Open Access3: On the Path: POD as a Multicultural Organization
Author(s) -
Stanley Christine A.,
Ouellett Mathew L.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2000.tb00361.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , context (archaeology) , point of delivery , public relations , knowledge management , sociology , political science , pedagogy , computer science , geography , archaeology , agronomy , biology
Since 1993, the Professional and Organizational Development Network (POD) has made an increasingly stronger commitment to becoming a multicultural organization. Poised at the entrance to a new century, it seems useful to examine the current standing of this goal in the context of the overall growth and development of POD. In this article the authors take stock of the organization's history related to multiculturalism, discuss POD's current organizational strengths and challenges related to models of multicultural organizational development, and offer suggestions for further progress on the path to becoming a multicultural organization.