Postgraduate Course: Global Diversity and Equality Management (CMSE11575)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The importance of managing workforce diversity for organisations has become widely recognised in business, professional, and academic communities. This course introduces students to the background and context of this debate and provides an opportunity to explore contemporary contexts, concepts, policies and practices in the field. |
| Course description |
The purpose of this course is to provide an in-depth understanding of how managers and HR professionals can be effective in managing diversity within their organisations, as well as in leveraging it to foster an inclusive workplace and organisational culture.
By the end of this course students will have a holistic appreciation of the concepts, theories, and tools necessary to understand and implement effective diversity and equity management practices for a globally inclusive workplace.
The course comprises of formal lectures, student-led presentations, case study analysis, group discussions, and guest speakers. Students will be expected to participate in class discussions. The course teaching is integrative in nature, bringing together insights and understanding from more than one topic in order to encourage the development of stronger evaluative, rather than descriptive, skills.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 14,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
84 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Coursework (individual) - Assesses all course Learning Outcomes |
| Feedback |
Formative: Feedback will be provided throughout the course.
Summative: Feedback will be provided on the assessment within agreed deadlines.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand theoretical perspectives relating to equality, diversity, disadvantage and discrimination in employment.
- Identify the contribution of equality and diversity policies and practices to the achievement of organisational goals, quality and excellence.
- Increase awareness of one's own personal biases, and develop the ability to prevent those biases from affecting everyday interactions.
- Have a holistic appreciation of the concepts, theories, and tools necessary to understand and implement effective diversity and equity management practices for a globally inclusive workplace.
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Reading List
Triana, M. (2017) Managing Diversity in Organisations: A Global perspective. Routledge.
Recommended academic journals:
Gender, Work & Organization
Journal of Business Ethics
Gender in Management
Equal Opportunities Review
Industrial Relations Journal
Human Resource Management Journal
International Journal of HRM
Work, Employment & Society
British Journal of Industrial Relations
Personnel Review
Employee Relations
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Human Relations
Management Learning |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
C1: Meaningful Interpersonal Interaction - Understand how to manage and sustain successful individual and group relationships in order to achieve positive and responsible outcomes, in a range of virtual and face-to-face environments.
C2: Effective Emotional Intelligence - Understand oneself and others, through critical reflection, diversity awareness and empathic development, in order to maximise individual and collective resilience, and personal and professional potential.
C3: Authentic Leadership - Act with integrity, honesty and trust in all business stakeholder relationships, and apply ethical reasoning to effective decision making, problem solving and change management
C4: Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Business Behaviour - Work with a variety of organisations, their stakeholders, and the communities they serve - learning from them, and aiding them to achieve responsible, sustainable and enterprising solutions to complex problems
C5: Appropriate Communication - Convey meaning and message through a wide range of communication tools, including digital technology and social media; to understand how to use these tools to communicate in ways that sustain positive and responsible relationships.
C8: Personal and Professional Competence - Be self-motivated; curious; show initiative; set, achieve and surpass goals; as well as demonstrating adaptability, capable of handling complexity and ambiguity, with a willingness to learn; as well as being able to demonstrate the use digital and other tools to carry out tasks effectively, productively, and with attention to quality.
C9: Academic Excellence - Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of contemporary organisational disciplines; comprehend the role of business within the contemporary world; and critically evaluate and synthesise primary and secondary research and sources of evidence in order to make, and present, well informed and transparent organisation-related decisions, which have a positive global impact.
C10: Intellectual Curiosity - Identify, define and analyse theoretical and applied business and management problems, and develop approaches, informed by an understanding of appropriate quantitative and/or qualitative techniques, to explore and solve them responsibly.
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Lucia Cervi
Tel: (0131 6)50 4307
Email: Lucia.Cervi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Sean Reddie
Tel: (0131 6)50 8074
Email: Sean.Reddie@ed.ac.uk |
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