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World Class Diversity Management
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World Class Diversity Management

A Strategic Approach

R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.
Berrett-Koehler, 2010

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Eye Opening
  • Well Structured
  • Background

Recommendation

Managing diversity is more complex than increasing the number of your minority and female employees and encouraging them to advance. Diversity consultant R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. advises that diversity means appreciating how people differ and engaging with those differences in ways that contribute to your corporate culture and bottom line. Whether you use his program or not, Thomas raises important issues and insights for managers and HR professionals. He asks a key question: Why confine your definition of diversity to race and gender when, instead, you can tap into every employee’s individual potential?

Take-Aways

  • “World-Class Diversity Management” uses proven strategies to deal with diversity.
  • “Core diversity management strategies” can be divided into four quadrants. The first is “managing workforce representation“ by adding and retaining minority staff.
  • The second quadrant is managing “workforce relationships” to build harmony.

About the Author

Diversity expert R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. created the American Institute for Managing Diversity and heads Roosevelt Thomas Consulting & Training Inc.

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