The Stigmatization of Community-Based Organizations as "Ghetto": An Appreciative Inquiry: Change Management Strategies to Counteract this Labeling Phenomenon

Emad Rahim

ISBN 10: 3659894710 / ISBN 13: 9783659894718

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

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84 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.19 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 3659894710

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Stigmatization of Community-Based Organizations as "Ghetto": An Appreciative Inquiry: Change Management Strategies to Counteract this Labeling Phenomenon
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659894710
• ISBN 13: 9783659894718
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.17 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book investigated the origin and use of the term “ghetto” by clients and employees in four different inner-city community centers in Upstate New York, that service clientele of low socioeconomic status. The investigation of the term “ghetto” and the consequences of the term were conducted under the “looking glass-self” concept, by Charles Cooley, as well as theories by such seminal thinkers as Kurt Lewin, George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, Bryant A. Okhuysen and Gerardo A. Hudson. Data was collected through a review of the relevant literature and the collection of focus group responses from employees of the four community centers. The study found that organizations that are labeled as “ghetto” take on the attributes of that stigmatization. Applying the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) method and other change management strategies are recommended to confront this labeling phenomenon.

About the Author

Dr. Emad Rahim is an award-winning author, educator, entrepreneur, Fulbright Scholar and TEDx Speaker. His genocide story was turned into a documentary (AGAINST THE ODDS), and was adapted into a theatre production titled TALES FROM THE SALT CITY, written by celebrated playwright and Presidential National Medals of Arts Award recipient, Ping Chong. Rahim has earned advanced post-doctoral credentials from Harvard, Tulane, and the University of Maryland/UC. He received a Doctorate and two graduate degrees in business from Colorado Tech, and completed his undergraduate education at Empire State College. He received an Award of Distinction from Southwest University, recognized by the United Nations as Empact100 Honoree, recipient of the Certified Manager of the Year Award from ICPM of James Madison University, and named Educator of the Year from Bellevue University, Oklahoma State University and Career Education Corporation. He currently serves as the Kotouc Endowed Chair/Professor at Bellevue University and Partner at Ztudium.