Managing a Diverse Workforce provides a comprehensive set of learning activities that address issues related to workplace diversity. Participation in theseexercises helps students gain a greater appreciation of the wide range of issues that arise when people classify themselves or are classified by others as members of different groups, on whatever basis. More than half of the 30 learning activities are new to this Third Edition. The learning activities have several noteworthy features: - They explore the impact of diversity on the basis of numerous personal characteristics, including gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, physical and mental abilities, national culture, religion,socioeconomic status, education, appearance, weight, marital status, and parental status. - They address pre-organizational and organizational entry issuesas well as issues that arise in the workplace. - They examine issues pertaining to individuals' work and personal lives and to society as a whole. - They consider what it is like to manage, be managed by, and work with diverse othersas peers. - They offer powerful learning experiences that involve individuals, groups, and entire classes or training programs. - They offer different types of learning experiences, including diagnostic instruments, role plays, and simulations. - They draw upon many types of work settings, including both business and not-for-profit organizations. - Managing a Diverse Workforce is a perfect companion to core texts in workforce diversity, managing diversity, and human resource development, including Gary Powell's Women and Men in Management,Fourth Edition. INDICE: Introduction/Dimensions of Diversity 1. Your Pie Chart 2. People Like Us Working with People in the Majority Group 3. Becoming a Minority Working with People from a Different National Culture 4. Would You Repeat That? Being Socialized 5. Gender-Based Perceptions 6. Once Upon a Time Making Employment Decisions 7. Consulting Analyst Wanted 8. Who Gets Hired? Working in DiverseTeams 9. The Prison "Break" Promoting Positive Race Relations 10. Beyond O. J. Leading People 11. Designer Decorations Dealing with Sexuality in the Workplace 12. Dealing With Sexually Oriented Behavior 13. Mixing Sex and Work Managing the Work-Family Interface 14. Have I Got Good News for Us! 15. Managing From a Distance Pursuing a Career 16. Networking Role Play Working as a Non-Family Member in a Family Firm 17. We Are Family Working with People with Disabilities 18. Puzzled Perceptions 19. Sara's Acting Strange Lately Working with People of a Different Age 20. The Older Employee 21. The College Graduate Promoting Nondiscrimination 22. Diversity Incidents Promoting Diversity 23. Affirmative Action at Ole State Promoting Inclusion 24. The Inclusive Workplace
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-9092-9
- Editorial: Sage Publications
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 144
- Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés