Class objective(s) (learning outcomes)

•    To understand issues, challenges and opportunities related to managing a workforce that is diverse in regards to gender, ethnicity/race/nationality, age, sexual orientation and physical ability.

•    To gain greater self-awareness of your own cultural and personal values, and biases that may contribute to our behavior and interactions in organizations.

•    To develop greater understanding of work, family and life balance issues in relation to cultural, national, legal and social contexts.

•    To develop a vocabulary to more effectively understand and communicate in an inclusive manner around issues of gender, ethnic, cultural and other differences within an organizational context.

Teaching and learning method(s)

Lecture, discussion, and small group class presentations.

Criteria for successful completion

Criteria for successful completion and grading:
•    Preparation and participation in all class sessions.
•    Reading presentations.
•    Short self-reflective gender and diversity paper.
•    Senior manager interview.

Availability of instructor(s) for contact by students

email: mailto:mary.ann.danowitz@wu-wien.ac.at

Miscellaneous

Course readings will be available electronically. Some of the sources include:
- Harvard Business Review
- M. P. Bell, Diversity in Organizations. Mason, Ohio: Thompson South-western, 2007.
- Ehrenreich, B. and A. R. Hochschild, Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy. New York: Owl Books, 2002.
- G. N. Powell and L. M. Graves, Women and men in management, 3rd edition. London: Sage, 2003.

This course prepares participants to confront the challenge and to maximize the opportunities of managing a workforce that is increasingly diverse along dimensions of gender, ethnicity and race, sexual orientation, age, disability, age and religion within a globalized world.