Designing diversity training program for business executives
Industrial and Commercial Training
ISSN: 0019-7858
Article publication date: 10 July 2021
Issue publication date: 3 January 2022
Abstract
Purpose
In today’s corporate world, effective management of diversity is a critical business and social imperative. This paper aims to identify relevant issues connected to diversity training and suggest course content that can be useful in corporate and academia while offering diversity training.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors have conducted a literature review on primary aspects connected to diversity training. Specifically, papers published in recent times are given focus to come up with relevant diversity training content and other connected concerns.
Findings
In this paper, the authors focus on how academicians and practitioners can develop an effective diversity training initiative, based on some of the critical nuances discussed in the literature. Suggested training content includes sensitivity, awareness, behavioral approach, policy guidelines and diversity impact analysis. This training content can further be customized based on the corporate context where the training is to be delivered.
Originality/value
Based on the literature review, the paper suggests a holistic diversity training program that is hopefully going to be useful for both practitioners and academicians.
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Citation
Sarkar, A. (2022), "Designing diversity training program for business executives", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 54 No. 1, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICT-07-2020-0091
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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