The Diversity Factor: Capturing the Competitive Advantage of a Changing Workforce (GENERAL FINANCE & INVESTING) - Hardcover

Cross, Elsie Y.; White, Margaret Blackburn

 
9780786308583: The Diversity Factor: Capturing the Competitive Advantage of a Changing Workforce (GENERAL FINANCE & INVESTING)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0786308583 ISBN 13: 9780786308583
Publisher: McGraw Hill, 1996

Synopsis

The face of America is changing. The workforce of the 21st century will include growing numbers of women and people of color. American corporations and other organizations must develop new management skills if they are to remain competitive in the new environment. This collection of the most-requested articles from the quarterly journal "The Diversity Factor", provides both theoretical and practical information that will help organizations learn to "manage diversity" successfully. Consultants and academicians describe processes that are being used to knock down organizational barriers that prevent the new employees from achieving their full potential, while managers and executives demonstrate how these processes are being implemented in their organizations. "The Diversity Factor" offers readers valuable information on every aspect of diversity including: strategies for managing diversity in the workplace; methods for building leadership skills; and discussions of the barriers managers face and how to overcome them.

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From the Back Cover

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.

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Publisher
McGraw Hill
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0786308583
ISBN 13 
9780786308583
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
200