New Paradigms for Gender Inclusivity : Theory And Best Practices
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Published by PHI Learning, 2012
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Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors Part I Gender Inclusiveness in Corporate India 1 Scenarios for Gender Inclusivity in Corporate India 2 Ardhanareshwar Unison of Ultimate Reality 3 Building an Inclusive Workplace An IBM Daksh Perspective 4 The Business Case for Gender Inclusion in the Indian Context 5 Diversity and Inclusion Not Just a Nice Thing to Do 6 I am Ready to Resume My Career 7 Gender Inclusivity at Wipro 8 Gender Inclusivity in Corporate India A Business Imperatives Based Framework Part II Interlude 9 Alisha A Case of Assumptions and Presumptions; Work Dance; State of Indian Women Part III Gender Mainstreaming in India 10 Gender Mainstreaming 11 Building Business Organizations of the Home Based Workers Women Artisans of SEWA12 Policing and Gender Sensitivity 13 Changing the Gender Paradigm Puppet to Goddess 14 On the Gender Equality Track Vijayawada Division South Central Railway 15 Ensuring Food Security for the Rural Poor 16 Revisiting Capabilities Approach to Review Gender Mainstreaming in Work-life Context in India IndexDiversity inclusivity and gender mainstreaming have today become the buzzwords in the corporate arena and civil society The reason is increased business requirement for diverse competencies and skill sets Hence the need to have a mixed gender group has become a business imperative Furthermore there is heightened awareness that women are equally competent and talented if not more than men in various professional jobs With increasing job opportunities tapping and retaining this talent through initiation of various programmes within organizations has shown positive results New Paradigms for Gender Inclusivity Theory and Best Practices scripts some of the practices in the form of case studies which organizations have followed to enhance gender inclusiveness These real-life case studies highlight the role played by organizations in facilitating the progression of women which indirectly has helped in their growth development and recognition of being a forerunner in promoting diversity The book is divided into three parts Parts I and III begin with a theoretician?s perspective on gender inclusiveness and gender mainstreaming in India respectively and close with an academic detailing on reasons and causes for the same Statistical data and models in the last chapter for the two parts validate the corporate governmental and civil society attempts at introducing creative yet simple methodologies to make gender diversity and inclusion a reality in the workplace In Part I six case studies on the following companies Broadridge IBM Daksh Infosys Shell India Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Ltd A Tata Enterprise and Wipro have been presented which discuss the need for gender diversity and inclusiveness drivers and barriers and showcase measures adopted to overcome those barriers Five cases SEWA Indian Police Sakti Indian Railways and RUDI have been presented in Part III which highlight tasks accomplished by women in their area of expertise marketing strategies adopted by the civil society to promote goods produced by women sensitization workshops to address harassment and training workshops Part II Interlude is a break from organizational cases and shares some experiences angst insights and observations on gender diversity and inclusion through a narration a poem and a reflective piece This book on case studies will be extremely useful for postgraduate students pursuing gender studies in Management Institutes students working on gender related dissertation topics and corporate houses keen to learn from best practices of other organizations Additionally it would benefit readers who wish to learn about organizational policies and practices for gender inclusivity 256 pp.…
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- New Paradigms for Gender Inclusivity : Theory And Best Practices
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- Kaul, Asha, Singh, Manjari
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- PHI Learning
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- 2012
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- Soft cover
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- English
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- 8120345134
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- 9788120345133
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