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Tyrus Woods Chapter 4: Managing Diversity Managing Human Resources Tue & Thur February 14, 2006 Diversity can be defined as a collection of individuals bringing together varied demographic, cultural, human, intellectual, and philosophical differences to help create an environment that honors and respects those differences in a safe and supportive environment. Chapter four (4) which explores ever facet of diversity from management, affirmative action, individual versus group diversity, resistance to diversity and more obvious diversity as it relates to race, and sex. Corporations must effectively manage diversity in order to be successful. When companies fail to consider or exclude certain people because of their group membership creates a counterproductive environment. This is especially important since white Americans no longer make up the substantial majority of the workforce. In 1990 White Americans represented 79.1 percent of the workforce. By 2010, White Americans will represent only 69.2 percent. In California for example, the future is...

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