TRY YOUR HAND 1. The "managing diversity' movement has raised the discussion of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action to a higher level. Consider the following comments by R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., which appeared in a Harvard Business Review arti- cle entitled "From Affirmative Action to Affirming Diversity": Managers usually see affirmative action and equal employment opportunity as centering on minorities and women, with very little to offer white males. The diversity I'm talking about includes race, gender, creed, and ethnicity but also age, background, education, function, and personality differences. The objective is not to assimilate minorities and women into a domi- nant white male culture but to create a domi- 4. nant heterogeneous culture.53 What does "dominant heterogeneous culture" mean to you? Consider your former or current workplace. Assess how the atmosphere at work would be different if Roosevelt got his wish. Be specific. inurnal that records instances

TRY YOUR HAND 1. The "managing diversity" movement has raised the discussion of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action to a higher level. Consider the following comments by R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., which appeared in a Harvard Business Review arti- cle entitled "From Affirmative Action to Affirming Diversity": Managers usually see affirmative action and equal employment opportunity as centering on minorities and women, with very little to offer white males. The diversity I'm talking about includes race, gender, creed, and ethnicity but also age, background, education, function, and personality differences. The objective is not to assimilate minorities and women into a domi- nant white male culture but to create a domi- nant heterogeneous culture. 53 What does "dominant heterogeneous culture" mean to you? Consider your former or current workplace. Assess how the atmosphere at work would be different if Roosevelt got his wish. Be specific. inurnal that records instances 4.