Diversity Management and Cultural Competency

Program Description

Diversity, according to the dictionary, means "difference" or "variety." So the term diverse workforce refers to a workforce where the group members and associates have a variety of different characteristics. By becoming aware of today’s diversity and its impact on you as a professional leader/manager, you can learn effective ways of dealing with prospective issues appropriately.

Diversity management is about creating inclusion. This course is not only designed to help you become aware of some of the major changes in today’s workforce, but also to give you some of the skills needed to maximize productivity and gain a competitive advantage through a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Learning Outcomes

By completing this session, you will have the foundation to:

• Properly define and discuss diversity,
• Understand and value differences,
• Recognize biases and behaviors that hinder individual and team productivity,
• Work with a diverse workforce synergistically, and
• Create an inclusive work environment where all individuals can be productively engaged.

Audience

This program is designed for business owners, managers and executives who would like to maximize productivity and gain a competitive advantage through a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Delivery

Any of the executive education programs offered by the Hudson Center of Entrepreneurship and Executive Education (HCEEE) can be delivered to your organization at your location Please contact us for more information.

Program Fee

Program fee varies based on the size of your group and includes tuition, instructional materials and lunch. Please contact us for more information.

Instructor

Bahaudin Mujtaba, D.B.A.

Dr. Bahaudin G. Mujtaba is a Professor of Management, Human Resources Management, and International Management. He has been serving as a faculty member, director, and/or department chair at the Huizenga College since 1996. Bahaudin was given the prestigious annual “Faculty of the Year Award” for the 2011 and 2005 Academic Years at Nova Southeastern University's H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship.

Bahaudin has been a speaker in many national and international conferences and gatherings, including "The Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education" (CANQATE) in Jamaica; IACBE (United States); the Association for Tertiary Institutions in the Bahamas (ATIB) in the Nassau, Bahamas; and the Society of Afghan Engineers (SAE), Society of Afghan Architects and Engineers, and Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan. He has worked with various firms in the areas of management, cross-cultural communication, customer value/service, and diversity training. Bahaudin is a certified trainer on many topics, including as a Cultural Diversity trainer through the National Multi-Cultural Institute (NMCI). He has been involved in diversity education and awareness since the late 1980s.

Bahaudin earned his DBA from Nova Southeastern University in Management, a M.B.A. from Nova Southeastern University in Business Administration, and a BS from the University of Central Florida in Business Administration with a concentration in Management. He has two post-doctorate specialties from Nova Southeastern University in Human Resource Management and International Management.

Bahaudin has written, presented and published over one hundred articles (in the areas of business, change, culture, ethics, diversity, leadership, privatization, etc.) in academic conferences, textbooks and journals. He has authored and co-authored sixteen different books.

Course Customization

Using core programs, we can customize the material to fit your corporate training needs. With our extensive resources and program facilitators, we will design a program that is tailored to fit your specified objectives and requirements.

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