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Diversity Consciousness Opening our Minds to People, Cultures and Opportunities
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This empowering study on human diversity helps readers develop the ability to understand, respect, and value diversity–and demonstrates how opening one's mind to the views of other peoples and cultures is central for a quality education and successful career.
Personalizing the learning experience by integrating a variety of real-life student experiences and perspectives, it discusses topics in a style that promotes self-reflection and dialogue that is inclusive and not condescending.
Complete with self-reflective journal questions, case studies, and interactive exercises, it discusses diversity and workplace issues–such as teamwork, conflict management, leadership, racism, prejudice, and communication; and zeroes in on the relationship between an employee's success and his/her ability to develop flexible thinking to positively and effectively deal with a variety of diversity issues.
"Diversity Consciousness is impressive because it is not a mere diatribe on the need for diversity. Bucher extensively incorporates and cites classic and empirical research, plus works by well known writers, to better help the reader understand what he means by diversity and its growth locally and globally." - Matthew Oware, DePauw University (from Teaching Sociology)
“Diversity Consciousness is user friendly, that is, the students find it easy to read and yet it does not achieve this by “dumbing down” the content. Also, the organization of the book seems to help the student move through what can be a very difficult and troubling subject.” - John Rushing, Barry University
"Diversity Consciousness can provide an inclusive roadmap for understanding and dialoguing about differences. I wish that this book had been available to me as an undergraduate. What I value in this book are the stories, the exercises and opportunities to listen through others about their experiences on various topics. The tools in this book and the dialogue are essential to having an understanding of how to navigate through our diverse society." - Brenda Thompson, Principal Consultant for Diversity, MGM Mirage
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Table of Contents
Diversity: An Overview | p. 1 |
Learning Objectives | p. 1 |
Our Changing Cultural Landscape | p. 2 |
Demographic Changes in the United States | p. 3 |
Technological and Social Changes | p. 10 |
A Range of Reactions | p. 16 |
Cultural Cruise Control | p. 17 |
Beginning Adjustments | p. 18 |
Fine Tuning | p. 20 |
Views of Diversity: Assimilation and Pluralism | p. 21 |
Dimensions of Diversity | p. 25 |
Diversity Between and Within Groups | p. 29 |
Diversity Myths | p. 30 |
What Is Diversity Consciousness? | p. 32 |
Diversity Education | p. 33 |
Case Studies | p. 35 |
Exercises | p. 38 |
Internet Assignment | p. 39 |
Notes | p. 39 |
Diversity Consciousness and Success | p. 42 |
Learning Objective | p. 42 |
Definitions of Success | p. 43 |
Sociocultural Theory and Success | p. 45 |
Why Diversity Skills Are Important | p. 46 |
Success at School | p. 47 |
Success at Work | p. 54 |
Individual/Organizational Benefits | p. 59 |
The Individual | p. 59 |
The Organization | p. 61 |
Diversity Training in the Workplace | p. 63 |
The Costs of Inadequate Diversity Consciousness | p. 68 |
Case Studies | p. 71 |
Exercises | p. 73 |
Internet Assignment | p. 74 |
Notes | p. 75 |
Personal and Social Barriers to Success | p. 77 |
Learning Objectives | p. 77 |
Six Barriers to Success | p. 79 |
Limited Perceptions | p. 79 |
Ethnocentrism | p. 82 |
Stereotypes | p. 86 |
Prejudice | p. 91 |
Prejudice Plus Power | p. 96 |
Discrimination | p. 100 |
Overcoming Diversity Barriers | p. 105 |
Case Studies | p. 112 |
Exercises | p. 114 |
Internet Assignment | p. 116 |
Notes | p. 116 |
Developing Diversity Consciousness | p. 119 |
Learning Objectives | p. 119 |
The Importance of Diversity Consciousness | p. 119 |
Cultural Encapsulation | p. 121 |
Six Areas of Development | p. 124 |
Examining Ourselves and Our Worlds | p. 124 |
Expanding Our Knowledge of Others and Their Worlds | p. 128 |
Stepping Outside of Ourselves | p. 132 |
Gauging the Level of the Playing Field | p. 134 |
Checking Up on Ourselves | p. 140 |
Following Through | p. 141 |
Strategies for Developing Diversity Consciousness | p. 142 |
Diversity Education-A Range of Opportunities | p. 144 |
A Lifelong, Continuing Process | p. 147 |
Case Studies | p. 148 |
Exercises | p. 149 |
Internet Assignment | p. 151 |
Notes | p. 151 |
Communicating in a Diverse World | p. 153 |
Learning Objectives | p. 153 |
Communication and Culture | p. 154 |
Electronic Communication | p. 158 |
Diversity Consciousness and Communication | p. 161 |
Areas of Development: Diversity Consciousness and Communication | p. 162 |
Communication Matters | p. 170 |
Barriers to Effective Communication | p. 172 |
Hot Buttons | p. 174 |
Difficult Dialogues | p. 177 |
Communicating Inclusively | p. 179 |
Case Studies | p. 182 |
Exercises | p. 184 |
Internet Assignment | p. 186 |
Notes | p. 186 |
Teamwork | p. 188 |
Learning Objectives | p. 188 |
Teams Today | p. 188 |
Teamwork at School | p. 190 |
Teamwork in the Workplace | p. 192 |
Virtual Teaming | p. 194 |
Developing Teamwork Skills | p. 195 |
Diversity Consciousness and Teaming | p. 197 |
High-Performance Teams | p. 200 |
Ten Proven Strategies for Building High-Performance Teams | p. 201 |
Obstacles to Teamwork | p. 203 |
Conflict | p. 205 |
Conflict Management | p. 206 |
Case Studies | p. 213 |
Exercises | p. 215 |
internet Assignment | p. 217 |
Notes | p. 217 |
Leadership | p. 219 |
Learning Objectives | p. 219 |
What is Leadership? | p. 220 |
Diversity-Conscious Leadership | p. 223 |
Who Can Be a Diversity-Conscious Leader? | p. 224 |
Key Skills of a Diversity-Conscious Leader | p. 225 |
Adapting | p. 225 |
Thinking and Communicating Inclusively | p. 227 |
Assessing and Monitoring | p. 227 |
Four Building Blocks of Diversity-Conscious Leadership: An Assessment | p. 228 |
Leadership Theories | p. 231 |
Leadership in a Cultural Context | p. 232 |
Individualism Versus Collectivism | p. 233 |
Large or Small Power Distance | p. 233 |
Strong or Weak Uncertainty Avoidance | p. 235 |
Masculinity Versus Femininity | p. 235 |
The Diversity-Conscious Leader of the Future | p. 238 |
Leadership Development | p. 239 |
Future Challenges | p. 240 |
Case Studies | p. 241 |
Exercises | p. 243 |
Internet Assignment | p. 244 |
Notes | p. 244 |
Conclusion | p. 245 |
Learning Objectives | p. 245 |
Opening Our Minds to Opportunities | p. 246 |
Future Challenges | p. 250 |
Technological Change and Globalization | p. 251 |
Changing Demographics in the United States | p. 254 |
Continuing Potential for Divisiveness and Hope | p. 256 |
Case Studies | p. 258 |
Exercises | p. 260 |
Internet Assignment | p. 261 |
Notes | p. 261 |
Bibliography | p. 263 |
Index | p. 273 |
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