Managing Diversity in Intergovernmental Organisations

Intensifying worldwide environmental changes as well as political, cultural, religious, and economic crises have made intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) important instruments in international and global cooperation. In order to cope with their diverse stakeholders, it is more imperative than ever for intergovernmental organisations to engage in personnel policy on an international scale. Successful diversity management is an essential prerequisite for organisational performance, conflict management, and dynamics of IGOs. Björn A. Peters examines the challenges of diversity and managing diversity in IGOs on the basis of the Mekong River Commission case study.

Autorentext
Dr. Björn A. Peters completed his Ph. D. studies at the Institute for Co-operation in Developing Countries at the University of Marburg in co-operation with the MRC-GTZ Cooperation Programme in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam. Currently, Dr. Peters is an assistant to senior management in an international insurance company.

Inhalt
Diversity Management in Intergovernmental Organisations.- Programmatic Orientation: Personnel Policy as the Embracing Framework.- Diversity and Managing Diversity: Theory and State of the Art.- Research process and empirical proceedings.- Diversity and Managing Diversity in an Intergovernmental Organisation: The Mekong River Commission Case Study.- Diversity and Managing Diversity: Implications for Intergovernmental Organisations.- Résumé and Conclusions.