Diversity in the Workplace

Affirmative Action : the Right Road to Diversity (30 min.)
HF5549.5.A34A467 2001
Summary: Explores the debate over continuing affirmative action policies. Critics believe the programs are no longer needed, while defenders believe abolishing them would be premature.

Diversity: Food for Thought (21 min.)
HF5549.5.M5D568 1997
Summary: Conversations set in Diversity Diner illustrate the importance of valuing and appreciating diversity in the workplace.

The Diversity Advantage: Food for Thought (26 min.)
HF5549.5.M5 D5682 2000
Summary: Considers the implications of a diverse workforce for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Focuses on communication issues related to gender, disabilities, race and ethnicity, and age. Introduces communication skills for effectively dealing with diversity. Set in the Diversity Diner.

Diversity Dilemmas (185 min.)
HD 4903.D59 1994 v-1-7
Summary: Discusses a mosaic of conflicts posed by differences in gender, race and ethnicity, age and experience, etc. at the workplace, and looks at how these conflicts can be managed skillfully.
Contents: [v.1] Gender (28 min.) -- [v.2] Race and ethnicity (26 min.) -- [v.3] Age and experience (25 min.) -- [v.4] Physical ability (23 min.) -- [v.5] Sexual orientation (26 min.) -- [v.6] Interpersonal style (29 min.) -- [v.7] [General Diversity issues] (28 min.).

Diversity Through Character (17 min.)
HF5549.5.M5D58 1996
Summary: Goes beyond outdated notions of race and ethnicity and approaches diversity in a whole new way. Character and ability are the central criteria used in creating and sustaining professional relationships in a diverse workplace.
"From the writings and lectures of Dennis Prager."

Harassment & Discrimination in the Workplace: It's Not Just About Sex Anymore (17 min.)
HD4903 .H47 2002
Summary: Illustrates situations that may leave your employees and your organization open to lawsuit. Shows how harassment and/or discrimination can be based on such things as: race or national origin, religion, sex or sexual orientation, disability, marital status, and political affiliation.

Land of O's (28 min.)
HD 58.7.L36 1995
Summary: Addresses "real-world" issues, linking diversity with productivity, competitiveness and bottom line results. This practical, solution-oriented approach shows how to take a diverse workforce and leverage its' inherent differences to the advantage of both the organization and the individual.

Managing a Diverse Workplace: Understanding Different Cultural Values and Styles (37 min.)
HF5549.5.M5 M363 2003
Summary: A practical guide for managers to understanding and appreciating different cultural values & communication styles.

The Mosaic Workplace (60 min.)
HF 5549.5.M5M676 1994
Summary: Shows value of diversity in workplace and how to handle sexual harassment, recruiting, interviewing, and helping new employees. Explains how businesses benefit from overcoming biases and meeting the challenge in multicultural workplaces.
Contents: Why value diversity? (8 min.) -- Understanding our biases and assumptions (5 min.) -- Sexual harassment (14 min.) -- Managing a diverse workplace : recruiting and interviewing (13 min.) -- Managing a diverse workplace : helping new employees feel valued (7 min.) -- Managing diversity : meeting the challenge (13 min.)

Policy is Not Enough: Leading a Respectful Workplace (19 min.)
HF5549.5.S45P65 2000
Summary: Discusses harassment in the workplace and how leaders can create a respectful workplace by modeling respectful behavior, communicating the organization's policies clearly and consistently to employees. Illustrates how managers can coach employees to avoid behavior that may lead to harassment, take complaints seriously and responding immediately, and allow no retaliation.

The Power of Diversity (75 min.)
HF 5549.5.M3P68 1993,v.1-4
Summary: Facilitates the understanding of issues surrounding the managing of diversity.
Contents: Module 1. Sexual harassment and gender discrimination ; Disabilities, hiring and promotion -- Module 2. Career development, minority issues ; Career development, reverse discrimination and age-ism -- Module 3. Performance appraisal ; Balance of work/family issues -- Module 4. Sexual orientation ; Career mobility, language.

The Secret: Customer Service Uncovered (15 min.)
HF 5415.5.S45 1996
Summary: Dramatizes service challenges from a variety of industries. Explores the unique challenge presented by customers who speak a different language, dress differently, or act in a way that might otherwise test the patience of service personnel. Focuses on how to build relationships that will make customers come back.

Valuing Diversity (230 min.)
HF 5549.5.M5V35 1990v.1-7
Summary: Describes how management must consider race, ethnicity, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and culture in order to promote productive work relations and effective communication at the work place.
Contents: pt. 1. Managing differences (30 min.) -- pt. 2. Diversity at work (29 min.) -- pt. 3. Communicating across cultures (30 min.) -- pt. 4. You make the difference (25 min.) -- pt. 5. Supervising differences (31 min.) -- pt. 6. Champions of diversity (27 min.) -- pt. 7. Profiles in change (58 min.).

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