Less hassle means more work
Featured in the Valuing Diversity at Work training manual
By Ken Birkett & Val Rowland
Category: Diversity
Credit price: 4 download credits (Single user)
Employee harassment takes many forms, occurs for different reasons and can be felt by an individual or a group. The increasingly diverse workforce and changing attitudes to equal opportunities are just two reasons why employee harassment has become a business issue. A cultural work environment where employees feel they can express themselves without felling threatened or victimised is needed in all organisations. Competition between organisations means that those acknowledging this are likely to succeed.
You begin this training activity by considering the nature of and grounds for harassment in the workplace. The participants then examine ways in which harassment may happen and what might be done in certain harassment situations by a colleague and what would be expected of a professional member of staff. They also look at possible action in those situations. The participants go onto look into the personal qualities required to deal with the sensitive issues that harassment may involve. They next analyse a case study situation with the aim of updating organisational policy. Finally, you administer a role-playing exercise designed to explore the handling of an interview between employer/manager and employee regarding a harassment situation, participants take part, either as player or observer.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to enable participants to investigate the nature and forms of harassment in the workplace and why employee harassment has become a business issue.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 12 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:40:00 |
| No of Pages: | 23 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers for any sort of training and professional development because it deals with a problem that covers all aspects of work. It can be used, for example, as a separate programme or as part of induction, appraisal, team-building, and supervisory training programme.
Download the training activity, Less hassle means more work as featured in the Fenman training manual; Valuing Diversity at Work