Building a House for Diversity: A Fable About a Giraffe & an Elephant Offers New Strategies for Today's Workforce

Thomas Jr., R. Roosevelt; Woodruff, Marjorie I.; Thomas, R. Roosevelt, Jr.

ISBN 10: 0814404634 / ISBN 13: 9780814404638

Verlag: Amacom Books (edition 1), 1999

Beschreibung

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0814404634-11-1

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Building a House for Diversity: A Fable About a Giraffe & an Elephant Offers New Strategies for Today's Workforce
• Verlag: Amacom Books (edition 1)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0814404634
• ISBN-13: 9780814404638
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1.
• Zustand: Good

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Inhaltsangabe

"What could an elephant and a giraffe teach people about working together? Some very important lessons, it seems, about the complex - and critically important - issues of dealing with diversity in the workforce. "Building a House for Diversity" begins with a short fable about how a friendship between the two animals is threatened when the house built for a tall, skinny giraffe cannot accommodate his invited guest, a broad, bulky elephant. Using this story as a vivid metaphor for the difficult issues inherent in diversity, the book goes on to demonstrate how managing diversity can be seen as a set of skills that anyone can learn and use. In a way that makes diversity management "up close and personal", "Building a House for Diversity" offers compelling, real-life stories of individual experiences at work. It includes: the perspective of both "insiders" (usually white males) and "outsiders" (usually minorities or women); insightful commentary illuminating what these experiences tell us about the challenges and opportunities of diversity; a particularly interesting segment on Phil Jackson, legendary Chicago Bulls coach, and how he dealt with diversity issues in his relationships to Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippin, and others; and, hands-on guidance to help readers become "diversity mature" and take personal responsibility for their attitudes and actions. Throughout, the book reflects the seminal thinking of R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., a pioneer in articulating the concepts of managing diversity. In this book, he has produced his most creative and practical approach to this continuing challenge."

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

"R. ROOSEVELT THOMAS, Jr., Ph.D. (Atlanta, GA) one of America's most respected authorities on diversity issues, is CEO of R. Thomas Consulting & Training, Inc. and founder of the American Institute for Managing Diversity. He is the author of Beyond Race and Gender (AMACOM 0-8144-7807-7) and Redefining Diversity (AMACOM 0-8144-0228-3). MARJORIE I. WOODRUFF is Director of Curriculum Development at R. Thomas Consulting & Training, Inc."