Gender, power, leadership and the workplace
Bachelor's degree
In Maynard (USA)
Description
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Bachelor's degree
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Maynard (USA)
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Different dates available
The course will focus primarily on contemporary discourses concerning gender inequality. Most of the readings assigned will be recent articles published in U.S. and British media capturing the latest thinking and research on gender inequality in the workplace. The class will be highly interactive combining case studies, videos, debates, guest speakers, and in-class simulations.
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- Leadership
Course programme
Seminars: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session
Women have made significant progress over the course of history in achieving greater equity in the domestic sphere and in the workplace, but they still earn less on average than men and are underrepresented in multiple industries and senior positions. What is holding women back from more progress? How would we all benefit from a more gender-equitable society? This course will provide students with an analytic framework to understand the mechanisms that generate gaps in gender equality in positions of power and leadership, and explore interventions to close these gaps. In particular, we will study:
There are no prerequisites for this course.
See Assignments section
Sandberg, Sheryl. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. Knopf, 2013. ISBN: 9780385349949.
Banaji, Mahzarin, and Anthony Greenwald. Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People. Delacorte Press, 2013. ISBN: 9780553804645.
Mnookin, Robert H., Scott R. Peppet, and Andrew S. Tulumello. Beyond Winning: Negotiating to Create Value in Deals and Disputes. Belknap Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780674012318. [Preview with Google Books]
Stone, Douglas, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most. Penguin Books, 2010. ISBN: 9780143118442. [Preview with Google Books]
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