Planning for diversity : options and recommendations for DoD leaders / Nelson Lim, Michelle Cho, Kimberly Curry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lim, Nelson.

Contributor:

Cho, Michelle.

Hall, Kimberly Curry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces.

Minorities.

United States--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

United States.

United States--Armed Forces--Minorities.

Affirmative action programs--United States.

Affirmative action programs.

Physical Description:

xx, 110 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2008.

Summary:

Despite the U.S. armed forces' historical role as a model for racial integration and decades of Department of Defense (DoD) efforts to promote racial and ethnic diversity, many groups are still underrepresented within the department, especially among DoD's active duty and civilian leadership. This is a particularly important issue for DoD because many military leaders believe that maintaining a diverse workforce is critical for the department's national security mission. This report discusses the initial steps that DoD should take in developing a department-wide plan to achieve greater diversity within its active duty and civilian leadership. To create a strategic plan for diversity, the authors explain, DoD leaders must articulate a vision for where they want the organization to go, and this vision statement must clearly define what type of diversity DoD wants to achieve. The next step is to set specific goals for the various components of DoD and to develop strategies for meeting those goals. Finally, Lim, Cho, and Curry emphasize that the strategic plan will fail unless there are ways to both measure the progress toward the plan's goals and hold leaders accountable for such progress. The report draws on findings from the DoD Diversity Summit held in Washington, D.C., on February 27-28, 2007, and includes an appendix that summarizes presentations and discussions from the summit.

Contents:

Impetus for a Department-Wide Strategic Plan 2

DoD Diversity Summit 4

Informed Strategic Planning 5

Avoiding the Knowing-Doing Gap 7

Organization of This Report 8

Chapter 2 Vision 11

Current State of Affairs: Rhetoric Versus Reality 13

Demographic Diversity: Focusing on Legally Protected Groups 15

Going Beyond Demographic Diversity 17

Combined Approach: Prioritizing Race/Ethnicity and Gender Within a Broader Definition of Diversity 18

Diversity Management 20

Assimilation 22

Inclusion 23

Chapter 3 Mission and Goals 25

Mission: Identifying Ownership 26

Align the Mission with the Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity 26

Diversity as a Distinct DoD-Wide Mission 28

Integrating Diversity Within the Overall DoD-Wide Mission 30

Chapter 4 Strategies 35

Process Strategies 36

Enabling Strategies 39

Chapter 5 Measurement and Evaluation 45

Measuring Diversity in a Group 46

Measuring Organizational Climate 49

Measuring Outcomes 50

Chapter 6 Recommendations 55

Leadership 56

Vision 57

Mission and Goals 57

Strategies 57

Evaluation 59

From Planning to Implementation 59

Appendix Summary of Discussions from the 2007 DoD Diversity Summit 61.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-110).

ISBN:

9780833044716

0833044710

OCLC:

227017889