Managing a diverse workforce : learning activities / Gary N. Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Gary N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diversity in the workplace.

Discrimination in employment.

Multiculturalism.

Minorities--Employment.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 130 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive set of learning activities that address issues related to workplace diversity. Participation in these exercises 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.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 - Your Pie Chart; 2 - People Like Us; 3 - Becoming a Minority; 4 - Would You Repeat That?; 5 - Gender-Based Perceptions; 6 - Once Upon a Time; 7 - Consulting Analyst Wanted; 8 - Who Gets Hired?; 9 - The Prison "Break"; 10 - Beyond O. J.; 11 - Designer Decorations; 12 - Dealing With Sexually Oriented Behavior; 13 - Mixing Sex and Work; 14 - Have I Got Good News for Us!; 15 - Managing From a Distance; 16 - Networking Role Play; 17 - We Are Family; 18 - Puzzled Perceptions; 19 - Sara's Acting Strange Lately; 20 - The Older Employee; 21 - The College Graduate

22 - Diversity Incidents23 - Affirmative Action at Ole State; 24 - The Inclusive Workplace; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781452230672

1452230676

9781452237664

1452237662

9781452224169

1452224161

OCLC:

809771651