Understanding and Managing Diversity (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

by Carol Harvey (Author), M. June Allard (Author)

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Product Description
For courses in Diversity offered in business or humanities departments. Also ideal for special topics courses in Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, and Human Relations. Combining varied readings, real-world cases and thought-provoking exercises, Understanding and Managing Diversity prepares today's students to enter an increasingly broad workplace where diversity must not only be accepted, but also understood.

From the Back Cover

• Readings, cases, and exercises organized in terms of three perspectives: individual, social group identity, and organizational diversity
• Twenty new experiential exercises, six new readings, and two new cases including Coca-Cola
• Classic diversity contributions by well-known authors such as Peggy McIntosh, Deborah 7annen, Milton Bennett, David Thomas, and Robin Ely
• Difficult-to-find, original teaching material on topics such as the business case for diversity, ethics, board diversity, the military, the media, cross-cultural management, and diversity audits
• Coverage of multiple aspects of diversity beyond race, gender, and ethnicity, such as communication, generational diversity; physical challenge and accommodation, and social class
• New pedagogical features such as assessment assignments, out-of-class writing projects, and Web-based exercises

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (August 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013144154X
• ISBN-13: 978-0131441545
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #255,700 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Is a required textbook for my managing diversity class, September 20, 2005

By	S. Chavez (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This isn't a bad book. It was required for a managing diversity class I am taking in graduate school. The content is short readings on various topics generally centering around cultural diversity and discimination. There are group exercises in between some of the readings. The book is very much centered around being used in a group-discussion oriented classroom. I don't think it is worth what is being charged for it, but as far as textbooks go, it is pretty inexpensive.

3.0 out of 5 stars Cool, September 23, 2008

By	DeWayne Wright "PD" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Understanding and Managing Diversity (4th Edition) (Paperback)

It's an easy read, I'm using it for a Diversity class. I like because the chapters are short.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great value, informative and insightful, but a bit dry at times, February 8, 2008

By	Christopher Smith "Ottawa University www.otta... (Jeffersonville, IN) - See all my reviews

Having purchased this as the required textbook for my Cultural Diversity class, I foundd the best feature was the price! Most of my books were about twice as expensive as this one. The text itself was very interesting and insightful, but the reading tended to get a bit dry at times.