Diversity management: introduction, concepts and theories

Selected diversity dimensions and their role in organizations: disability, ethnicity, age and sexual orientation.

This course will take place in presence mode.

PI-LV are highly interactive courses.

For a positive completion of the LV an 80% presence is required.

Should there be an important reason for absence, then a maximum of 20% of the entire course duration can be missed. In case of more than 20% absence, the course must be repeated. For absenteeism a proof (for instance a medical certificate) must be submitted.

Important reasons are, according to the examination regulations of the WU, all those that are beyond the responsibility of the student (illness, accident, death of a close relative). Vocational obligations are not considered an important reason in the regulations, since these pertain to the  responsibility of the students.

Criteria for successful completion and grading:

• Preparation and participation in all class sessions
• Reading material
• Presence at all lectures
• Individual contribution to single block seminars

Evaluation criteria:

• Written exam to each of the four lecturing blocks (block 2-5) (80 Pts.):
  • Ethnicity in Organizations (20 Pts.)
  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Organizations (20 Pts.)
  • Agemanagement in Organizations (20 Pts.)
  • Disability in Organizations (20 Pts.)
• Written summary 'lessons learned' at the end of the seminar (20 Pts.)

Grading scheme:

• Excellent/A/1: 88-100 points
• Good/B/2: 76-87 points
• Satisfactory/C/3: 63-75 points
• Sufficient/D/4: 51- 62 points
• Fail/5: 0-50 points