Download or read book The Diversity Factor Capturing the Competitive Advantage of a Changing Workforce written by Elsie Y. Cross and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1996-04-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of the most-requested articles from the quarterly journal, The Diversity Factor, many of them written by the managers who lived the experience, reflect the complexity of the diversity challenges in today's corporations and offer eloquent suggestions for beginning to deal with this daunting issue. The focus of this volume is on true cultural change, not merely communications and training. The essay writers provide strategies and methods for launching and living with culture change. Their eyes are on the future, not the past. The Diversity Factor takes a hard look at the realities of today and offers strategies that will help you lead your organization into tomorrow's new world.
Download or read book A Leader s Guide to Leveraging Diversity written by Terrence Earl Maltbia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Leveraging Diversity' is designed to help business leaders and diversity practitioners alike conquer the complexity and take advantage of the opportunities associated with working productively with diversity.
Download or read book The Myth of Black Corporate Mobility written by Ulwyn L. Pierre and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. This book addresses one such needed change in the corporate arena—the continuing inequality of opportunities for success that blacks experience relative to their similarly qualified white peers in the U.S. Through interviews and research, the author tries to find the answers that still need explanation due to the the stereotypes of blacks and other minorities that were kept alive through various media.
Download or read book Creating the Multicultural Organization written by Taylor Cox, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-06-18 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the war for talent rages on, organizations are seeking proven methods for leveraging diversity as a resource. Creating the Multicultural Organization challenges today's organizations to stop "counting heads for the government" and begin creating effective strategies for a more positive approach to managing diversity. Using a model outlined in his earlie rworks, Taylor Cox Jr.--an associate professor at the University of Michigan Business School and president of his own consulting firm--shows readers the many practical and innovative ways that top organizations such as Alcoa effectively address diversity issues to secure and develop the talent that they need in order to succeed. A University of Michigan Business School Series Book
Download or read book Handbook for Strategic HR Section 2 written by OD Network and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of the HR professional has shifted from personnel administrator to business adviser, which includes consulting and partnering with the organization’s leadership and other service providers. This section will help you learn what core skills are needed for consulting; how to develop partner relationships to support innovation and change; how to work with clients in a consultative mode; and how to deal with the challenges of being an internal consultant.
Download or read book Diversity Managers Angels of Mercy or Barbarians at the Gate written by Dr. Shelton J. Goode and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversity managers who want to integrate cost-effective, battle-tested initiatives don't have enough tools and resources to identify and apply best practices to actual work situations. These programs demand time, energy, and money-and the empirical evidence about outcomes is limited. The few studies out there contradict each other, which can make it nearly impossible to determine what practices to implement. Dr. Shelton J. Goode, who has spent more than twenty years as a diversity and human resource management professional, cuts through the clutter to help you locate strengths and weaknesses in your diversity strategy. You can learn how to -benchmark organizational efforts against the actions other companies have taken to manage diversity; -identify outdated paradigms and misguided diversity management initiatives that have prevented others from capitalizing on talent embedded within the ranks; and -judge where past efforts have yielded success and which initiatives require a new approach. Despite the importance of linking diversity to the organization's bottom line, there has been no single, comprehensive resource that employees could turn to for guidance-until now! Business leaders at every level can find best practices to achieve organizational goals in Diversity Managers: Angels of Mercy or Barbarians at the Gate.
Download or read book Handbook for Strategic HR written by John Vogelsang and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2013 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of human resources is no longer limited to hiring, managing compensation, and ensuring compliance. Learn the skills HR professionals need to become key partners in leading their organizations.
Download or read book Demographic Differences in Organizations written by Anne S. Tsui and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meticulously researched and authored by two respected scholars, this book addresses the problems and benefits associated with an increasingly diverse global workforce.
Download or read book Becoming White written by Margaret Blackburn White and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-03-19 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BECOMING WHITE: My Family's Experience as Slave Holders--and Why It Still Matters follows the travels of three of my ancestral families as they came from the Old World to the new American colonies. In this lively history you will follow these families from Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland to their new homes in the colonies--and most important, see where and when they first came into contact with enslaved Africans, and how they became slave holders themselves. Although the book presents my own families' histories, it is really a parable for everyone's family history. Whether we came here long ago or last year; whether we are of European, African, Hispanic, Asian or Native American heritage, we have all been affected by the experience of being enslaved or of holding slaves. The thesis of the book is that the experience of holding other people as slaves was the origin of racism in the United States, and that that particular kind of racism has affected all of us--and even affects people who have never lived here.
Download or read book Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments written by Kamal Dean Parhizgar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resolve cross-cultural communication issues with your business suppliers, customers, and staff! Because of the rapid growth of multinational corporations and the World Wide Web, global interdependence is no longer a matter of ideology or choice, but an inescapable reality. Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments teaches managers both practical techniques and theoretical insights for working with people from diverse cultures in home and host countries. Managers who ignore or dismiss cultural differences may find themselves alienating customers and employees, fumbling negotiations, and ultimately losing sales. In contrast, those who are willing to see the world from different perspectives may spot fresh opportunities. Bringing multiple cultures together results in synergy, in which two combined energies multiply and reinforce one another. Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments tells you not only how to create synergy, but also how to profit from it. Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments offers practical features to help students and managers understand diverse cultures, including: charts, maps, and tables showing specific cultural divergences detailed discussions of relevant theories in psychology, management, and ethics exercises and self-tests clear, skill-based objectives for each chapter definitions of the terms and processes of multiculturalization In the modern world, the key to prosperity--or failure--in the global marketplace is awareness of cultural differences. Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments offers a sweeping multidisciplinary inventory of facts, theories, and practical ideas for making multiculturalism work. This comprehensive volume is a crucial resource for every manager who belongs to a multinational organization, as well as students of both domestic and international business, political science, international relations, public administration, and educational administration.
Download or read book The Power of Diversity written by Kay Iwata and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Globalization and Education written by Joshua Ka-ho Mok and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2001-12-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing impact of globalization has affected educational development in many parts of the globe. In order to maintain national competitiveness in the global marketplace, governments across the world have started to review their education systems and introduce different reform initiatives in education in order to enhance the global capacity of their citizens. This book adopts the wider perspective of globalization in order to examine and critically reflect upon the origin, evolution and development of the Quality Education Movement in Hong Kong. It pays particular attention to how Hong Kong's education has been affected by the global trend to economic rationalism and managerialism. More specifically, the major aim of this book is to examine and analyse the most recent reform measures adopted by the HKSAR in its quest for quality education in Hong Kong. This book is divided into four parts. Part One provides the theoretical/conceptual framework and historical context for the book. Part Two focuses on approaches to quality education. Part Three focuses on policy change and education reforms that are operationalized in school and higher education institutions. Part Four is a reflection and conclusion. The editors discuss the impacts and the costs of managerialism in the education sector, and suggest the kind of policy implications it might have when adopting a managerial approach in education.
Download or read book Successful Diversity Management Initiatives written by Patricia Arredondo and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1996-05-21 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just when you think you′ve read all about managing diversity and you′ve concluded that there is nothing new to say, Patricia Arredondo′s book offers a fresh, insightful, and helpful blueprint for beginning and moving forward with a diversity initiative. Successful Diversity Management Initiatives not only outlines specific steps for a managing diversity process but also discusses the rationale for procedures, identifies potential roadblocks, and explores how barriers could be managed. Patricia Arredondo gives specific examples based on her research and her experiences within organizations so that the reader obtains an integrative and systematic perspective about the issues involved. Reading this book is essential for all management educators, organizational change teams, and consultants in the field interested in getting up-to-speed about the issues. Also, managers and executives who are engaged in gaining competitive advantage through the talents and abilities of the changing workforce and knowing about the needs of their diverse customers, will gain insight into the very real factors affecting their organizations. --Anna Duran, Ph.D, Principal, Anna Duran & Associates & Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University "In this book Dr. Patricia Arredondo really captures the kind of experiences we have had as to what works and what doesn′t in shaping a diversity initiative. Her concrete suggestions provide a very useful road map leading to a successful diversity initiative." --William Watkins Jr., Executive Vice President, and Director of Economic Development, Narragansett Electric Thousands of organizations are beginning to address the issue of workforce diversity management. This important new book helps answer questions typically raised by these organizations as they face diversity-related change. Why should we do this? How will we know we are being successful? What kind of change can we expect? Successful Diversity Management Initiatives presents specific phases and steps to help plan, direct, and manage strategic organizational development. Serving as a developmental model for change, this model emphasizes on-going evaluation and clarification during each phase and proposes a prototype for measuring both qualitative and quantitative results. Vignettes based on organizational experiences are used to demonstrate how particular steps in the model occur and how they hold generic value. Intended for practical application, the book is supported by case examples, summaries at the end of each chapter that include a checklist for organizational self-assessment, models, and a glossary. Successful Diversity Management Initiatives is appropriate for professionals who have responsibility for designing and implementing programs as well as graduate students in organizational development, industrial psychology, and human resources.
Download or read book Racial Integration in Corporate America 1940 1990 written by Jennifer Alice Delton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-13 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to examine how corporations contributed to integrating racial minorities into the American workplace in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Download or read book Workplace Diversity Leveraging the Power of Difference for Competitive Advantage written by Nancy R. Lockwood and published by Society for Human Resource. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that workplace diversity is no longer just about anti-discrimination compliance but also focusing on inclusion and the impact on the bottom line, this report discusses how workplace diversity can positively affect competitive advantage and how it can be utilized to create diversity initiatives.
Download or read book Cultural Competency for Public Administrators written by Kristen A. Norman-Major and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a focus on a broad spectrum of topics--race, ethnicity, gender, disability, and sexual orientation at the federal, tribal, state, and local levels--this book equips readers to better understand the complex, real-world challenges public administrators confront in serving an increasingly diverse society. The book's main themes include: What is cultural competency and why is it important? Building culturally competent public agencies; Culturally competent public policy; Building culturally competent public servants; How do agencies assess their cultural competency and what is enough? PA scholars will appreciate the attention given to the role of cultural competency in program accreditation, and to educational approaches to deliver essential instruction on this important topic. Practitioners will value the array of examples that reflect many of the common trade offs public administrators face when trying to deliver comprehensive programs and services within a context of fiscal realities.
Download or read book The Diversity Directive written by V. Robert Hayles and published by Irwin Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, organizations across America have implemented diversity programs designed to produce the multicultural corporate environment needed to compete on a global scale. The aim of The Diversity Directive is to help those organizations realize the rewards of their efforts. The Diversity Directive includes a step-by-step, proven process for initiating or revitalizing corporate diversity efforts. Some of the most valuable diversity lessons learned by leading edge companies such as Medtronic, Pillsbury, Honeywell and 3M are shared in this book. The Diversity Directive will help readers: Guide their organization through the process of planning and implementing a diversity program that sustains real and lasting culture change; Revitalize diversity change efforts by identifying ``what to do next''; Learn about embarking on a ``diversity journey'' from those who are already traveling the path.
