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5411103: FU_Diversity and Intersectionality

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Semester:WS 22/23
Type:Seminar
Language:English
ECTS-Credits:3.0
Semester Hours per Week / Contact Hours:30.0 L / 22.5 h
Self-directed study time:67.5 h

Module coordination/Lecturers

Curricula

Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration (01.09.2012)
Cross faculty elective subjects (01.09.2014)
Master's degree programme in Information Systems (01.09.2015)
Master's degree programme in Finance (01.09.2015)
Master's degree programme in Information Systems (01.09.2019)
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture (01.09.2019)
Master's degree programme in Architecture (01.09.2019)
Master's degree programme in Entrepreneurship and Management (01.09.2020)
Master's degree programme in Finance (01.09.2020)
Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration (01.09.2021)

Description

  • Concepts, theories and models of diversity
  • Managing Diversity
  • Theoretical, political and legal concepts of intersectionality
  • Interlocking types of discrimination
  • Methods to develop diversity+ competencies
  • Equality and the right to be different

Lecture Goals

Participants are able …

  • to explain the basic concepts, theories and models of diversity and intersectionality
  • to explain the basic theoretical, political and legal concepts of intersectionality
  • to apply Diversity Management tools
  • to analyse situations of interlocking discrimination
  • to develop their own set of diversity+ competences
  • to do presentations in English

Understanding the dynamics of difference, promoting equal opportunity and valuing diversity are highly esteemed skills in the diversified and globalized labour market.

Learning Outcomes

Participants are able …

  • to explain the basic concepts, theories and models of diversity and intersectionality
  • to explain the basic theoretical, political and legal concepts of intersectionality
  • to apply Diversity Management tools
  • to analyse situations of interlocking discrimination
  • to develop their own set of diversity+ competences
  • to do presentations in English

Understanding the dynamics of difference, promoting equal opportunity and valuing diversity are highly esteemed skills in the diversified and globalized labour market.

Qualifications

Lectures Method

Lectures and workshops

Admission Requirements

Conversation level of English

Literature

Diversity and Inclusion Handbook
https://ideas.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Leading-Diversity-in-Organizations_Lever-2017.pdf

Materials

To be presented during the course

Exam Modalities

Course based on continuous assessment; details see under "assessment".
Meeting attendance obligations is an essential pre-requisite for successfully completing a course based on continuous assessment.
Attendance must be proven for at least 80% of the stipulated contact time.
Responsibility for checking and providing written proof of this obligatory attendance lies with the course lecturer who is required to store this information at least until the end of the semester.
In the case of absenteeism that exceeds the specified limits of absence, a medical certificate is required. Responsibility lies with the head of the Coordination Office for Cross-Faculty Elective Subjects to approve the reason for the student's failure to attend.

Assessment

Grading

Assessment tasks:
Part A: 50 % developing a case study (group work)
Part B: 50 % individual work presentation

Comments

cross-faculty course:
Rules for registration: www.uni.li/cross-faculty