Course
Description

This course utilizes the Ohio University Blackboard (Bb) for discussing course materials, completing projects, and posting assignments. Some browsers are not compatible with Blackboard. Firefox browser may be downloaded free from the internet if this browser works best for you. You are responsible for checking Bb daily for announcements. Unless otherwise directed, all course deliverables are to be completed on Bb by either responding to a discussion prompt or by posting Word files to the requested database. Each member of this community is expected to contribute to all online assigned discussions.

Turnitin.com.
You are required to submit designated assignments to <http://www.turnitin.com/>. If you are not already registered with Turnitin, please register with this website by the first day of class. To do so, at the welcome page, click on "Create a new user profile," then follow the step-by-step instructions. Here are the course number and password:

Class Number: 2057725   
Password:  gobobcats

Postings to turnitin.com may not retain your formatting. This is not a problem because your work is graded from your Bb postings. Turnitin.com compares your work with other students' work as well as Internet content and provides a report of any suspected plagiarism. Plagiarism results in a zero grade for this course and referral to OU Judiciaries. When an assignment has a turnitin.com designation, it must be posted to turnitin.com and posted to Bb, in order to receive credit for the assignment.  

Methods of Course Instruction

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Discuss language and communication differences among organizational members.

• 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.

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

• 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.

1. Questions of the Week

2. Reading Responses 

3. Leadership Strategy Paper

4. Gender Communication Paper*

5. Leadership Interview Paper

6. Self Study

7. Movie Analysis

8. ComTek Case Study*

9. Case Analysis: Barbara Salinas*

10. Networking Field Trip and Paper

11. *Mommy-Track Case*

12. Gender Reflection and Synthesis Report* 

Materials

Required

1. 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)

2. Tucker, M. L. (2007) Gender Issues in Management Online Course Packet (Available on Bb Course Documents Database)

Recommended for Further Research:

1. Krass, P., Ed. (1998). The Book of Leadership Wisdom: Classic Writings by Legendary Business Leaders New York:  John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0-471-29455-1

2. Pestrak, D. (2003). Playing with the Big Boys: Success Secrets of the Most Powerful Women in Business.
   Carlsbad, CA: SUN Publications. ISBN: 1-931034-06-0

3. Powell, G. N., & Graves, L. M. (2003) Women and Men in Management, Third Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 0-7619-2196-6

Alternative source where materials can be obtained


Note: The books for the course are in stock at College Bookstore, (740) 594-3505. Click here for online ordering.

Note: Books for the course are in stock at the Zane State/OUZ Campus Bookstore or College Book Store in Athens, (740) 594-3505. Click here for online ordering.