Creating the Multicultural Organization: A Strategy for Capturing the Power of Diversity » (1 ED)

TAYLOR COX is associate professor of organizational behavior and human resource management at the University of Michigan Business School. He is also founder and president of Taylor Cox and Associates, Inc., a research and consulting firm specializing in organization change and development work for clients with culturally diverse workforces and markets. One of his previous book's, Cultural Diversity in Organizations: Theory, Research, and Practice, was a cowinner of the National Academy of Management's 1994 George R. Terry Book Award.

Cox (organizational behavior and human resource management, the University of Michigan Business School) offers a model for creating a multicultural organization, with detailed examples, an in-depth case study, and discussion questions in each chapter. He gives suggestions for moving away from "counting heads" to a more positive approach to managing diversity, outlining innovative strategies for change through leadership, research, and education.

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