Managing diversity - Lee Gardenswartz

Most new entrants to today's workforce are women and those from cultural minorities. Here is a comprehensive guide for dealing with the unprecedented challenges of this culturally expanding workforce.

Presents a blAnd of conceptual information and useful tools that show you how to:

• Conduct a diversity audit to find the most effective program for an organization's needs
• Create a culture that embraces diversity to maximize the potential of the workforce
• Build cohesive, multicultural teams
• Hire, train, and promote a diverse workforce

Worksheets, activities, and charts follow each significant issue outlined and help implement the ideas presented. The combination of individual assessments, management–training tools, systems audits, and clear models provide a complete reference that will help you understand your organization's present state and how to improve conditions. Managing Diversity clearly identifies the need to understand the array of values and backgrounds in the workforce, while helping you bring the benefit of those backgrounds to the job.