Workforce Inter-Personnel Diversity: The Power to Influence Human Productivity and Career Development

Description

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Introduction: A Holistic Approach to Examining Workforce Inter-Personnel Diversity (Claretha Hughes)....Pages 1-8 Description and Recognition of a Quality, Inter-Personnel Diverse Workforce (Claretha Hughes)....Pages 9-26 The Role of Workplace Leaders Who Champion Workforce Inter-Personnel Diversity (Claretha Hughes)....Pages 27-45 Using Workforce Inter-Personnel Diversity as a Unique Talent Management System Component (Claretha Hughes)....Pages 47-80 Valuing Independent Thought Within Cultural Groups in the Workplace (Claretha Hughes)....Pages 81-106 Using Workforce Inter-Personnel Diversity to Alleviate Generational Differences (Claretha Hughes)....Pages 107-124 Conclusion (Claretha Hughes)....Pages 125-130 Back Matter ....Pages 131-134