Diversity and Inclusion Management
General Information
Department:
Department of Business and Economics, Professorship of Higher Education
Degree Program:
Bachelor Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Module:
8a-d: Organizations and Management Trends I
Lecturer:
Lecture: Prof. Liudvika Leišytė
Exercise: Sude Pekşen, M.A. & Nina Carolin Bieling, M.Sc.
Credits:
7.5 ECTS
Time and Place:
Lecture: Tuesdays, 2.15 – 3.45 p.m. (Start: 16 April 2024) | Seminar building I, SRG 1.024
Exercise: Thursdays, 10.15 – 11.45 a.m. (Start: 18 April 2024) | Seminar building I, SRG 1.001
Language:
English
studium oecologicum:
This course can be taken by all TU Dortmund University students as part of the studium oecologicum certificate program (subject area "Gesellschaft").
Content of the Course
This course focuses on diversity and inclusion management in private companies as well as public organizations internationally. Specifically, it will focus on the dynamics, challenges as well as opportunities organizations face in adopting good corporate social responsibility policies and practices to ensure diversity and inclusion. The lecture builds on academic and practitioner literature, draws on a variety of management and sociological theories. The exercise focuses on real practice examples of challenges implementing diversity management policies in different types of organizations in Germany and abroad.
Examinations
Written and graded exam covering the entire module (90 minutes).