Building Inclusive Organizations

2 credits · Owen Graduate School of Management

This course equips students with a thorough understanding of the advantages and challenges presented by workplace diversity, suggesting techniques to build inclusive organizations. Students will learn to work with diverse groups to create a productive organization in which everyone feels included. The course offers a comprehensive survey of demographic groups and an analysis of their history, allowing students to develop a thorough understanding of the dimensions of diversity. From this foundation, students engage in discussions about fostering more inclusive organizations on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, ability, national origin, and intersectionality in organizations and about issues various groups face, including discrimination. The course provides practical insight into subconscious/implicit bias and diversity management in the United States and abroad. This is a helpful class for anyone who wants to be an inclusive leader, team member, manager, entrepreneur, or HR professional. [2]