Diversity Book

List of Tables     x
List of Figures     xi
Acknowledgements     xii
Foreword     xiii
Notes on the Editors     xiv
List of Contributors     xvii
Introduction: A Diverse Future   Kurt April   Marylou Shockley     1
Ways of Looking at Reality     9
Editors' Note: Ways of Looking at Reality   Kurt April     11
Diversity - A Diamond in the Rough   Sylvia Vriesendorp     14
Restore Talent and Leadership   Geert F. M. H. Hofman   Ken Moore     48
Globalisation: A Personal View   Tony Ehrenreich     66
Expanding Reality     77
Editors' Note: Expanding Reality   Marylou Shockley     79
Managing Diversity: The United States Experience   James Joseph     82
Diversity: Ideas to Create Value in the Workplace   Mario Ghiggino     88
New Frontiers for Diversity and Inclusion   Tony Burnett   Simon Kettleborough     102
Applying Burlesque Rhetoric to Create Social Change   Jennifer Kam   Joanna Eidsmore     111
Embedding Reality     125
Editors' Note: Embedding Reality   Kurt April     127
Complexity Theory and the Electricity of Life: A Chinese Perspective   Keith Morrison     131
Chinese Culture: Its Impact on Knowledge Sharing   Hongyan Xu     147
Geo-Political Diversity   Soonu Kochar     154
American Legal System Diversity: Stare Decisis in a Changing World   Cathy Havener Greer     188
Diversity and Corporate Governance   Kai Peters   Kurt April   Marylou Shockley   Vinay Dhamija     196
Creating Reality     215
Editors' Note: Creating Reality   Marylou Shockley     217
Reflections on Conscious Communication: A Critical Process for Transitional Societies?   Dave Bond     219
Diversity - Creativity - Leadership: A Journey from Ancient Greece to Modern Society   Harald Knudsen   Jonny Holbek     226
Diversity: Not All Are Believers   Marylou Shockey     248
Preparing for New Realities     261
Editors' Note: Preparing for New Realities   Kurt April     263
Leadership in Question: Talking Diversity, Walking Homogeneity in the Dutch Police Force   Philomena Essed     266
Responsible Leadership Ethics   Kurt April    Amanda April     276
Spirit of African Leadership: A Comparative African Perspective   Lovemore Mbigi     294
Realizing New Realities     305
Editors' Note: Realizing New Realities   Marylou Shockley     307
National Institutions and the Fate of Diversity: What has Become of Nordic Corporatism?   Thort Indridason     309
Soft Power in a World of Hard Power: Leadership as a Way of Being   James Joseph     341
An American in Guangzhou   Marilyn Thomas     347
Conclusion     355
Conclusion: Consequences of New Realities   Kurt April     357
Index     373