Managing a Diverse Workforce: Learning Activities

Author:   Gary N. Powell
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
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9781412990929


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   05 January 2011
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Author:   Gary N. Powell
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.50cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781412990929


ISBN 10:   1412990920
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   05 January 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction/Dimensions of Diversity 1. Your Pie Chart 2. People Like Us Working with People in the Majority Group 3. Becoming a Minority Working with People from a Different National Culture 4. Would You Repeat That? Being Socialized 5. Gender-Based Perceptions 6. Once Upon a Time Making Employment Decisions 7. Consulting Analyst Wanted 8. Who Gets Hired? Working in Diverse Teams 9. The Prison Break Promoting Positive Race Relations 10. Beyond O. J. Leading People 11. Designer Decorations Dealing with Sexuality in the Workplace 12. Dealing With Sexually Oriented Behavior 13. Mixing Sex and Work Managing the Work-Family Interface 14. Have I Got Good News for Us! 15. Managing From a Distance Pursuing a Career 16. Networking Role Play Working as a Non-Family Member in a Family Firm 17. We Are Family Working with People with Disabilities 18. Puzzled Perceptions 19. Sara's Acting Strange Lately Working with People of a Different Age 20. The Older Employee 21. The College Graduate Promoting Nondiscrimination 22. Diversity Incidents Promoting Diversity 23. Affirmative Action at Ole State Promoting Inclusion 24. The Inclusive Workplace

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Gary N. Powell, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, and Distinguished Scholar at Lancaster University Management School in Lancaster, UK. He is author of Women and Men in Management (5th ed.), Making Work and Family Work: From Hard Choices to Smart Choices, and Managing a Diverse Workforce: Learning Activities (3rd ed.), and the editor of Handbook of Gender and Work. He is an internationally recognized scholar and educator on gender, diversity, and work-family 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 has received the University of Connecticut President's Award for Promoting Multiculturalism. He is also the recipient of the Ellen Galinsky Generative Research Award from the Work and Family Researchers Network. He has served as Chair 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 120 articles in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Human Relations; contributed over 25 chapters to edited volumes; and presented over 160 papers at professional conferences. He is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management and Eastern Academy of Management. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management and as President of the Eastern Academy of Management. He has served on the Editorial Board of Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, and Academy of Management Executive, and as Editor of a Special Issue of Academy of Management Review on work-life theory. 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.

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