Profiting from Diversity

The Business Advantages and the Obstacles to Achieving Diversity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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The benefits of Diversity are frequently mentioned but rarely spellt out. This edited book highlights specific ways in which organisations can profit from Diversity, and a discussion of some of the obstacles that can stand in the way of doing this.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-11-27
Mått140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor266
Upplaga2010
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230516168

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CARYN E COOK Senior Lecturer with the Business School at the University of Wales, Newport, UKALAN DAVID Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at the University of Westminster, UKDR MARION HERSH Senior lecturer in the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UKKRZYSZTOF KUBACKI Lecturer in Marketing at the School of Economic and Management Studies, Keele University, UKALISON PREECE based at the University of Wales, Newport as Equality and Diversity Manager, UK HEATHER SKINNER is Principal Lecturer in Marketing at the Glamorgan Business School, UK

PART I: THE BACKGROUND Introduction; G.Moss PART II: PROFITING FROM DIVERSITY Diversity, Innovation and Corporate Strategy; A. H. David Eastward Enlargement, Cultural and National Identity and Diversity in the European Union; H.Skinner & K.Kubacki Knowledge Management and the Positive Impact of a Collectivist Culture; G.Moss, K.Kubacki, M.Hersh & R.Gunn Gender-Based Motives for Purchasing Fair Trade Products in France; F.Ferran Women Managers in Latvia: A Universal Footprint for the Future? G.Moss, Farnham & C. Cook Variety is the Spice of Life: How Design Diversity Can Enhance Profitability; G.Moss PART III: OBSTACLES TO DIVERSITY INITIATIVES Embedding Diversity: The Obstacles Faced by Equality and Diversity Specialists; A. Preece Design Diversity: The Organisational Obstacles; G. Moss Obstacles to Greater Design Diversity: Gender and Webdesign Software; G. Horvath, G. Moss, R. Gunn& E. Vass Tackling Ageism in Employment: Age the Final Frontier of Discrimination? D. Farnham Disabled People and Employment: Barriers to Potential Solutions; M. Hersh Barriers to Diversity: The Case of Advertising Creatives; J. Blythe