Managing Diversity: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace by USC Professor Mich'lle Mor Barak has been named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2006 by Choice, a publication of the Association of College and University Libraries.

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," Dean Marilyn Flynn said. "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: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace 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 was recently 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 School of Social Work and holds a joint appointment in the USC Marshall School of Business.