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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Kasper, Linda S.     Subjects     Diversity in the workplace     Organizational effectiveness     Organizational change     MSEM Thesis.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kasper, Linda S.       by title:      Workplace diversity ...         MARC Display

Workplace diversity : management strategies for realizing the benefits of employee diversity / by Linda S. Kasper. by Kasper, Linda S. Subjects Diversity in the workplace   Organizational effectiveness   Organizational change   MSEM Thesis. Description:  vi, 161 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Contents:  Introduction -- The changing environment -- Beyond traditional approaches -- Achieving diversity goals -- Management strategy -- Conclusion -- Appendixes: A: Workplace demographics -- B: Managing diversity comparison -- C: Culture contrasts. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the challenge facing organizations in dealing with workplace diversity and to offer methods to effectively manage it. This paper presents a case for recognizing diversity trends in business and making strides to embrace it for competitive advantage. Guidelines are given for developing management strategies to tap the benefits of employee diversity. The research method utilized here is a contemporary literature review with reinforcing information gathered from professional and business journals. Since worker diversity is a relatively new management theme, periodicals comprise a fair portion of the bibliography sources. Emphasis is placed on the most current findings and philosophies surrounding the diversity topic as seen from the legal, moral, social, and economic vantage points. The findings of this thesis include management strategies for realizing the benefits of employee diversity. These general strategies include: · managing the change involved with diversification of the work force through careful planning and anticipation of the barriers to diversity. · cultivating specialized managerial skills to effectively deal with diversity, · generating long-term commitment to diversity efforts by achieving and maintaining support at all organizational levels. Recognizing the opportunity inherent in a differentiated work force is the first step to gaining from diversity. Then, through a systematic approach, the benefits of diversity can be tapped. New workplace realities require managers to become diversity leaders within their organizations and be proactive about diversity issues. They must learn to harness the potential of a nonhomogeneous workforce and cultivate workers as individuals. Managers need to embrace diversity by systematically implementing programs and policies that support worker differences. The failure to plan for employee diversity will render an organization unfit to compete in today's global economy. Indeed, diversity management is the strategic business imperative of the 1990s.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Walter Schroeder Library Master's Theses AC805 .K377 1994 Available Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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