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Title: Equity and diversity within organisations: putting policy into practice
Author/Creator: Strachan, Glenda; French, Erica; Burgess, John
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Business & Law, Newcastle Business School
Description: This chapter explores equity and diversity programs in a range of organisations in Australia. The reasons why organisations develop equity and diversity programs are examined through analysis of 15 brief case studies; these show clearly that the business case predominates. Six detailed case studies demonstrate the extent and variety of the challenges different organisations face and show management-driven programs responding to organisational needs with a variety of initiatives. A range of different approached to equity and diversity has been found to be present, and Australian organisations pursue a range of policy types simultaneously. Organisations provided with broad guidelines but left to their own devices, as happens in Australia, produce a diverse range of equity and diversity programs.
Relation: Managing Diversity in Australia: Theory and Practice p. 57-74
Relation: http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.au/html/9780070146273.html
Date: 2010
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Keyword(s): equity and diversity programs; organisations; Australia
Resource Type: book chapter
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/932614
Identifier: ISBN:9780070146273

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