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Diversity Management: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace

Michàlle Mor Barak, Ph.D.

© 2011 SAGE Publications, Inc.

Managing Diversity: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace 2e

Michalle Mor Barak

Chapter 11

An Overview of the Inclusive Workplace Model :

Managing the Globalized Workforce Diversity

An Overview of the Inclusive Workplace

Global managers have exceptionally open minds. They respect how different countries do things, and they have the imagination to appreciate why they do them that way…Global managers are made, not born.

Percy Barnevick, CEO of Swedish-Based Asea Brown Boveri

Diversity Management and the Inclusive Workplace

The Inclusive Workplace Model

The Inclusive Workplace Model

Inclusion and diversity within

organizations

Inclusion and corporate-community

relations

Inclusion and welfare- to-work

programs

Individuals, Groups

Organizations, Communities

State, Federal government

Inclusion and Economic

Globalization

International

System Level

Macro

Micro

Model Components

The model has a strong value base that is

manifested at each of the systems levels.

It also has policy and practice applications

that are unique to each of the levels from the

micro to the macro.

The Inclusive Workplace Model

Examples of Obstacles

  • Prejudices, misconceptions, overt and covert discrimination
  • Cross-cultural misunderstandings
  • Economic pressures to demonstrate profitability
  • Limited corporate vision

The Inclusive Workplace Model

Examples of Benefits

  • A more productive and loyal workforce
  • Advantages in recruitment and in the competition for talent
  • Providing goods and services otherwise not available to the community
  • Generating good will from customers and investors

The Inclusive Workplace Model

Overview of Chapters 12-15

  • Each level of the model is introduced (the model’s value base, and applicable policies and practices).

  • Barriers and benefits associated with implementing these programs are presented.

  • Each chapter concludes with a case illustration that describes the organizational context and the circumstances that motivate companies to initiate inclusive policies.

  • Questions for further analysis and discussion follow each case.

The Inclusive Workplace Model