Presentation by Beatrix Behrens on "Diversity Management at the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) –Single Case Study" made at the meeting of the OECD Working Party on Public Employment and Management on 20-21 April 2015
This presentation by Dr. Beatrix Behrens, Head of Division, HR Policy, Federal German Employment Agency on "Diversity Management at the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) –Single Case Study" was made at the meeting of the OECD Working Party on Public Employment and Management on 20-21 April 2015.
For further on information on the OECD work on Public Employment and Management please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/pem/.
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Presentation by Beatrix Behrens on "Diversity Management at the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) –Single Case Study" made at the meeting of the OECD Working Party on Public Employment and Management on 20-21 April 2015
1. Diversity Management at the Bundesagentur
für Arbeit (BA) –Single Case Study
Dr. Beatrix Behrens, Head of Division, HR Policy | Federal German Employment Agency
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Diverse Challenges for HRM in the Public Sector
• Volatile Environment, Internalization, Migration …………
• Greater need for equal opportunity policies inside public administration to
enhance employee engagement
• Need for strong Gender Policies and Diversity Management to tap potentials
• Incorporation of Gender Mainstreaming as an important cross-cutting issue
within a diversity framework
• Increasing average age of the staff/ageing workforce
• Loss of know-how following (age-related) fluctuation
• Decreasing half-value of knowledge
• Shortage of specialists and young talents to be recruited –need to address
new target groups as employees for the public sector
• Transfer of National Action Plans into corporate action at the BA
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6. Seite 6
• Diverse staff matches the needs of changing and diverse
markets and customers (promoting service
orientation/customer orientation)
• Diversity or managing individual and diverse competencies is a
contribution towards empowering and motivating staff (staff
engagement)
• Diversity promotes innovation
• Diversity can increase effectiveness, efficiency and
competitiveness on various levels
• Managing diversity needs good leadership and sensitive
leaders to “reshape” thinking patterns and to shape a value
driven culture
Diversity:
A Key Factor for Organizational Success
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BA 2020 Strategy
Leadership and cooperation
HR policy
Diversity
management
HR -Development
Leadership and cooperation
HR-Strategy
Integrated Human Resource Management at the BA
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▬ individual re-entry plan and
competency-based trainings
▬ HR-consultancy provided
▬ dialogue to finalize the
initiation
3rd phase (after)1st phase (before)
▬ employee appraisal
▬ contact persons
▬ regular information
▬ offer for acces to intranet
▬ discussions on individual
plans and preferences
2nd phase (during)
▬ project work, training activities
▬ participation in seminars and
meetings
▬ information material
▬ competence self-assessment
▬ information events (1x p.a.)
▬ dialogue in preparation of return
Re-Entry into work after i.g. parental leave:
A dialogue-based „ 3-phase-concept“
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Climate for inclusion
Climate,
Appreciation,
Diversity
Employee Health Survey 2012 at BA
questions regarding climate for inclusion
Our team is characterized by a positive working
environment from in which employees can "be
themselves".
In our team work-life balance is important.
Our team solves internal conflicts effectively.
In our team, employees are valued as people and not just
for the work they provide.
In our team, there is a culture which appreciates the
individual differences of team members.
In our team, employees are encouraged to provide their
own input.
In our team, input of every employees is to be seriously
considered.
Our team uses experiences and skills of all employees to
reconsider working practices.
Executives at BA act in accordance with the belief that
diversity in the workplace can improve performance of the
organization.
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A good climate for inclusion:
– reinforces the positive effect of usage of personal competencies on
employee job satisfaction
– thus acts as an amplifier of competencies as a work-related resource
– while also directly increases job satisfaction
Employee Health Survey 2012 at BA
climate for inclusion at BA as a moderating factor
hoch
gering
.37**
.046* .47**
Competencies
Climate for inclusion
Job satisfaction
Multiple Regression
F = 633.78, df = 2.0, p = .000, R2= .500, ∆ R2 = .002