Diversity in the Workplace

Catalog description

This course examines workplace diversity, gender and race challenges facing employers and employees, and the skills for managing diversity. HRER 836 Diversity in the Workplace (3) This course will examine gender and race issues challenging employers and employees in an age when demographic changes and globalization are significantly increasing the diversity of the U.S. workforce. This course will provide an opportunity for students to explore the various ways in which ethnicity, race and gender, sexual orientation, national origin, and disability impact the workplace. Specific issues to be examined include employment and discrimination laws, work and family policies, human resource practices (such as recruitment and selection), and sexual harassment. The course will also explore various workplace accommodations and strategies for managing diversity in the workplace; sex roles; occupational choices made by women and minorities; and career development. This course is one core requirement for the Masters Degree Program in Human Resources and Employment Relations. It provides graduate course level coverage of topics addressed in L I R 536: Labor Diversity in the Workplace. Mastery of course material will be evaluated through both informal and formal assignments which include case studies, exercises and group activities, participating in on-line discussion, and short essay exams.