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Recommended Resource – University of Houston’s Diversity Management Certificate Course

Diversity Management Certificate Course Craig B. Clayton, Sr. PhD Director and Diversity Strategist Bauer College of Business University of Houston Website Address: www.bauer.uh.edu/degrees-programs/certificates/diversity-management.asp About the Reference The Diversity Management Certificate Course provides participants with the tools they need to identify and communicate the business value of a diverse and inclusive work environment. Topical areas covered […]

Diversity and Inclusion – What Does Your Environment Communicate?

We have often asserted that organizations, like people, act in a manner consistent with its shared values. Subsequently, those ideals in which an organization’s members truly believe manifest themselves in every aspect of the organization’s physical and social environments. These environments are categorically represented as an organization’s: physical environment, social environment, decision environment, positional environment, developmental environment, and recognition and rewards environment.

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 6 – Vertically Cascading Organizational Performance Measures, part 1 of 3

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 6 – Vertically Cascading Organizational Performance Measures, part 1 of 3 defines vertically cascaded performance measures and explores the reason vertically cascaded performance measures are critically important to the strategy driven organization.

Business Performance Assessment Program Warning Flag 1 – Inwardly Focused Performance Assessments

Often practiced, it can be highly misleading to base the organization’s performance standards relative only to internally identified best practice methods and characteristics. While at times the organization’s performance does represent the highest standard, it is more likely that individual activities are performed more effectively and efficiently by other organizations, particularly those seeking to improve performance in an effort to compete with perceived industry leaders. Top performers recognize this trap and augment their internal search for effective performance with an outward examination of other relevant businesses.