When you have completed this chapter, you will be able to: Explain the importance of work design, compare and contrast the two basic approaches to job design, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of standardization,. | Sharlene Dyer Chapter 9 Employing Indigenous Australians Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Strachan, French and Burgess, Managing Diversity 9- Synopsis Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the most disadvantaged in the Australian community: Historically excluded from the social security, industrial relations and education systems amongst others Unemployment rate three times higher than the national average Federal and state governments working to reduce the disadvantage with proactive policies for employing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Strachan, French and Burgess, Managing Diversity 9- Introduction Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have: low rates of labour-force participation high rates of unemployment low job-related skills high job turnover relatively low wages long durations of unemployment low health standards low levels of . | Sharlene Dyer Chapter 9 Employing Indigenous Australians Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Strachan, French and Burgess, Managing Diversity 9- Synopsis Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the most disadvantaged in the Australian community: Historically excluded from the social security, industrial relations and education systems amongst others Unemployment rate three times higher than the national average Federal and state governments working to reduce the disadvantage with proactive policies for employing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Strachan, French and Burgess, Managing Diversity 9- Introduction Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have: low rates of labour-force participation high rates of unemployment low job-related skills high job turnover relatively low wages long durations of unemployment low health standards low levels of education attainment more likelihood of being victims of crime. Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Strachan, French and Burgess, Managing Diversity 9- Introduction (cont.) The disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in employment, health, housing and education is a consequence of the widespread destruction of their traditional economic and cultural activities (Dockery & Milsom 2007), the dispossession of their land and waterways, and their subsequent exclusion from mainstream society (Sully 1997). Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Strachan, French and Burgess, Managing Diversity 9- Labour market disadvantage Inferior employment outcomes are largely the result of: low levels of education poor health poor housing living in remote communities with poor levels of support and infrastructure. Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Strachan, French and Burgess, .
