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Successful management of today's increasingly diverse workforce is among the most important global challenges faced by corporate leaders, human resource managers, and management consultants. In the Second Edition of this award-winning book, Michàlle E. Mor Barak argues that exclusion is one of the most significant problems facing today's diverse workforce. She provides a wealth of up-to-date information on demographic, legislative, and social policy trends, analyzes the causes and consequences of workforce exclusions, and demonstrates the benefits of implementing inclusive practices. She provides a comprehensive model of a sample Inclusive Workplace, as well as suggestions on facilitating its implementation.
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Mor Barak's (social work and business, U. of Southern California) text uses an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from different bodies of knowledge to provide the demographic, legislative, and theoretical background for understanding diversity from an international perspective, and offers practical guidelines that can help managers create an organizational culture that welcomes and utilizes the diversity of their workforce, and creates an inclusive workplace. Suitable as a textbook for students and resource for scholars in the fields of international business management, international HR management, diversity management, and cross-cultural management, the second edition contains new and revised diversity case examples from around the world, updated statistics on global workforce trends, discussion of new and controversial issues related to diversity policies and practices, and up-to-date research on diversity management outcomes. Supplementary teaching materials are available at a password-protected companion website. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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