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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

ESSEC Business School

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Diversity is a fact. It is also paradoxical. We need to be capable of seeing and hearing differences in order to reap the benefits of diversity. But seeing and hearing differences hone our discriminating reflexes and can also lead to discrimination. If you take this MOOC, you will: 1. understand this paradox, 2. understand its dynamics, and 3. identify ways to manage it, so that you can better channel the diversity potential in the workplace for greater performance and innovation.

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Beginner Level

Approx. 10 hours to complete

English

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Junko TAKAGI

Professeur titulaire de la chaire Leadership & Diversity

Département Management

45,370 Learners

2 Courses

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ESSEC Business School

For over a century, ESSEC has been developing a state-of-the-art educational program that gives the individual pride of place in its learning model, promoting the values of freedom, openness, innovation and responsibility. Preparing future managers to reconcile personal interests with collective responsibility, giving consideration to the common good in their decision-making, and weighing economic challenges against the social costs are some of the objectives ESSEC has set for itself. Its ultimate goal? To create a global world that has meaning for us all.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Hi Diversity!

Welcome to the start of your learning journey! In this first module, you will start to familiarise yourself with diversity concepts and their relevance in the workplace. First, you will learn about why diversity and inclusion are important for firms, and about the historical development of diversity and inclusion in management. Next, you will be introduced to key diversity-related concepts and issues. Then, you will discover facts and figures for five diversity categories and the challenges that firms are facing to promote the inclusion of these diversity elements into the workplace. By the end of this module, you will have a clear understanding of diversity concepts and their application to different diversity categories.

2 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 67 min), 2 readings, 3 quizzes

12 videos

This is diversity!2m

The importance of diversity and inclusion for firms6m

A brief history of diversity in the workplace7m

Key diversity concepts4m

The long and winding road to inclusion6m

Understanding diversity categories4m

Gender diversity - Part 15m

Gender diversity - Part 24m

People with disabilities5m

Cultural and social diversity7m

LGBTQIA+ issues around the world and in the workplace6m

Intergenerational diversity4m

2 readings

Course overview5m

Course outline5m

3 practice exercises

The importance of diversity and inclusion for firms15m

Practice quiz20m

Evaluation quiz30m

Week

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Categorization and Diversity Perceptions

Now that you have a solid understanding of diversity and inclusion concepts, this second leg of the learning journey is all about you within an increasingly diversified social context. This module introduces you to how cognitive processes such as social categorization impact what we see and how we react to our social environment. It will help you understand your own and others' perceptions and reactions to difference. By the end of this module, you will have acquired conceptual tools and experiential data in order to analyse your reactions in social interactions in the workplace.

4 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 23 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

Week

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Disrupting with Diversity

In the previous module, you honed in on your diversity reflexes by first understanding categorization processes, then applying them to your own experiences. In this module, you will go from the individual to the firm setting, and explore the diversity processes that we encounter in organizations. You will be introduced to a method for mobilizing the disruptive force of diversity by building on the self-knowledge that you have acquired in the previous session. You will see how diversity can be leveraged to make us think about how we think, and how it can help us to expand our perceptions and understanding. By the end of this module, you will grasp the challenges of implementing inclusion in the workplace and be able to apply the cognitive method to a diversity case.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 41 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

6 videos

Understanding the disrupting force of diversity3m

The organizational paradox9m

The diversity and inclusion paradox4m

Diversity, equity and inclusion9m

Inclusion and organizational change7m

Mobilizing disruption: applying a cognitive method7m

2 readings

Related materials: “Run like a girl” campaign10m

How (not) to react to diversity disruptions: The case of Nitila10m

1 practice exercise

How (not) to react to diversity disruptions30m

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Diversity and Inclusion around the World

Well done! You are almost there! In this final leg of your learning journey, you will travel to different countries around the world to find out what diversity and inclusion initiatives are being implemented, and to think about their impact. You will also have the opportunity to describe a diversity and inclusion best practice, and thereby develop your skills to look for diversity information in the workplace, to identify diversity and inclusion best practices, and to become more aware of the different inclusion initiatives that are in your professional environment.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 12 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE

by JBMay 22, 2021

The course was great. I do have a technical request in format though. To have the transcript scroll with the video would be helpful, to keep the video in view at all times.

by KHSep 23, 2020

I really enjoyed this course. It challenged me to try and think differently. I also liked the global context with case studies from around the world. Thank you.

by UPJul 15, 2020

It was an inspiring course. Opened my understanding of diversity issues in general. I would recommend this course to anyone ready to embrace the cultural dynamic of our society.

by JJOct 5, 2022

A great course from an international perspective. I like how the class used examples from different countries. Diversity is truly and universal concept with benefits.

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