Workforce Inter-Personnel Diversity

Organization leaders typically look at each job position, characterized as identical based on pay and job description, in the same way. They hire employees to do that particular job and often do not consider other capabilities that the employees may possess. This book examines how to optimize workforce performance by understanding the diversity of skills and competencies of employees.

Diversity is generally explored in terms of gender, race, nationality, disability, and other physical characteristics that differentiate one legally protected group of people from another. In the workplace, however, diversity can take on a different meaning, describing not only physical differences but also work performance characteristics unique to each individual employee. Inter-personnel diversity seeks to explore those diverse characteristics and begin to understand each employee's strengths and weaknesses so that they can be developed to benefit the employee and the organization. This much-needed text will inform scholars and scholar-practitioners in HRD and workforce development how to use these differences to enhance the individual and the organization.

Examines why employees with the same job classification may not perform at the same level Shows how a holistic approach to understanding employee strengths and weaknesses can benefit the organization Provides examples of organizations that have embraced inter-personnel diversity and the impact on both individuals and the organization as a whole Redefines diversity as it relates to the workplace

Autorentext
Claretha Hughes is Professor at the University of Arkansas, USA. She has over 27 years of diverse management, supervisory, and administrative experience in organizational and workforce development. She is a member of Association for Talent Development and has published articles in Human Resource Development Review, Advances in Developing Human Resources, Workforce Education Forum, and New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. Her book Valuing People and Technology in the Workplace: A Competitive Advantage Framework won the R. Wayne Pace Book of the Year award in 2012.

Klappentext
Drawing upon decades of her own research, Dr. Hughes provides human resource professionals with yet another useful lens to consider when designing interventions to support diversity and inclusion. Both practitioners and academics will find new ways to understand, describe and lead inclusive workplaces in her newest book.

• Holly M. Hutchins, Professor and HRD Undergraduate Program Coordinator, College of Technology, University of Houston

Organization leaders typically look at each job position, characterized as identical based on pay and job description, in the same way. They hire employees to do that particular job and often do not consider other capabilities that the employees may possess. This book examines how to optimize workforce performance by understanding the diversity of skills and competencies of employees.

Diversity is generally explored in terms of gender, race, nationality, disability, and other physical characteristics that differentiate one legally protected group of people from another. In the workplace, however, diversity can take on a different meaning, describing not only physical differences but also work performance characteristics unique to each individual employee. Inter-personnel diversity seeks to explore those diverse characteristics and begin to understand each employee's strengths and weaknesses so that they can be developed to benefit the employee and the organization. This much-needed text will inform scholars and scholar-practitioners in HRD and workforce development how to use these differences to enhance the individual and the organization.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: A Holistic Approach to Examining Workforce Inter-Personnel Diversity.- 2. Description and Recognition of a Quality, Inter-Personnel Diverse Workforce.- 3. The Role of Workplace Leaders Who Champion Workforce Inter-Personnel Diversity.- 4. Using Workforce Inter-Personnel Diversity as a Unique Talent Management System Component.- 5. Valuing Independent Thought within Cultural Groups in the Workplace.- 6. Using Workforce Inter-Personnel Diversity to Alleviate Generational Differences.- 7. Conclusion.