Affirmative Action II: Analysis and Goal Setting for AAPs

Complete Seminar Details

At the heart of federal affirmative action (AA) regulations is the requirement that employers analyze their workforce and employment transactions. This diagnostic analysis of transactional data highlights potential problem areas that then become the focus of AA efforts. Using as a guide the AA regulations issued under Executive Order 11246, you will work through a case study following each step in the process of preparing an Affirmative Action Program. While these regulations apply only to government contractors, the analytical techniques may be used by any employer, private or public sector, interested in developing an AAP that can be used as an effective management tool. For those organizations who outsource the actual preparation of their AAPs, this class provides a solid understanding of how best to manage the project.

Key Topics

Preparing a workforce analysis or an organizational display

• Analyzing the workforce for areas of underrepresentation or concentration

Conducting the utilization analysis

• Criteria used in a job group analysis
• Standards used in comparing incumbency to availability

Determining availability

• Considering external and internal factors
• Reasonable recruitment area

Placement goals

• The purpose of placement goals
• Placement goals versus rigid quotas

Performing in-depth analysis to identify problem areas

• Analyzing hires, promotions, and terminations
• Using the impact ratio analysis
• Analyzing compensation systems

Additional required elements of an AAP

Special Features

You will work with an extended case study that allows hands-on practice with analytical techniques, and provides a context for understanding the required quantitative analysis.

Who Will Benefit

Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of affirmative action, such as that taught in the workshop Affirmative Action Programs, is helpful.

Note: Updated and revised version of “Quantitative Analysis and Goal Setting for AAPs

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