The Inclusive Management Strategy: Engineering Culture Change for Employees with DisAbilities

This book describes solutions to support employee engagement with colleagues with disabilities through a management strategy that focuses on the development of healthy relationships that lead to creating more inclusive work environments. It addresses the process of changing stereotypical biases through different stages of hiring and employment of people with disabilities, from application for a position, through the interview process, accepting a job, and the early stages of employment. It discusses the definition of disabilities, the concepts of inclusion and respect, culture change through changing perceptions, dealing with perceptions of fairness and threat, using transformational learning, and implementing learning structures for culture change, including informal forums for joint exploration, teams with shared accountability, networks for mutual learning, and feedback-reflection solutions. Examples are provided throughout. Camelia Fawzy and Brenda Shore offer draw upon more than 40 years of research and practical business experience to support leaders and managers’ efforts in transforming organizations and providing inclusive work opportunities for people with disAbilities.

• | Author: Brenda, DM Shore, Camelia M., DM, MBA Fawzy
• | Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• | Publication Date: Sep 12, 2022
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781787541986
• | ISBN-10: 1787541983