Diversity Platform DiManD

Today’s large multinational companies face the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly diverse workforce and clientele.

At FIM-HSG, we have developed a learning and exchange platform under the name Diversity Management Dais (DiManD) to prepare companies for the challenges and opportunities arising out of diversity in organizations.
DiManD brings together Swiss and international companies that aim to position themselves as thought and implementation leaders in diversity management.

Diversity Management Dais (DiManD) is a cooperation between FIM-HSG and a group of carefully selected companies that aim to position themselves as thought and implementation leaders in diversity management. DiManD’s key objective is to establish good diversity management as a primary value driver in organizations. DiManD offers participating companies the opportunity to develop and test new best practices and tailor-made solutions to diversity issues in close cooperation with a team of experienced diversity researchers from the University of St.Gallen.
The DiManD programme consists of a series of workshops with all participating companies as well as one annual project with each company. The DiManD workshops will serve as a platform for knowledge transfer from academia to industry partners and for the exchange of ideas, practices, tests, and solutions among the participating companies within an academic setting. The annual project at each company will allow participating companies to explore a particular diversity-related issue within their organization in close cooperation with the FIM-HSG research team.

In an article published in The European Business Review (Jan/Feb 2012 edition), Winfried Ruigrok explores the triple hurdle of diversity management that companies need to overcome in order to successfully develop their diversity management policies. You can download the article here.

For further information about the DiManD programme and the terms of participation, please contact Prof. Dr. Winfried Ruigrok or any other member of the DiManD team.