About Managing Diversity 

Overview
This course is designed to increase knowledge and skills of management-level professionals regarding workforce diversity issues. As a result of successfully completing the course, students will enhance leadership abilities in the area of diversity management.

Specifically, the course will increase student competency in:

• understanding the workforce diversity movement;
  
• workforce diversity concerns within an organization;
  
• accepting managerial responsibilities of valuing workforce diversity; and
  
• recognizing best practices in creating, implementing, evaluating, and communicating organizational diversity initiatives.
  

This course offers students the opportunity to:

• gain an understanding of historical and contemporary events and dynamics that create the need for organizational action.
  
• examine personal thoughts on the diversity movement.
  

Investigate and report on established dimensions of diversity, specifically:
Inner dimensions – race and ethnic heritage, age, mental and physical abilities, sexual orientation, gender
Outer dimensions – religious diversity, diversity of class

• recognize the challenges and benefits to developing a well-supported and executed workforce diversity initiative.
  

• demonstrate competency in diversity management by creating an organizational plan to be applied to a business, government agency, or non-profit of their choice.
  

Course Content
Unit l: Evolution of the Diversity Movement
Unit ll: Exploring Dimensions in Diversity
Unit III: Diversity Initiatives

Pricing
$1290 per person. DiversityBusiness.com members will receive 10% discount on all the courses. 

About Online Learning
RutgersOnline courses are asynchronous learning experiences, which means you can engage in learning activities when it’s convenient to you. Online courses also eliminate the hassle of commuting.