Diversity Consciousness: Opening Our Minds to People, Cultures, and Opportunities

by Richard D. Bucher, Patricia L. Bucher

This empowering study on human diversity helps readers develop the ability to understand, respect, and value diversity?i.e., raise their ?diversity consciousness? ?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 weaving a wide variety of real-life student experiences and perspectives throughout the book, it discusses topics in a style that promotes self-reflection and dialogue, and uses an approach to diversity that is balanced, comprehensive, well-integrated, and relevant to achieving one's life goals. KEY TOPICS Complete with self-reflective journal questions and interactive exercises, it offers thorough and current discussions on diversity and workplace issues?what they are, their significance, and their relevance to the reader; discusses concepts such as teamwork, conflict management, leadership, racism, prejudice, and communication in a clear and concise fashion; and zeroes in on the relationship between an employee's success in the workplace and his/her ability to develop flexibility in their thinking so that he/she can positively and effectively deal with a variety of diversity issues. A useful guide to raising diversity consciousness.

Genres: Textbooks, Education

Paperback

First published September 23, 1999

Reviews

[Carissa]

It may be a textbook, but I am counting it! It's about the only reading I'm getting done these days. I really did enjoy it. :)

[Gerardo Herrera]

Leftist propaganda. This book was torture to read.

[Diana Pettis]

Great information and lots of learning opprtunities to apply what you learn.

[Rashel]

Valuable and relevant.

[Julie Akeman]

Very informative and gave me some insight into what today's political climate is fighting with

[Natasha Svetlana]

Was a book I had to read for a University class and it was not as dry as many other textbooks I have gotten recently.

[Sai Kiran]

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