Representative Bureaucracy in San Francisco City Government

1
Representative Bureaucracy in San Francisco City
Government

• Shana Betner
• Tracey Helton
• Robert Sarmiento
• Jeff Shields

2
Representative Bureaucracy

• Demographics of government workforce matches
  community
• Advantages with Representative Bureaucracy

3
Issues

• Disparate treatment and impact
• Glass ceilings and sticky floors
• Subjective discrimination
• White flight

4
Problems Associated with Specific Groups

• African-Americans
• Whites
• Women

5
More Information to Consider

• Groups and manager complaints to the EEO Office
• Diversity programs

6
Obtaining The Information

• Classifying complaints
• New methods for learning about workplace
  environment
• Stress need for diversity
• Inquire about current and future diversity
  programs

7
Strategies to Address the Diversity Issue

• Announcement and implementation of diversity
  programs and goals
• Diversity training
• Helping underrepresented groups
• Surveys

8
Implementing the Program

• Make stakeholders aware of the benefits
  (Benefits recruit retain talent, enhance
  productivity, harness diverse viewpoints,
  increase motivation and innovation, greater
  utilization of resources)
• getting people engaged, worker referrals,
  suggestions

9
Evaluating the Program

• Data collection regarding job announcements
• Track pertinent feedback from the hotline
  suggestion box
• Observe changes in EEO complaints
• Annual evaluations

10
Conclusion

• As a nationally-known diverse city, San
  Franciscos city government workforce should
  reflect this diversity
• Using a variety of methods to analyze the problem
  of diversity in its workforce, San Francisco can
  implement some programs to diversify it city
  government workforce.