Managing Workforce Diversity

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This course explores the opportunities and challenges of the increasingly diverse workforce emerging in the U.S. today. It will address the knowledge and skills managers must develop in working with others who are different from themselves. Some of these differences are obvious - gender, race, age, and physical characteristics. Other differences are not as easily observed such as family structure, educational level, social class, and sexual orientation. Understanding and valuing diversity requires attitudinal self-assessment and change. Values, stereotypes, and prejudices will be explored through readings, reflective writing, and active involvement in discussions, projects, and activities.