1. Putting Multicultural Organization Development (MCOD) to Work
Ria Vigil and Shannon Archibeque-Engle, Ph.D.
President’s Commission on Diversity and Inclusion
Retreat June 12, 2017

2. Agenda Review Multicultural Organization Development (MCOD)
Indicators of two stages
Strategies to move forward
Application to unit

3. Jackson & Hardiman MCOD Continuum
Exclusionary
Club
Compliance
Affirming
Redefining
Multicultural/
Inclusive
Monocultural
Non-Discriminatory
Multicultural
Marginalized group members encouraged, but expected to fit in. Commitment to the status quo.
Blatant exclusion or token presence of marginalized group members
Culture, climate, and system experience fundamental, sustainable change.

4. MCOD Stage 1: Exclusionary Organization Stage 2: “The Club”
No way
Stage 2: “The Club”
Our way or the highway
Stage 3: The Compliance Organization
The letter of the law
Stage 4: The Affirming Organization
We welcome “diverse candidates”
Stage 5: The Redefining Organization
In transition, actively working to center inclusion
Stage 6: The Multicultural Organization
We consistently live inclusion values and practices

5. What are the indicators of your assigned stage?
Stages 2 and 3
Small groups
Using worksheet, answer and discuss questions of your assigned MCOD stage.
Report out
What are the indicators of your assigned stage?

6. Facilitating Progress
Small groups
Stages 2 and 3
Choose 3-5 steps
Create a strategic implementation plan to move organization to the next stage
In your plan address the following
What strategies would need to be used to gain buy-in?
What resources would be needed?
What obstacles would be faced?
Who should be a part of the implementation?
Report out

7. Now what: put it to work
What are two or three strategies you can take back to inform your unit’s diversity plan?

8. “The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader is willing to tolerate.”
Gruenter and Whitaker, 2015