Diversity In The Veterans Administration: Audit Methods

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Diversity in the Veterans Administration Eric Beals, Christopher Fairweather, & Wynn Sullivan Keller Graduate School of Management Managing Global Diversity – HRM582 Professor Melanie Schulte August 2012 Diversity in the Veterans Administration Audit Methods Team building, who do we use and what is the make up? The team will strive to assemble a group that will support what the team believes is the goal of this audit, which is to see where the VA is as a business and where the VA wants to get to as a whole. Criteria or process, the process that must be developed would be a top down initiative that would be supported by senior leadership. The method employed is paramount to a success of the audit. For the…show more content…
In FY 2010 VA’s ranking dropped from 16 to 23 out of 28 of the large Federal agencies. Principle corrective strategies should focus on improving communications, education, and competencies on EEO and diversity issues” (Message from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2010). “High volume of discrimination complaints: The per capita filing rate at the informal stage remained steady at 1.46 percent from FY 2009 to FY 2010 (slightly higher than the government-wide average of 1.39 percent); and the formal filing rate decreased from .76 percent to 0.72 percent (still higher than the government-wide average is of 0.60 percent). While the Department has made some progress in the last couple of years, continued work is needed to reach the government-wide levels. VA experienced an increase in findings of discrimination for FY 2010 (22 in FY 2009 versus 33 in FY 2010). Reprisal, sex, and disability were the most prevalent bases of discrimination in those findings. Some corrective strategies to focus on include increasing use of ADR, developing and implementing standardized and customized competency-base EEO, diversity, and conflict management training for VA managers…show more content…
They typically involve a full review of all diversity and EEO program activities. Process of audits are (1) Management and Administration (2) Training and Development (3) Recruitment and Advancement (4) Federal Women’s Program (5) Hispanic Employment Program (6) People with Disabilities Employment Program (7) Special Emphasis Programs (8) Complaint Prevention. None of these methods has anything to with the people within the facilities and any type of interaction at all. According to Lake Michigan College, a diverse trained staff goes out and works on-site to assess your current strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities through a combination of focus groups, on-line survey, and review of your marketing materials and internal policies and procedures (Lake Michigan College, 2011). This method appears to be more affective as it allows an interactive approach to Onsite Audit

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