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  NewsDecember 4, 2008
Making diversity work
 
Making diversity work

by S Thiederman

Dearborn, 2003

$49.95

One of the greatest obstacles to a productive workplace is bias. Whether it’s intolerance based on sex, race, age or creed, the toll of lost business, lost opportunities and expensive litigation is a price that no company can afford to pay.

Though examining the American workplace, it’s easy enough to translate Thiederman’s books across the Pacific as she examines the roots of diversity-related dilemmas to reveal how personal biases get in the way of relationships within the workplace.

Drawing on 25 years of field experience and research, the author provides an analysis of the responsibility every person has to eliminate discrimination, inequity, and tension from the workplace.

Through the use of real life examples and practical tips she takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery, self-analysis and intellectual healing as she identifies defeat-based attitudes, confronts the fears that underlie bias, criticises the current form of political correctness and provides a seven-step process whereby a workplace can be cleansed of harmful bias.

The message may be profound yet the personal tone and first person perspective of the book may leave readers looking fora more hard-hitting perspective.

26 August 2004

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