Diversity Management: An Essential Craft for Leaders

In his article Diversity Management : An Essential Craft for Leaders R . Roosevelt Thomas Jr . explains the changes in the various perspectives and handling of diversity management by leaders and the differences in its management in the Unites States when compared to the rest of the world . According to him , there is a tendency for the leaders outside the US to view the entire issue of diversity as a unique problem existing in the US owing to its history of racism and slavery This has led to a lack of awareness among the rest

of the world and consequently their leaders often fail to understand diversity issues and manage it properly

As it is evident from the increasing incidences of violence and clashes and other problems relating to ethnic minorities becoming as rampant in several countries in Europe as it is in the US and this fact is changing the outlook of leaders all over the world towards diversity management

Twenty-first century is witnessing a quantum leap in terms of globalization and the phenomenon of people from across the globe willing to travel , settle and work in groups at locations far away from their native land and the importance of managing their problems are more evident than ever before

The approach that appears to be the best for modern organizations is to increase the awareness of the issues relating to diversity by providing more comprehensive training sessions to their leaders so that they can learn the various symptoms , problems and corrective...