Managing workforce diversity at IBM: A global HR topic that has arrived

To be successful, global companies must continue to look toward the future, and CEOs, senior line and HR management, and diversity leaders play a key role in that process. Workforce diversity cannot be delegated; it must be a partnership. Although the HR team plays the key staff role, total delegati...

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Published in:Human resource management 2005-03, Vol.44 (1), p.73-77
Main Author: Childs Jr, J. T. (Ted)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer industry
Executives
Human resource management
Leadership
Multinational corporations
Workplace diversity
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Summary:To be successful, global companies must continue to look toward the future, and CEOs, senior line and HR management, and diversity leaders play a key role in that process. Workforce diversity cannot be delegated; it must be a partnership. Although the HR team plays the key staff role, total delegation from the top, without active involvement, is a recipe for failure. IBM considers diversity a business imperative as fundamental as delivering superior technologies in the marketplace. To ensure that talented people can contribute at the highest possible level, the company insists on a workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment and full of opportunity for all people. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
ISSN:0090-4848
1099-050X
DOI:10.1002/hrm.20042