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Cultural competence for public managers : managing diversity in today's world / Espiridion Borrego, Richard Greggory Johnson III. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2012. - xix, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references p. 365-379) and index.

Introduction to cultural competence : do I really need to be culturally competent? -- Why cultural competence is important -- How globalization and immigration are changing the world -- Defining cultural competence for public managers -- Cultural competencies -- Cultural competence for executives, managers, supervisors, and employees -- Experiences from successful multicultural and diversity programs -- Cultural competencies for executives -- Cultural competencies for middle managers and supervisors -- Cultural competencies for employees -- Building the culturally competent organization -- Establishing the organizational cultural competence framework -- Human resource management and cultural competence -- Using cultural competence to develop international collaborations -- Cases in cultural competence -- Cultural competence in health care -- Cultural competence in higher education -- Resolving diffi cult employee issues -- The human resource office : the last resort -- Where do we go from here? -- What the future holds : more change.

9781439828076 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1439828075 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Diversity in the workplace.
Personnel management.
Public administration.

HF5549.5.M5 / B67 2012

658.3008