Research on Draper Manufacturing Diversity

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Draper Manufacturing Company Ralph Draper was the new CEO of Draper Manufacturing to take over responsibility from his ailing father. Ralph had set up a meeting with the company’s top managers to discuss the racial tensions within the company asked Ted Hanrahan, a diversity consultant, to help him with the problem. The sales manager confronted the Shipping Manager who was the only African American manager in the company and told him how his department needed to be more efficient he also made a comment which was pointed towards the African American employees within the shipping department. Also the prices of petroleum being so high the company could not afford to be behind in competition and also the racial tension is hurting the company. The company has a very diverse but polarized workforce. Diversity Issues Diversity is defined as all the ways in which people differ. Diversity was not always defined this broadly. Decades ago, many companies defined diversity in terms of race, gender, age, lifestyle, and disability. That focus helped create awareness, change mind set, and create new opportunities for many. Analyzing Draper Manufacturing, are embracing a more inclusive definition of diversity that recognizes a spectrum of differences that influence how employee approach work, interact with each other, drive satisfaction from their work, and define who they are as people in the workplace. A cultural audit tool will helpful to Draper Manufacturing. A cultural audit is a tool that identifies problems or areas needing improvement in a corporation’s culture. Cultural audit. The cultural audit is completed by Draper manufacturing’s employees who answer those types of questions: How do promotions rates compare? Is there pay disparity between managers in the same pay grade? Does a glass ceiling limit the advancement of women and minorities? Answer
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