Elsie Y Cross

The Promise of Diversity: over 40 Voices Discuss Strategies for Eliminating Discrimination in Organizations Elsie Y Cross

Jacket Description/Back: All the talk, all the new laws, all the seminars on learning to live with each other's differences - and still the workplace remains a hostile environment for too many people. Many organizations are still in the grip of racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression, even after the Civil Rights Act, the Women's Movement, countless workshops, support groups, and organizational initiatives. Is it possible to truly eliminate discrimination? Why do some companies persist in their efforts to challenge the status quo? The answer: the promise that diversity can create powerful options for a highly productive, synergistic workplace. Forward-thinking executives and managers know that their workforces will only grow more diverse. The sooner the organization fosters an environment where individuals and teams learn to work well together, the faster it achieves a competitive edge in an increasingly challenging marketplace. The Promise of Diversity is a contemporary, future-focused business anthology that represents the views of over 40 leaders, researchers, and practitioners who are actively working to address issues of oppression and diversity in organizations. Their enlightening essays cover such topics as throwing away the "melting pot" idea and regarding diversity as a strength, optimizing the value of individual difference through an organizational systems approach, developing cross-gender partnerships, the white male's current position at the intersection of race and gender, sexual orientation as a workforce diversity issue, and the problems faced by white women and women of color. Here are the hopes, fears, and dreams of leading change agents regarding the promise (and perils) of truediversity in the workplace. Representing each author's voice, style, and point of view, this collection of insightful articles is itself a living example of diversity and is destined to become a classic reference in its field. Table of Contents: About the Editors -- Editors' Introduction -- Preface. Why We Chose to Address Oppression -- Section I. History of Oppression and Diversity in Organizations -- Chapter 1. Perspectives on the History of Ameliorating Oppression and Supporting Diversity in United States Organizations / Clare C. Swanger -- Section II. Voices of Challenge and Opportunity -- Chapter 2. The Challenge and Opportunities of Diversity / Price M. Cobbs -- Chapter 3. Truth--Or Consequences? / Elsie Y. Cross -- Chapter 4. Forks in the Road: Critical Issues on the Path to Diversity / Frederick A. Miller -- Chapter 5. White Women's Collusion: Caught Between Oppression, Power, and Privilege / Judith H. Katz -- Chapter 6. Women of Color in Organizations: Revising our Models of Gender at Work / Evangelina Holvino -- Chapter 7. Valuing Differences: The Challenges of Personal Prejudice and Organizational Preference / William J. Paul, Ava Albert Schnidman -- Chapter 8. Racism: Multiple Perspectives--One Fear / Robert W. Terry -- Chapter 9. The Mechanics of Prejudice: What Changes When People Change? / John Scherer -- Chapter 10. Daily Diversity: Individual Experience and Group Identity / Kate Kirkham -- Chapter 11. All Culture Change is Not the Same / Oron South -- Chapter 12. Interdependence: The Elusive Factor in Working with Diversity and Oppression / Harold Bridger -- Chapter 13. An Injury to One is an Injury to All: How Unions can Reemerge as Forces for Social Progress / Kevin Boyle -- Section 3. Visions of our Human Potential -- Chapter 14. Toward Creativity, Cooperation, Community / Marilyn Loden -- Chapter 15. Authenticity: Unity without Uniformity / Robert W. Terry -- Chapter 16. When Diversity Means Added Value / Frederick A. Miller -- Chapter 17. Coming to a Vision of a Multicultural System / Bailey Jackson -- Chapter 18. One of Many / Kate Kirkham -- Chapter 19. Save the Dream for Everyone / Edith Whitfield Seashore -- Section 4. Voices of Experience -- Chapter 20. Reflections on the Not-So-Level Playing Field / Deborah Yarborough -- Chapter 21. The Limits of a Cultural Enlightenment Approach to Multiculturalism / Jean Kim -- Chapter 22. Sexual Orientation: A Workforce Diversity Issue / Mark G. Kaplan, Jay H. Lucas -- Chapter 23. The Invisible Minority: Emancipating Gays and Lesbians in the Workplace / AndreAnna Jovan -- Chapter 24. Understanding Black Identity: A Primer for Whites in Corporate America / Lucia Edmonds -- Chapter 25. The White Male Category at the Intersection of Race and Gender / Charles N. Seashore, Beverly R. Fletcher -- Chapter 26. White Men Can Help--But it's Hard / Joseph Potts -- Chapter 27. Senior Executive Women, Power, and the American Business Organization / Barbara Benedict Bunker -- Chapter 28. Women in Organizations: The Struggle for Equity Continues / Judith C. Hoy -- Chapter 29. Leadership: The Silencing of the Feminine / Elizabeth Hostetler -- Chapter 30. Black and White Cultural Styles in Pluralistic Perspective / Thomas Kochman -- Section V. Visions of Our Organizational Potential -- Chapter 31. Walking Toward Our Talk / Judith H. Katz -- Chapter 32. A Look Back, Twenty Years from Now / Marvin R. Weisbord -- Chapter 33. Discard the Melting Pot: Diversity is Strength / Jack McGrory -- Chapter 34. A Vision: The Agitated Organization / Evangelina Holvino -- Chapter 35. America at the Crossroads / Elsie Y. Cross -- Chapter 36. Beyond Smiling Faces / Catherine S. Buntaine -- Chapter 37. The New Challenge: For the Good of All / Guillermo Cuellar -- Chapter 38. The Future is Now / Jane Magruder Watkins -- Section VI. Voices of Action -- Chapter 39. Multicultural Organizational Development / Bailey Jackson, Rita Hardiman -- Chapter 40. Organizational Development is Not the Same as Multicultural Organizational Development / Mark A. Chesler -- Chapter 41. Diversity: Three Paradigms / Judith Palmer -- Chapter 42. Developing Cross-Gender Partnership Competencies: Exploring the Seven C's / Catherine S. Buntaine -- Chapter 43. Managing Diversity in Organizations: Empirical, Normative, and Public Policy Issues / Lenneal J. Henderson -- Chapter 44. Collective Dis-Identity / Donald C. Klein -- Chapter 45. Peace Within, Peace Between, Peace Among: A Satir Model for Multicultural Change / Pat Callair, Jean McLendon -- Chapter 46. A Model for Personal Change: Developing Intercultural Sensitivity / Milton J. Bennett, Barbara R. Deane -- Chapter 47. Diversity Management: The Challenge of Change / Marilyn D. Loden -- Chapter 48. Feedback: Making a Difference in a World of Differences / Edith Whitfield Seashore -- Chapter 49. Diversity, Synergy, and Transformative Social Change / Michael F. Broom -- Chapter 50. Diversity in the Workplace: Optimizing the Value of Individual Differences through an Organizational Systems Approach / Jeanne Cherbeneau -- Chapter 51. Flex Management: A New Mind-Set for Today's Work Force / David Jamieson, Julie O'Mara -- Section VII. NTL's History Regarding Inclusion -- Chapter 52. NTL's Road to Multiculturalism: A Diverse History / Edith Whitfield Seashore, Judith H. Katz -- Section VIII. Literature Review of the Evolution of Our Thinking -- Chapter 53. Theoretical Considerations in Organizational Diversity / Nancie Charme Zane -- Section IX. Further Reading / Argentine Saunders Craig -- Index. Publisher Marketing: All the talk, all the new laws, all the seminars on learning to live with each other's differences - and still the workplace remains a hostile environment for too many people. Many organizations are still in the grip of racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression, even after the Civil Rights Act, the Women's Movement, countless workshops, support groups, and organizational initiatives. Is it possible to truly eliminate discrimination? Why do some companies persist in their efforts to challenge the status quo? The answer: the promise that diversity can create powerful options for a highly productive, synergistic workplace. Forward-thinking executives and managers know that their workforces will only grow more diverse. The sooner the organization fosters an environment where individuals and teams learn to work well together, the faster it achieves a competitive edge in an increasingly challenging marketplace. The Promise of Diversity is a contemporary, future-focused business anthology that represents the views of over 40 leaders, researchers, and practitioners who are actively working to address issues of oppression and diversity in organizations. Their enlightening essays cover such topics as throwing away the "melting pot" idea and regarding diversity as a strength, optimizing the value of individual difference through an organizational systems approach, developing cross-gender partnerships, the white male's current position at the intersection of race and gender, sexual orientation as a workforce diversity issue, and the problems faced by white women and women of color. Here are the hopes, fears, and dreams of leading change agents regarding the promise (and perils) of truediversityin the workplace. Representing each author's voice, style, and point of view, this collection of insightful articles is itself a living example of diversity and is destined to become a classic reference in its field. Review Citations:

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Contributor Bio:  Cross, Elsie Y ELSIE Y. CROSS is founder and president of Elsie Y. Cross Associates, Philadelphia, Pa., an organization development consulting firm. A member and former chairperson of the National Training Laboratories of Applied Behavioral Science (NTL) and member of the Organization Development Network, she holds master degrees in business and in psycho-educational processes from Temple University. Ms. Cross has consulted to national, state, and local governments, governmental agencies and educational institutions, and lists among her many corporate clients a number of Fortune 500 companies in petro-chemicals, pharmaceuticals, communications, power, and manufacturing. This is her third book. Contributor Bio:  Katz, Judith H Judith H. Katz is Executive Vice President and Frederick A. Miller is CEO and Lead Client Strategist, of The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc. They are the coauthors of The Inclusion Breakthrough and Be BIG. Contributor Bio:  Seashore, Edith W Seashore teaches organization development, conflict resolution, and consulting skills at Johns Hopkins, American, Georgetown, and George Washington universities. Contributor Bio:  Miller, Frederick A Judith H. Katz is Executive Vice President and Frederick A. Miller is CEO and Lead Client Strategist, of The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc. They are the coauthors of The Inclusion Breakthrough and Be BIG. Contributor Bio:  Cross Nigel Cross, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK