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ASCE 9780784409831 2008

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Diversity by Design

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ASCE 2008 71
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This guide provides practical, hands-on suggestions to foster, improve, and maintain a diverse and thriving workforce within the civil engineering profession.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
6 Table of Contents
8 Executive summary
11 Foreword: Diversity: Why It’s Important to the Civil Engineering Profession
Our National Demographic
12 The Global Marketplace
13 A Larger Talent Pool
14 Successfully Executing Projects
The Right Thing to Do
16 Chapter 1 Roadmap to Diversity
What this Diversity Guide Contains
17 How We Define Diversity
18 Chapter 2 The Diversity Landscape
White Male Tradition
19 A Less-than-Optimal Workplace
20 Generational Differences
Emerging Professionals
21 Five-Year Window
22 Seasoned Veterans
Work/Life Balancing Act
23 The Glass Ceiling Effect
24 Disabled Engineers
25 A Word about Depression
26 The LGBT Employee
27 Religious Minorities
28 Chapter 3 Retaining Diverse Civil Engineers
29 A Word about Loyalty
A Workplace for All
30 About Cross-Cultural Communication
31 About Cross-Gender Communication
32 Flexible Solutions for Work/Life Balance
33 On Parental Leave
35 Telecommuting
36 Religious Traditions and Needs
37 Moving Beyond Homophobia and Harassment
38 At the Heart of a Diversity Program
39 The Role of Diversity Committees
40 On-Boarding
41 The Power of Mentoring
How Mentoring Works
42 Emerging Professionals as Protégés
43 Senior Engineers as Mentors
44 Employee Resource Groups for Support
45 Spotlight on Leadership Training
Diversity Training
47 Chapter 4 Recruiting Diverse Civil Engineers
Demonstrate Diversity
49 Employee Referral Programs
Tap into Professional Organizations
51 Community Stewardship
Spreading the Word
52 Effective College and University Recruiting
54 H-1B Visas and Green Cards
56 Chapter 5 Managing a Diverse Workforce
People Working with People
Two-Way Assimilation
57 Respect Counts
Project: Diversity
58 Senior-Level Endorsement
Quotas versus Goals
59 Accountability and Follow-Through
Partnering for Diversity
60 From Challenge to Opportunity
61 Appendix A: The Constricted Pipeline
62 Appendix B: Participating Organizations and Interviewees
63 Appendix C: Acknowledgements
64 Index
A
B
C
65 D
E
F
66 G
H
I
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67 N
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68 V
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69 Notes
ASCE 9780784409831 2008
$18.42