Workplace Diversity: Practice and Research
The School of Management at George Mason University is pleased to invite diversity professionals (executives, managers, practitioners, professors, and researchers) to its 4th annual diversity conference exploring the latest best practices and research in diversity management specific to changing organizational cultures to increase diversity, inclusion, and performance in the workplace.
An organization's culture determines whether it is inclusive and welcoming of diversity and whether diversity has a positive or negative impact on performance. It follows that changing organizational cultures should be at the forefront of diversity management. Thus, this year's conference will focus on changing organizational cultures and on how these changes may affect diversity, inclusion and performance.
Conference activities will feature a blend of presentations, participant involvement, and keynote speakers designed to meet the interests of these intersecting groups:
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Executives who design or manage diversity programs
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Managers who implement diversity programs
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Practitioners who provide diversity consultation or training
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Academics and practitioners who conduct research on workplace diversity
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Professors who design or teach courses on workplace diversity
Conference Goals and Topics
The central goal of the conference is to further collaborative initiatives in diversity management and business education among executives, managers, practitioners, professors, and researchers. Priorities for the conference include:
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Identifying diversity management best practices
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Helping executives, managers, and practitioners identify ways to optimize the effects of workplace diversity programs
- Assisting researchers in their quest to identify diversity management and education questions that merit research
- Promoting dialogue among diversity professionals
Questions
For questions about the program or sponsorship opportunities, please contact David Kravitz, conference chair, at dkravitz@gmu.edu.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Mason
For more information about equity, diversity, and inclusion at George Mason University, please visit http://diversity.gmu.edu.