Course Overview
This course covers the vitally important work of managing diversity in contemporary workforces. We will explore the reasons diversity is fundamental for the success of any company or organization across all industries. We will consider the current challenges and best practices in supporting, creating, and cultivating diverse, multicultural, and socially just workplaces. This course will look at ways to create diverse environments through recruitment and retention policies and practices as well as leadership development.
Learning and understanding concepts of diversity, multiculturalism and inclusion can be difficult and revolve around attitudes and behaviors generated from societal and cultural constructs.
Students’ engagement both through personal reflection and response with intellectual and mental skill development is paramount for this type of class. A range of activities and learning methods will be used, all aimed at encouraging participation, an open environment and promoting proactivity, group processing, productive dialogue, and self-reflection.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course student should be able to:
(in terms of knowledge):
(in terms of skills):
(in terms of social competences):
Course Content
Instructional Method
Required Course Materials
Textbook and Other Class Materials:
Assessment
Class Attendance & Participation
(Attendance = 15% and Participation = 25%)
Class attendance and participation are essential to maximizing learning outcomes in this course. Attendance will be taken each class. Student participation is vital for creating a classroom environment that is creative, thoughtful, and engaging. Students are expected to be attentive, engaged, and reflective in class. Participation will not necessarily be graded on the volume or quantity of speaking in class but the quality of contribution and participation in class discussion. Students will be able to self-evaluate their class attendance and participation at the end of the class.
Class Participation Grading Criteria
Student attends the entire class, actively participates in all class activities, small group discussions, and makes insightful contributions to full class discussions, by engaging in many of the following behaviors:
Project
Diversity Planning Project (Paper = 40% and Presentation = 20%)
The class will be divided into teams of approximately 4-5 students and assigned a particular case study. Each team will be developing a diversity strategic plan for a company or organization. Teams must submit a 10–15-page response to the case study using theories, best practices, and insights gained through the class. Each team will present an 8–10-minute presentation and discussion summarizing their case study and response the last day of class. Each student must present. Team members will submit a recommended grade for each team member.