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¶ … integrate readings Chapters 5 & 6 Pynes, J.E.(2013). Human resources management public nonprofit organizations: A strategic approach (4th ed.). Jossey-Bass: San Francisco response: Case Study: Reeves, Chapter 3: Some Counselors More Equal Others website information http://prezi.
The case study relates to a situation involving state employees being discriminated on account of their gender. Rose Paddock, the central actor in this case, complained with regard to how the Department of Labor was inclined to favor men by providing them with bigger salaries in spite of the fact that their jobs entailed the same duties and qualifications as jobs that were probable to be occupied by women. The job under discussion, an Employment Counselor position in the Department of Human Services, has an equivalent job in the Department of Labor. The latter is paid better and the fact that there are more men in the Department of Labor while there are more women in the Department of Human Services plays an important role in drawing attention to the gender discrimination aspect of the situation.
Gender discrimination is a particularly sensible topic when considering public institutions. The fact that the Department of Labor was unhesitant about promoting the idea that men are somehow entitled to better wages in comparison to women generated much controversy and made it especially problematic for members of the Department of Human...
The institution practically promoted "an unfair and counterproductive commitment to quotas in both hiring and promotion opportunities." (Reeves, 2006, p. 41)
In order to gain a more complex understanding of this case, one should consider history in general and the way that it reflects on people's thinking in the contemporary society. "Historically, female work was devalued, subject to the perception that a woman's income was secondary to her husband's." (Pynes, 2004, p. 258) Even with the fact that people today have experienced much progress when considering gender roles and even though women are currently treated differently from how they were treated in the past, it is still intriguing to observe how individuals in the present subtly (sometimes, as in the present case, not so subtly) attempt to The fact that the Department of Labor is dominated by men influenced its leaders to put across more sympathetic attitudes toward men. In contrast, the authorities expressed less interest in the majority of women working in the Department of Human Services and expected that their thinking would generate little to no issues. Rose Paddock took things further than most expected and actually criticized such behaviors in an attempt to raise public awareness concerning a society that still lacks adequate equality.
With the employer in Paddock's case being the state, there would be no reason at all…
Works cited:
Pynes, J.E. (2004). "Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations." John Wiley & Sons.
Reeves, T.Z. (2006). "Cases in public human resource management." Thomson Wadsworth.
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