do you know about Latino Americans, e.g., core values, customs, traditions?
1.1. Sub-question: What are common stereotypes about this group? Support your answers with source support.
1.2. Sub-question: How do these stereotypes hinder or help Latino Americans?
1.3. Sub question: Discuss what experiences you have had in working with Latino Americans. Based on your cultural understanding, how would you manage and support Latino Americans in the workplace? Support your answers with source support.
2.0. How does the article, “ADA: A Brief Overview,” inform you on the topic of ADA in the workforce?
2.1. Sub-question: What are employer obligations on accommodations based on ADA?
2.2. Sub-question: If an employee that you manage asks you to provide him with speech impairment equipment installed for his laptop so that he can have voice enhancement when communicating with customers. What actions would you take? How would you address this request? What are potential ADA violations (if any) should you decide to deny the employee’s accommodation requests by employers in talent management. Support your answers with sources.
3.0. Real life application:
You are hired to work as an expatriate to work abroad for three years in a management role. Choose and identify one country as highlighted in Chapter 14, and discuss the following:
3.1. What is the core cultural traits, customs, values, and practices of the country in which you will be working?
3.2. What are the perceived challenges and opportunities in working abroad?
3.3. Based on what you know from 3.1 above, what training and onboarding will you need before managing abroad? Eg. what traditions and values will be different from your own that you will need to adapt to?
4.0. Real-life application:
We should not lose sight of the current events in the news regarding the topics of diversity, inclusion, race, discrimination, treatment, and the laws of the various challenges in the U.S. and the world as a whole that are in the forefront today. Students may research a current-event article on the topics related to the course content, e.g., same-sex partner benefits, sexual orientation (gay, lesbian, transgender, etc.), controversies of police arrests, and various discrimination cases based on disability, sex, race, religion, sexual harassment, etc.
Alternatively, you may research and present a lawsuit against the employer on the various topics of race, gender, religion, disability, national origin, sexual harassment, etc. and the related legal implications of disparate treatment, disparate impact, EEO, and Title VII.
4.1. Summarize the article/lawsuit and discuss the core root problems in the news article.
4.2.. Are there any concerns of discrimination, harassment, or biases? If so, what are the issues?
4.3. What are the legal implications? What are the suggested solutions in the workplace? Provide the facts from the article/lawsuit to support your analysis.
4.4. For lawsuit cases only: what are the employer and employee defenses in the case? Required: submit a link to your article or lawsuit.
Caution: Do not forget to answer all questions and sub-questions, e.g., if you select question 1.0, make sure you answer 1.0 and all sub-questions (1.1 & 1.2), and so forth.
Post your answer on the discussion board. All posts are to be substantive and related to the discussion questions
Your initial answer post should be between 200 and 225 words in length each, at minimum. No maximum limits
Reflect, apply, and incorporate in your answer the course material we explored this week
Real-life examples and experiences are effective in demonstrating content knowledge through application
The quality of your answers is based on the ability to leverage (and use) course material and external sources for more convincing, informative, and evidenced-based answers
