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AOM GDO PLENARY SESSION

  • 1.  AOM GDO PLENARY SESSION

    Posted 08-07-2013 15:15

    Dr. Rohini Anand

    Guest Plenary Speaker


             Program Session #: 1263 | Submission: 18478 | Sponsor(s): (GDO)
                    Tuesday, Aug 13 2013 8:00AM - 9:30AM at WDW Dolphin Resort in Salon III

     

    Leveraging Diversity and Inclusion for Business Success: The Sodexo Case

          

     

    Facilitator: Gwendolyn M. Combs; U. of Nebraska, Lincoln;
    Organizer: Gwendolyn M. Combs; U. of Nebraska, Lincoln;
    Organizer: Charmine E. J. Hartel; U. of Queensland;
    Organizer: Stacy Blake-Beard; Simmons College;
    Organizer: Lisa Hisae Nishii; Cornell U.;
    Organizer: Diana Bilimoria; Case Western Reserve U.;

    Drawing from the Sodexo case study, Rohini  Anand, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer Sodexo, will describe how diversity and inclusion have been leveraged to benefit the global business, the key success factors and lessons learned. She will highlight areas where research can inform organizational practices. Sodexo is rated NUMBER 1 on 2013 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity. For the three previous consecutive years (2010, 2011, 2012), Sodexo rated Number 2 on DiversityInc. Top 50 Companies for Diversity. In 2012 Sodexo also ranked: No. 5 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention No. 9 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Supplier Diversity No. 4 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Blacks No. 9 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Latinos No. 6 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Asian Americans No. 4 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Executive Women No. 5 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for LGBT Employees No. 5 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for People With Disabilities No. 6 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Global Diversity

     

     

     

    Gwendolyn M. Combs, Ph.D.
    Management Department Chair
    Associate Professor
    Chair, Gender & Diversity Division, Academy of Management
    Department of Management
    209 CBA
    P. O. Box 880491
    College of Business Administration
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Lincoln, Nebraska  68588-0491
    402-472-3400 (Office)
    402-472-5855 (FAX)