| The Chief Diversity Officer: Strategy, Structure, and Change Management Contributor(s): Williams, Damon A. (Author), Wade-Golden, Katrina C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1579222358 ISBN-13: 9781579222352 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Administration - Higher - Education | Higher |
| Dewey: 378.198 |
| LCCN: 2012050463 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (1.67 lbs) 450 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume addresses the issue of who should be tasked to advance an institution's diversity agenda and coordinate its diversity initiatives and policies. Having established in a companion volume the parameters for an effective diversity strategy, Damon Williams addresses 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. The book begins by delineating the evolution of the chief diversity officer role in the academy. Drawing on extensive qualitative and quantitative research on CDOs conducted for the purposes of this book, it describes how the scope and responsibilities are variously defined at the institutions where the position has been created, and offers insights into the complexities and challenges of the role. On the basis of this data and the literature on organizational design and change management, Damon Williams defines 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 his 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. This title is also available in a set with its companion volume, Strategic Diversity Leadership in the Academy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Williams, Damon A.: - Damon A. Williams is the Associate Vice Chancellor, Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a clinical member of the faculty in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He leads a dedicated CDO division and has worked with over 200 organizations interested in developing cutting-edge strategic diversity capabilities. His professional focus is in the areas of strategic planning, leadership development, chief diversity officer design, establishing dedicated diversity infrastructures, change management, youth development, program evaluation, and assessing diversity outcomes. Visit the author's YouTube Channel for videos, keynotes, and author presentations.Emmert, Mark A.: - Mark A. Emmert President, National Collegiate Athletic AssociationWade-Golden, Katrina C.: - Katrina C. Wade-Golden is Assistant Director and Senior Research Scientist in the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives at the University of Michigan. She provides leadership to the Michigan Study of the Undergraduate Student Experience and other research designed to explore the relationship between the collegiate experience and the educational outcomes of students. She has worked with hundreds of institutions with a particular focus on helping them to develop diversity assessment and evaluation projects designed to document the educational implications of diversity in higher education. |
