Word Count: 1500 words (+/ -10%)

Submission Instructions: Submission via FLO

Details:

You are required to identify an organisation and their diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives and management practices. Provide brief information about the organisation, including age, industry, areas of operation, number of employees and demographic distribution. You can use an organisation that you are or have worked for, or an organisation that you are familiar with (e.g., through personal sources and/or online sources), or search online for an organisation and find the relevant information. You do not have to use the official name of the organisation if you do not wish to.

Your case study must cover the following points:

1. Introduction to the organisation. 3 marks
2. Identify the diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives and practices that your chosen organisation have in place, and structure your case study to address the following questions:
   1. What D&I practices do they have in place, and why? 10 marks
   2. How effective have these D&I practices been? 10 marks
   3. Based on your analysis, which of the paradigms covered in the topic (i.e., Thomas & Ely (1996) and/or Dass & Parker (1999)) do you think the organisation best fits into? Explain your answer. 10 marks
   4. What would you recommend the organisation does to improve their D&I, and why? 7 marks

Remember, not all organisations, especially smaller organisations will have formal D&I practices in place.

You can either focus on any one dimension of D&I within the organisation (e.g., gender), OR attempt to include multiple dimensions such as age, ethnicity etc. You should not discuss too many dimensions in your case study (suggested number is between 1 to 3) given the word limit.

Referencing:

Minimum 5 academic references (academic book - including your textbook, academic journal article, professional journal article, Top-tier consulting firm article) are required.

• Adherence to Harvard format for all citations.
• Sources in alphabetical order according to author.
• Avoid editing errors - Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Avoid unreliable websites, articles or other sources, or sources with relatively limited reliability such asInvestopedia or Wikipedia. They can usually provide a general idea, but do not cite them in your work.

General case study structure

A case study (formal case report) has the following sections:

1. Title page *
2. Executive Summary *
3. Table of contents/ contents page*
4. Introduction (Case background)

7. Body of case: 2.1-2.3.
8. Recommendations: 2.4
9. List of references (Harvard, alphabetical order by authors surname) *
10. Appendices*

*not included in word count

• The guide provided above can be further categorised as suitable to your chosen discussion. For example, if you wish to create additional sub-sections, then feel free to do so. Formatting guidelines

Cover page: Title of assignment/chosen topic(s), your name, FAN.

Font/size: An easily readable font such as Arial, Calibri, Verdana or Times New Roman (size 12 preferred). Titles should be between size 12 14.

Page numbering: Your case study should have pages clearly numbered (making it easier for the reader).

Margins: Normal to Moderate preferred (feel free to adjust as required for tables/graphs etc.)

Clarification of word count limit: 1500