Managing a Diverse Workforce : Learning Activities

managing a diverse workforce : learning activities

Managing a Diverse Workforce : Learning Activities

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Book Description
Now in its Second Edition, Managing a Diverse Workforce continues to provide a complete and comprehensive set of learning activities that address issues related to workplace diversity. Participation in these exercises leads to 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. Over half of the 30 learning activities are new to this Second 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 issues as 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 others as 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 intended for use in both academic courses and corporate training programs on managing diversity and provides background information and instructions for participants for each learning activity. Guidance for instructors on how to conduct the various activities, including masters for handouts, is provided in a separate instructor’s manual. Order your copy today!

About the Author

Gary N. Powell, Ph.D., is Professor of Management and Ackerman Scholar in the School of Business at the University of Connecticut.  He is co-author of Women and Men in Management, now in its third edition, and editor of Handbook of Gender and Work.  He is an internationally recognized scholar and educator on diversity issues in the workplace.  His graduate course on women and men in management won an award on innovation in education from the Committee on Equal Opportunity for Women of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).  He also has won the University of Connecticut School of Business Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (twice) and Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.  He has received the University of Connecticut President’s Award for Promoting Multiculturalism. 

He has served as Chair, Program Chair, and Executive Committee member of the Women in Management (now Gender and Diversity in Organizations) Division of the Academy of Management, and received both the Janet Chusmir Service Award for his contributions to the division and the Sage Scholarship Award for his contributions to research on gender in organizations.  He has published over 80 articles in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Dynamics, Academy of Management Executive, Personnel Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and presented over 90 papers at academic meetings.  He has served on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management and is a Past President, Program Chair, and Fellow of the Eastern Academy of Management.  He also is a former Co-Chair of the Status of Minorities Task Force of the Academy of Management and has served on the Editorial Board of Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, and Journal of Management.

            Prior to joining the faculty at UConn, he worked at General Electric, graduating from its Manufacturing Management Program.  At GE, he designed and implemented automated project scheduling systems as well as systems for inventory control, materials procurement, and so on.  He has provided management training and development for many companies, including Webster Financial Corp., The Hartford Financial Services Group, The Implementation Partners (TIP), GE-Capital, General Signal, Apple Computer, Monroe Auto Equipment, AllState, and CIGNA, and has conducted numerous other workshops.  He holds a doctorate in organizational behavior and a master’s degree in management science from the University of Massachusetts, and a bachelor’s degree in management from MIT.

Managing a Diverse Workforce : Learning Activities,Gary N. Powell,Sage Publications, Inc,0761929746,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business Ethics,Business/Economics,Discrimination in employment,Diversity in the workplace,Employment,Facility Management,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Minorities,Multiculturalism,Business & Economics / Business Ethics,Personnel & human resources management

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