Diversity: New Realities in a Changing World

392 Pages·2007·1.654 MB·English

by  Professor Kurt A. April PhD, Dr Marylou L. Shockley PhD (eds.)

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Diversity
New Realities in a Changing World
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Diversity :new realities in a changing world / edited by Kurt April & Marylou Shockley.
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1.Pluralism (Social sciences) 2.Multiculturalism.3.Diversity in the workplace.I.
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Contents
List of Tables x
List of Figures xi
Acknowledgements xii
Foreword xiii
Notes on the Editors xiv
List of Contributors xvii
Introduction:A Diverse Future 1
Kurt April and Marylou Shockley
Part 1:Ways of Looking at Reality 9
Editors’Note:Ways of Looking at Reality 11
Kurt April
1 Diversity – A Diamond in the Rough 14
Sylvia Vriesendorp
2 Restore Talent and Leadership 48
Geert F.M.H.Hofman and Ken Moore
3 Globalisation:A Personal View 66
Tony Ehrenreich
Part 2:Expanding Reality 77
Editors’Note:Expanding Reality 79
Marylou Shockley
4 Managing Diversity:The United States Experience 82
James Joseph
5 Diversity:Ideas to Create Value in the Workplace 88
Mario Ghiggino
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6 New Frontiers for Diversity and Inclusion 102
Tony Burnett and Simon Kettleborough
7 Applying Burlesque Rhetoric to Create Social Change 111
Jennifer Kam and Joanna Eidsmore
Part 3:Embedding Reality 125
Editors’Note:Embedding Reality 127
Kurt April
8 Complexity Theory and the Electricity of Life:A Chinese
Perspective 131
Keith Morrison
9 Chinese Culture:Its Impact on Knowledge Sharing 147
Hongyan Xu
10 Geo-Political Diversity 154
Soonu Kochar
11 American Legal System Diversity:Stare Decisisin a
Changing World 188
Cathy Havener Greer
12 Diversity and Corporate Governance 196
Kai Peters,Kurt April,Marylou Shockley and Vinay Dhamija
Part 4:Creating Reality 215
Editors’Note:Creating Reality 217
Marylou Shockley
13 Reflections on Conscious Communication:A Critical
Process for Transitional Societies? 219
Dave Bond
14 Diversity – Creativity – Leadership:A Journey from
Ancient Greece to Modern Society 226
Harald Knudsen and Jonny Holbek
15 Diversity:Not All Are Believers 248
Marylou Shockley
Part 5:Preparing for New Realities 261
Editors’Note:Preparing for New Realities 263
Kurt April
Contents ix
16 Leadership in Question:Talking Diversity,Walking
Homogeneity in the Dutch Police Force 266
Philomena Essed
17 Responsible Leadership Ethics 276
Kurt April and Amanda April
18 Spirit of African Leadership:A Comparative African
Perspective 294
Lovemore Mbigi
Part 6:Realizing New Realities 305
Editors’Note:Realizing New Realities 307
Marylou Shockley
19 National Institutions and the Fate of Diversity:What has
Become of Nordic Corporatism? 309
Thor Indridason
20 Soft Power in a World of Hard Power:Leadership as a
Way of Being 341
James Joseph
21 An American in Guangzhou 347
Marilyn Thomas
Part 7:Conclusion 355
Conclusion:Consequences of New Realities 357
Kurt April
Index 373