‘Diversity’ Named Outstanding Title
Each year, Choice editors single out the most significant academic works from thousands of titles reviewed over the previous year, recognizing what they have determined to be the best in published scholarship.
Mor Barak’s book was one of only 15 business titles selected for the nationwide honor.
“This is a well-deserved recognition for the superb caliber of Michalle’s innovative work in the area of global diversity management,” said Marilyn Flynn, dean of the USC School of Social Work. “Students and colleagues alike are well aware of her inventive articulation of the inclusive workplace model. We’re very proud of her achievement.”
In awarding the Outstanding Academic Title status, Choice editors apply several criteria, including overall excellence in presentation and scholarship, significance relative to other literature in the field, uniqueness of treatment and importance in building a university library’s collection.
Among the reasons editors selected “Managing Diversity” was its original contribution to the global human resources and management literature.
The book demonstrates the benefits of implementing inclusive practices in the workplace and features vignettes and case studies from around the world to illustrate practical solutions for managing today’s diverse workforce.
Mor Barak reveals the new realities of the workforce, including global demographic, legislation and social policy trends. She also analyzes the causes and consequences of workforce exclusion, showing readers how to employ the inclusive workplace model within their own organizations.
Mor Barak recently was awarded a seed grant to continue her work, which will help fund a global think tank to examine the impact of global workforce diversity on work-family integration around the world.
Mor Barak is the Lenore Stein-Wood and William S. Wood Professor in Social Work and Business in a Global Society in the USC School of Social Work and holds a joint appointment in the USC Marshall School of Business.
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The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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