Session 3: : Diversity management
Topic:
- what are the key dimensions of diversity?
- why is diversity management challenging?
- what opportunities does diversity management offer for societies and organizations?
Reading(s):
Piekkari, R., Oxelheim, L. and Randøy, T. (2015). The Silent Board: How Language Diversity May Affect Work Processes of the Corporate Board. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 23(1), 25-41.
Taplett, F. B., Kretz, M. Dean, J. and Novacek, G. (2019). Diversity is just the first step: Inclusion comes next. Boston Consulting Group reports, available at https://www.bcg.com/publications/2019/diversity-first-step-inclusion-comes-next.aspx Choose one of the following reports based on your interests and language skills: UNTIL’s Diversity & Inclusion report 2019 https://until.un.org/news/until-releases-report-diversity-and-inclusion-tech Women in the Workplace by McKinsey & Company (available on MyCourses) Findix report 2020 (in Finnish) http://findix.fi/uploads/1/2/4/4/124448646/findix_2020_fi_final.pdf The confidence Gap 2014, The Atlantic (available on MyCourses)
- FileSession 3 slides FilePDF document
Submit an individual reflection paper in which you reflect on the learnings from your reading of the assigned literature for each session. For each chapter and article the paper should contain:
Own learning points (i.e. what did YOU learn when reading the material)
Questions/issues that you would like to discuss during the session, as well as reasons why you think these questions/issues are worthy of discussion
Format: 200-250 words per chapter/article
Deadline: The reflection paper has to be uploaded to the assignment submission box in MyCourses the night before each session by 23.59.