Diversity and

internationalisation
Reality ?
HOW CAN WE GENERALISE ABOUT LMD ?
“MANY MANAGERS FREQUENTLY FACE DISCRIMINATION OR
STEREOTYPING ON GROUNDS OF THEIR GENDER, RACE OR
ETHIC BACKGROUND, SEXUALITY OR DISABILITY, ALL OF
WHICH MAY REQUIRE PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION IN LMD.”
GOLD ET AL, 2010:289
For example – diversity across geographic spread and organisational levels

Needs of Leaders/Leadership
Harrison (2009)
 Corporate (Strategic) (including globalisation and multi-national
corporations (MNCs)
 Operational
 First-line
What are their preferences ?
For example - an aging workforce Smith, Smith and Smith (2010)

Needs of the workforce

Challenging myths and misconceptions
Voices of the workers
Work-based learning
Informal learning
Smith, E.,Smith,A.,and Smith S.C (2010) Old dogs, new tricks:training
mature-aged manufacturing workers, Journal of Workplace
Learning,Vol.22 No. 5,pp277-291.
For example – equal opportunities
.

TV matters: Miriam O'Reilly's victory

Miriam O'Reilly's victory and other television disputes indicate a busy time
ahead for the lawyers
12th January 2011
 The Miriam O'Reilly age discrimination case gave a rare insight into the way senior
TV executives deal with talent.
 Aside from the employment tribunal's verdict – O'Reilly
won her claim for age discrimination and victimisation, but not for sex discriminati
on
– A 55-page document revealed the occasionally tortuous decision-making process
behind Country file's controversial prime-time revamp.
References
Harrison,R.(2009) Learning and Development, 5th edn,London,CIPD
publications.
Smith, E.,Smith,A.,and Smith S.C (2010) Old dogs, new tricks:training
mature-aged manufacturing workers, Journal of Workplace
Learning,Vol.22 No. 5,pp277-291.