Diversity
Different backgrounds and points of view add strength to your company. Research diversity issues here.
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Check the catalog
Search the catalog under Any Keyword or Subject Keyword . Try a general search, such as diversity.
Browse the shelves at these Dewey (shelf) numbers
- 340s – forms, laws and legal issues, etc.
- 658s – management, leadership, human resources
Books to check out
- Generations at Work: Managing the Clash of Veterans, Boomers, Xers, and Nexters in Your Workplace (Nonfiction/588.3008/Zem)
Provides strategies for understanding and overcoming generational differences in the workplace. - Harvard Business Review on Managing Diversity (Nonfiction/658.3008/Har)
A collection of articles, case studies and first-person perspectives on a variety of topics including affirmative action, career development for minorities and women, and other HR-related issues. - First Among Equals: How to Manage a Group of Professionals (Nonfiction/658.402/Mck)
Provides advice on real-life, day-to-day management issues for leaders of professionals.
Books to use only at the library (reference books)
- Human Resources Management, CCH (Reference/R/658.3/Hum)
Provides the most comprehensive summaries of all federal employment laws, individual rights, discrimination, hiring, compensation, benefits, performance management, career development, labor relations, and much more.
Fast facts from our info pros
Employment and Services - Disabilities
(http://champaign.org/diversity/disabilities_employment.html)Find resources for information about employing people with disabilities or services for those handicapped.
Employment Discrimination
(http://champaign.org/diversity/discrimination.html)In the US, employment descrimination occurs whenever an employee or its representative adversely single out an employees or applicants on the basis of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, and a variety of other reasons included in the law.
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