Diversity management

Aims of the course

• Gain a broad vision of the concepts of diversity and inclusion in society and the workplace.
• Recognize the need to develop work environments that appropriately value support and engage all employees.
• Investigate the concept of identity and the differences employees bring to the workplace.
• Identify challenges to and components and benefits of inclusion on a personal and organizational level.
• Inform participants about demographic and social changes that constitute the urgency for age management on three levels: individual, organizational and social.

• Qualify participants for successful development and implementation of diversity management models on organizational level

Course syllabus

1 INTRODUCTION

2 DRIVERS FOR DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
2.1 Demographic changes in developed world
2.2 Other forces to extend one’s work life: increasing labor demand, the changing nature of work, financing retirement and the cost of social support programs.
2.3 Mass migrations and open labour market
2.4 Gender diversity at workplace

3 DRIVERS FOR DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL
3.1 AM drivers on organizational level
3.2 Gender issues
3.3 Issues arising out of managing culturally diverse workforce


4 THE AM MODEL: A SYSTEMIC APROACH TOWARDS OLDER EMPLOYEES
4.1 Changing mental models
4.2 Human resource management in the light of older employees
4.3 Knowledge management and succession management
4.4 Health management (prevention and cure)
4.5 Managing working environment for employees of all ages
4.6 Managing different generations at workplace

5 RESOLVING GENDER ISSUES AT WORKPLACE
5.1 Examples and effects of good practice (SLO, EU)
5.2 Integrated approach towards diversity management – the best practice

6 HRM IN THE LIGHT OF CULTURALLY DIVERSE WORKFORCE
6.1 Making (cultural) diversity work
6.2 Organizational communication regarding workplace diversity and inclusion

7 CONCLUSION

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