Going Diverse: Innovative Answers to Future Challenges

Download or read book Going Diverse: Innovative Answers to Future Challenges written by Carmen Leicht-Scholten and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organisations and institutions of higher education are more and more challenged by current economic, social and political conditions to react competitively and innovatively on new requirements, such as demographic change, globalisation or skilled labour shortage. In addition, universities and companies alike, have to compete for the most qualified staff. In order to produce more innovative solutions and to perform better, it is essential to integrate gender and diversity perspectives as important elements of organisational and human resources development. This anthology presents different theoretical and practical approaches, best practice examples and important aspects of gender and diversity management in organisations.