http://www.bizsum.com/ Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:27:42 -0500 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:18:47 -0400 http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/big-shift <div>Author: Freedman, Marc</div> <div>Publisher: PublicAffairs</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Big Shift</strong>, renowned social entrepreneur Marc Freedman confronts the problem of an increasingly aging population and a society ill-prepared to make use of its knowledge and expertise. However,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/otherwise <div>Author: Martin, Dick</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>It has always been important for leaders to be able to relate to people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs. But in today’s world this ability may be the single most critical key to success. <strong>...</strong></p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/black-faces-white-places <div>Author: Pinkett, Randal | Robinson, Jeffrey | Patterson, Philana</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Black Faces in White Places</strong>, Randal Pinkett and Jeffrey Robinson acknowledge that things have improved in America when it comes to race, but there is still progress to be made to leave a better...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/diversity-code <div>Author: Johnson, Michelle T.</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Diversity Code</strong>, Michelle T. Johnson, the self-titled “Diversity Diva,” uses her experience as a lawyer and journalist to help people break “the diversity code” by looking at things differently....</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/cultural-intelligence-difference <div>Author: Livermore, David A.</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In today’s hypercompetitive economy, success depends on the ability to function effectively in culturally diverse situations. Traditionally a person’s IQ, or cognitive intelligence, was considered a critical predictor...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/managing-generation-mix <div>Author: Martin, Carolyn A. | Tulgan, Bruce</div> <div>Publisher: HRD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Generational diversity in the workplace can help companies capitalize on employees’ unique abilities and experiences, but it also creates challenges for managers charged with leading this generational mix. Conflict...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/trailblazers <div>Author: Anderson, Redia | Billings-Harris, Lenora</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Today’s top organizations have embraced diversity and inclusion as practices that make good business sense. Fostering an internal culture of diversity that is interconnected with community outreach means organizations...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/none-us-good-all-us <div>Author: Harris, Patricia Sowell</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>McDonald’s prides itself on the diversity of its workforce. In January 2009, the employee base was 62 percent female, 35 percent Hispanic, 20 percent African American, five percent Asian, and two percent Native...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/what-women-want <div>Author: Underhill, Paco</div> <div>Publisher: Simon & Schuster</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Over the past twenty years, women have gained significant cultural, social, and economic influence. Women enjoy greater buying power than ever before, and they prefer to spend their money at businesses that provide...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/perfectly-able <div>Author: Hasse, Jim</div> <div>Publisher: Lighthouse International</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Perfectly Able</strong>, Jim Hasse explores the many benefits of hiring people with disabilities. Advanced problem-solving skills and creativity engendered by the need to overcome the obstacles of disability...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/mentoring-and-diversity <div>Author: Clutterbuck, David | Ragins, Belle Rose</div> <div>Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann</div> <div>Published Date: 2002</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>While mentoring is a well researched topic, the relationship between mentoring and diversity requires more exploration. In <strong>Mentoring and Diversity</strong>, David Clutterbuck and Belle Rose Ragins review...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/retiring-generation-gap <div>Author: Deal, Jennifer J.</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Conventional stereotypes believe that the generation gap runs deep, creating insurmountable misunderstandings and conflicts among colleagues. How is it possible for employees from different generations to work together...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/corporate-culture <div>Author: Stanford, Naomi</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/teams">Teams</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Corporate Culture</strong>, Naomi Stanford shows how a company’s culture can make or break the organization and that getting the culture right is a fundamental part of a successful business strategy. She...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/generation-blend <div>Author: Salkowitz, Rob</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/technology">Technology</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In the years ahead, the workplace will be characterized by high degrees of demographic diversity. Today, there are four generations represented in the workforce: the Silent Generation (born between the Great Depression...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/managing-millennials <div>Author: Espinoza, Chip | Ukleja, Mick | Rusch, Craig</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>A few years ago, Chip Espinoza, Mick Ukleja, and Craig Rusch began to notice a growing frustration among managers and business leaders trying to integrate younger workers into their organizations. Three generations of...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/2020-workplace <div>Author: Meister, Jeanne C. | Willyerd, Karie</div> <div>Publisher: HarperCollins</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/technology">Technology</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The 2020 Workplace</strong>, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd outline the ways in which organizations can and should change in order to meet the needs of the diverse and “über-connected” workforce of...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/world-class-diversity-management <div>Author: Thomas, Jr., R.Roosevelt</div> <div>Publisher: Thomas and Associates, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>World Class Diversity Management</strong>, R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. draws from his twenty-five year career in diversity work, interactions with senior-level executives, and personal observations and...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/bridging-generation-gap <div>Author: Gravett, Linda | Throckmorton, Robin</div> <div>Publisher: Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In today’s workplace, five generations–Radio Babies, Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Gen Yers and the Millenials–bring unique perspectives and experiences to the job. For businesses to compete in today’s global economy, all...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/loudest-duck <div>Author: Liswood, Laura</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The increased globalization of the business world has caused organizations to become more aware of the need to ensure diverse, level playing fields in their workplaces. While organizations frequently create diversity...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/female-vision <div>Author: Helgesen, Sally | Johnson, Julie</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Women and men have different perspectives on the world and on how they experience it, but business organizations have traditionally focused on and rewarded only male-centric points of view. A woman’s unique perceptions...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/y-workplace <div>Author: Lipkin, Nicole A. | Perrymore, April J.</div> <div>Publisher: Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Like it or not, Generation Y (Gen Y) is entering the workplace, and their numbers are too big to ignore. Sporting nose rings and spurning panty hose, listening to iPods and continuously text messaging, the generation...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/harassed <div>Author: McCann, Nancy Dodd1 | McGinn, Thomas A.2,3,4</div> <div>Publisher: Business One/Irwin</div> <div>Published Date: 1992</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p><strong>Harassed </strong>stands as an effective first step in changing the attitudes of both men and women that lead to widespread sex discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace. The book has several...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/body-and-soul <div>Author: Roddick, Anita</div> <div>Publisher: Crown Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 1991</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-biographies">Business Biographies</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/social-responsibility">Social Responsibility</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>When Anita opened the first Body Shop in Brighton, England, in 1976, the extent of her business acumen was the knowledge that she would have to take in £300 a week to remain open. Her only motivation for choosing the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/breaking-tradition <div>Author: Schwartz, Felice | Zimmerman, Jean</div> <div>Publisher: Warner Books</div> <div>Published Date: 1992</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Never in the history of this country have the roles of women and men been so close to being shared, and never before have choices been so free of traditional gender restrictions. Yet, women are still blocked in their...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/business-across-cultures <div>Author: Trompenaars, Fons | Woolliams, Peter</div> <div>Publisher: Capstone Wiley Publishing Ltd.</div> <div>Published Date: 2004</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/global-business">Global Business</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In a global economy, contemplation of culture is neither new nor unusual. In fact, it is crucial for a successful business venture. Often, when company executives seek to break into the international market or form...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/female-advantage <div>Author: Helgesen, Sally</div> <div>Publisher: Currency Doubleday</div> <div>Published Date: 1990</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>As the world evolves, we need to understand what the world will be like as women come to have more and more impact in the public realm. Thus, <strong>The Female Advantage </strong>attempts to answer the small questions...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/web-inclusion <div>Author: Helgesen, Sally</div> <div>Publisher: Doubleday/Currency</div> <div>Published Date: 1995</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The Web of Inclusion stresses how companies are being challenged to reconfigure so they can take advantage of innovative technologies more effectively and be more responsive to vastly expanded markets. Organizations...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/office-romance <div>Author: Powers, Dennis M.</div> <div>Publisher: Amacom</div> <div>Published Date: 1998</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p></p><P>Surveys show that office romances are flourishing. The workplace is rapidly replacing bars, churches, and health clubs as the spot for meeting that significant other. And happily, in today’s enlightened business...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/frames-reference <div>Author: Rudman, Carol</div> <div>Publisher: Peterson's/Pacesetter Books</div> <div>Published Date: 1996</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Everyday in the workplace, people face many challenges related to cross-gender communications. Often these situations are emotionally charged, and each party is too caught up in them to have any kind of perspective or...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/beyond-race-and-gender <div>Author: Thomas Jr., R. Roosevelt</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 1991</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Beyond Race and Gender is not a "how-to" manual, nor does it prescribe a specific program, rather it describes an ongoing process based on a working definition of managing diversity. Thomas moves away from assimilation...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/wall-street-women <div>Author: Fisher, Anne B.</div> <div>Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf</div> <div>Published Date: 1990</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In some respects, the bull market opened up unprecedented opportunities for a long-neglected talent pool of women. In 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average flew past the 2,000 mark for the first time ever and four of...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/swim-dolphins <div>Author: Glaser, Connie | Steinberg Smalley, Barbara</div> <div>Publisher: Warner Books</div> <div>Published Date: 1995</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Corporate America is just now beginning to realize that effective managers must possess the right technical skills to get the job done, as well as the right people skills to ensure a sense of cohesiveness in the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/he-works-she-works <div>Author: Carter, Jaine | Carter, James D.</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 1995</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The fact that the dynamics of the workplace ultimately alter the dynamics of personal relationships creates challenges that couples need to meet if both partners hope to enjoy life while pursuing their goals. This book...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/8-practices-exceptional-companies <div>Author: Fitz-Enz, Jac</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 1997</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Business executives have always been on a quest for effective management practices, wanting to know how well the competition is doing, what it is doing, and how it is doing it. Thus, best practice research has also...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/women-breaking-through <div>Author: Swiss, Deborah J.</div> <div>Publisher: Peterson's/Pacesetter Books</div> <div>Published Date: 1996</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Deborah J. Swiss began researching Women Breaking Through with the intention of showcasing organizations that are making a real effort to remove the career roadblocks faced by women at work. But only 17 percent of the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/why-women-mean-business <div>Author: Wittenberg-Cox, Avivah | Maitland, Alison</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>According to the authors of <strong>Why Women Mean Business</strong>, the influence of women in the workplace and the marketplace is changing everything, and the changes are desirable rather than threatening. Utilizing...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/managing-hispanic-and-latino-employees <div>Author: Nevaer, Louis E. V.</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Louis Nevaer’s <strong>Managing Hispanic and Latino Employees </strong>is a practical guide to navigating cultural issues in the workplace. The book offers advice on managing a diverse workforce at each stage of...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leading-cultural-intelligence <div>Author: Livermore, David</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/global-business">Global Business</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Cultural intelligence (CQ) is a set of skills that facilitates effective cross-cultural management. Instead of learning the intricacies of the culture and practices of every nation, CQ provides a broad-based model that...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/keeping-millennials <div>Author: Sujansky, Joanne G | Ferri-Reed, Jan</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>For the first time in history, corporate managers face the challenge of managing four generations at once: the Matures, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y (the Millennials). As Boomers get ready to retire en...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/not-everyone-gets-trophy <div>Author: Tulgan, Bruce</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>As members of Generation Y enter the workforce in ever-increasing numbers, they bring with them a new set of attitudes that can present unique challenges to their managers, many of whom come from older generations. It...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/women-lead-way <div>Author: Tarr-Whelan, Linda</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Linda Tarr-Whelan makes the case in <strong>Women Lead the Way</strong> that having more women leaders will make a positive difference for everyone. Their management skills and techniques match the 21st century...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/all-rise <div>Author: Fuller, Robert W.</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Respect for the dignity of others is a value often sadly lacking in today's society. In All Rise, author Robert W. Fuller makes the case that abused power inherent in rank - rankism - is the main obstacle in...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/transnational-leadership-development <div>Author: Fisher-Yoshida, Beth | Geller, Kathy D.</div> <div>Publisher: Amacom</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/global-business">Global Business</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Advances in technology have broken down borders, bridged oceans, and created relationships between people and cultures where none had existed before. Because of these changes, cultural differences need to be...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/trophy-kids-grow <div>Author: Alsop, Ron</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The millennial generation – comprised of individuals born between 1980 and 2001 – is shaking up the workplace. A polarizing generation that is both admired and critiqued, millennials are serious about changing work...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leadership-and-sexes <div>Author: Gurian, Michael | Annis, Barbara</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Gender differences are apparent in all facets of life, and work settings are no exception. Some companies ignore these differences, breeding miscommunication and misunderstanding. Other companies work to become gender...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/putting-our-differences-work <div>Author: Kennedy, Debbe</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/innovation">Innovation</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/teams">Teams</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Putting differences to work – creating an environment where diverse individuals can work more effectively to drive innovation and performance – has unlimited potential benefits. Unfortunately, however, organizations...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/igniting-gen-b-and-gen-v <div>Author: Ahlrichs, Nancy S.</div> <div>Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>To compete in today’s marketplace, corporations need to develop employees that do more than just show up every day to work: employees need to be engaged in their work. Unfortunately, companies have historically...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/motivating-whats-it-me-workforce <div>Author: Marston, Cam</div> <div>Publisher: </div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>No matter who you are, it seems, your place in the generational chain dictates not only how you work, but how disconnected you are from all other groups - older and younger. Though one might say that this is simply the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/global-diversity <div>Author: Gundling, Ernest | Zanchettin, Anita</div> <div>Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/global-business">Global Business</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>To be successful in a world market, corporations need to learn to adapt their services and products to meet local needs and preferences. To this end, a superficial knowledge of the culture and diversity within a...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/world-wise <div>Author: Denslow, Lanie</div> <div>Publisher: </div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/global-business">Global Business</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>At the heart of the world economy, business professionals are striving to communicate across different cultural heritages and experiences. However if these professionals do not understand the range of values, attitudes...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/diversity-leaders-not-labels <div>Author: Graham, Stedman</div> <div>Publisher: Simon & Schuster</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>As technology brings people closer together, our environment becomes more diverse. And while workers from all backgrounds are merging into the global marketplace, businesses are being challenged by a shortage of talent...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/art-connecting <div>Author: Raines, Claire | Ewing, Lara</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In every kind of business and in every industry, workplaces are becoming more diverse, which has important and challenging implications for communication and for relationship building. In <strong>The Art of Connecting...</strong></p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/managing-across-cultures <div>Author: Solomon, Charlene M. | Schell, Michael S.</div> <div>Publisher: McGraw-Hill</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Today’s business world has become so interconnected that most businesspeople now regularly work with colleagues, customers, or suppliers from other cultures. Not everyone in the world shares American attitudes toward...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/journey-heroic-environment <div>Author: Lebow, Rob</div> <div>Publisher: Select Books</div> <div>Published Date: 2004</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>A Journey into the Heroic Environment</strong>, Lebow contends that, the secret to job satisfaction is the way an individual treats others and how that conduct causes others to treat the individual. Over the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/new-workforce <div>Author: Hankin, Harriet</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Kohler</div> <div>Published Date: 1995</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The difference between the market value of a publicly held company and its official net value is the value of its intangible assets. In most companies, the value of these assets exceeds the value of tangible holdings....</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leveraging-new-human-capital <div>Author: Burud, Sandra | Tumolo, Marie</div> <div>Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2004</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>According to Burud and Tumolo, people live and work differently today than they did in the past. Because employees no longer have the “invisible” support of the home-based partner who backed workers of the Industrial...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/inclusion-breakthrough <div>Author: Miller, Frederick A. | Katz, Judith H.</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2002</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/social-responsibility">Social Responsibility</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Although most Fortune 500 companies have some kind of diversity program, Miller and Katz believe that the majority have been unsuccessful because of what they call diversity in a box restrictive policies, practices,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/generations-work <div>Author: Zemke, Ron | Raines, Claire | Filipczak, Bob</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 1999</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The late 1990s are unique in that four different generations (Veterans, Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Nexters-born 1980 on) have converged upon the workplace at the same time, each with their own set of work ethics, set...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/ceo <div>Author: Kurtzig, Sandra L. | Parker, Tom</div> <div>Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company</div> <div>Published Date: 1994</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-biographies">Business Biographies</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Although CEO is a true story, it reads like a novel. Kurtzig and Parker bring her character to life. Kurtzig’s life is full of suspense and that suspense is conveyed throughout. Each chapter title attracts attention-...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/workforce-america <div>Author: Loden, Marilyn | Rosener, Judy B.</div> <div>Publisher: Business One/Irwin</div> <div>Published Date: 1991</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/social-responsibility">Social Responsibility</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In Workforce America, the authors contend that-contrary to what some believe-managing diversity as an asset does not require expertise in cultural differences. The only prerequisite is a framework for analyzing the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Diversity