Publisher's Synopsis
This text is a collection of invited essays about the management of diversity in Australasia, Asia and the Pacific. The aspects of diversity being considered are those differences generally considered immutable including race, gender, disability and age, issues which usually underlie approaches to legislative diversity management.
By bringing together information regarding typical workforce management practices in various countries in the Asia and Pacific region, the authors hope to enable educators to better prepare practitioners for the challenge of managing diversity in a global workplace.
Managing Diversity provides an up–to–date, relevant and stimulating set of essays that can supplement any human resource management text.
Features
The introduction canvasses the main themes and issues of diversity as seen in a variety of Australasian, Asian and Pacific. While some of the issues concerning diversity management are unique to a particular country (i.e. caste in India), each chapter is an individual case study covering:
- An introduction to how the topic of diversity is treated within that chapter
- Economic, workforce and cultural background to the country, as appropriate
- The background to the setting in place of legislation
- What the legislation encompasses
- The impact of legislative compliance
- Challenges faced in the implementation of compliance
- Issues faced in managing diversity that are specific to that country\′s experience
- Conclusion which draws together the themes, challenges, and outcomes.
