Course
Description

This Blackboard, online course will explore a variety of social-psychological research on gender issues that affect work behaviors in today’s rapidly changing workforce.  Emphasis will be placed on student activities and research of pertinent topics, readings, reports, and online dialogue. There are no required meetings or proctored exams.

Methods of Course Instruction

After completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Read, summarize, analyze, and synthesize course readings, learning materials, and activities.

2. List a variety of gender issues that affect work behaviors in today’s organizations.

3. Understand the theoretical perspectives of men’s and women’s experiences in the workplace.

4. Relate how stereotypes affect our perceptions of men and women at work.

5. Value diversity among individuals and along multi-faceted dimensions.

6. Discuss language and communication differences among organizational members.

7. Reflect on pertinent topics, i.e., how gender impacts power and relationships at work, gender discrimination in the workplace, gender and the legal context in which men and women work,  sexual harassment, gender and leadership, and stress, health, and gender.

8. Discuss career issues for women and men, i.e., mentoring, children, and dual-career couples.

9. Reflect on the course readings, theories, and activities. Integrate these principles into a report that synthesizes current research of today’s gender issues in organizations.

Tentative Assignments

1. Questions of the Week

2. Reading Responses 

3. Leadership Strategy Paper

4. Gender Communication Paper*   

5. Leadership Interview Paper  Self Study 

6. Movie Analysis 

7. ComTek Case Study*

8. Case Analysis: Barbara Salinas* 

9. Networking Field Trip and Paper

10. Mommy-Track Case*

11. Gender Reflection and Synthesis Report*   

Materials

Required

Text(s)

Smith, D. M. (2000). Women at Work: Leadership for the Next Century. Upper Saddle River, NY: Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-0955442 (Available at Specialty Books)

Exams
Requirements

No exams