Diversity Management, by Peter Guggemos (Ed.)
The approach Diversity was initially developed and used in the business context. Today, we notice the entry of Diversity into the political sphere. The book “Diversity Management. European Contributions to a Current Debate” collects experiences related to resource management and to job insertion. It presents 9 different approaches of how the idea of Diversity, to value and utilise differences, can be implemented into public and political areas. Some authors put a greater stress upon questions of social inclusion and labelling, others more upon technocratic instruments applied in assisting clients in coping with job search difficulties. While Glennys Davis and Karyn Murray describe the need to consider diversity in community organisations, Peter Bieheim stresses the necessity to address diverse learning style patterns in training courses for long-term jobseekers. The approaches to Diversity are somewhat different from country to country. Whereas the UK seems to play a leading role, other countries slowly starting to transfer Diversity into new and different ambits such as work policy and social issues. This book applies to European organisations, policy makers and the broader public in general. It presents various interesting projects and thoughts on Diversity in a broader scope and shows that there is a need to further discuss and debate Diversity and its meaning for society. (fw)
