Managing Diversity in Organizations

by Golembiewski, Robert T.

• ISBN13: 9780817307868
• ISBN10: 0817307869
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr

Summary

Golembiewski identifies the many forces and factors propelling us into the age of diversity in organizations - ethical, political, philosophic, demographic, and so on - and details both the historical and contemporary approaches. Most practice has focused on a "level playing field" or equal opportunity and "tilting the playing field" or equal outcomes. This volume focuses on diversity as a strategic device rather than as a nicety rooted in behavioral and organizational research. Managing diversity successfully in organizations requires a thorough understanding of management infrastructure that is consistent with diversity - especially structures of work, policies, and procedures that institutionalize and build diversity.

Table of Contents

Preface
Circumscribing Diversity: Orientations at the Organizational Level of Analysis	p. 1
Five Developmental Emphases in Diversity: The Past Can Be Prologue to the Future, If We Pay Attention	p. 25
A, Maybe the, Reason Why Most Systems Are Diversity-Unfriendly: Bureaucratic Structures as Barriers	p. 51
Moving toward Diversity-Friendly Systems, I: Attractions of an Alternative Structure	p. 89
Moving toward Diversity-Friendly Systems, II: Aspects of an Affirming Infrastructure	p. 133
A Temporary Concluding, but No Conclusion	p. 175
References	p. 190
Index	p. 209
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