The Chief Diversity Officer: Strategy Structure, and Change Management

The Chief Diversity Officer: Strategy Structure, and Change Management

January 20, 2016





$49.95



The Chief Diversity Officer provides an extremely thorough and thoughtful overview of the importance of the evolving role and responsibilities of this position in higher education. This timely volume includes a sophisticated discussion of the structural issues involved in diversity leadership, incorporating both educational theory and practical wisdom and advice. It will be a valuable resource for academic leaders across the country who care about the educational imperatives of diversity in higher education.”
–Jonathan Alger, President, James Madison University

This volume addresses the issue of who should be tasked to advance in institution’s diversity initiatives
and policies. Having established in the companion volume the parameters for an effective
diversity strategy, Damon Williams, here in conjunction with Katrina Wade Golden, address such
questions as: Does the process need a chief diversity officer (CDO) to implement it? And, if it does,
at what level of the organization should the position be established, and what resources and functions
should it control? This book is the first to identify and define this new role.

On the basis of this data and the literature on organizational design and change management, the authors define the requisite skills, knowledge and background to be effective, reviews the alternative
organizational and governance structures under which CDOs operate, and in so doing presents
the Chief Diversity Officer Development Framework as a basis for recruiting candidates, for structuring the position to succeed, and for providing prospective and incumbent CDOs with a
realistic sense of the scope of the role.

Rather than prescribing a specific model for designing the CDO role, this book provides the reader with the key dimensions that she or he must consider in developing, supporting, or undertaking this strategic diversity leadership role.Used Book in Good Condition

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