The
concentration in Organizational Diversity is an interdisciplinary concentration
bringing course offerings from the College of Commerce and the College of
Communication together in order to meet the professional needs of diversity
practitioners and chief diversity officers.
The organizational diversity concentration explores the many dimensions,
policies, and procedures that encompass a strategic diversity initiative for
organizations across sectors, including industry, not-for-profit and public
policy organizations, government, health care organizations, education and
more. The program is designed and
delivered by practiced diversity professionals and scholars in the field of
multicultural communication, organizational behavior, and strategic human
resource management.
The
concentration in Organizational Diversity will:
- Provide
students with a foundation in organization diversity.
- Prepare
students the foundation to develop comprehensive diversity initiative.
- Provide
students with multiple opportunities to acquire knowledge, competencies, and
skills related to effective diversity management.
- Provide
students with the legal and ethical principles needed to be a diversity practitioner or a chief diversity officer.
- Teach
students the principles needed to attract, hire, promote, and create a
welcoming environment for diverse employees.
- Provide
students the framework for developing diverse training and development programs
that emphasize diversity competencies for all employees.
- Provide
the skills for working in diverse teams, empowerment, and conflict resolution
and negotiation.
- Prepare
students to be able to implement change models to increase diversity in
organizations, and demonstrate the applicability of core diversity concepts in
various business functions including but not limited to human resources, supply
chain management and sales/marketing.
CURRICULUM
To
complete a concentration in Organizational Diversity students must take three classes as outlined below:
One College
of Commerce required course:
- MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL DIVERSITY (MGT
798)
One College
of Communication required course:
- ORGANIZATIONAL DIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP (CMNS
550)
Choose
at least one Elective from:
- COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION (CMNS
525)
- MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE (CMNS 542)
- MANAGING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES (MGT 552)
- GLOBAL WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT (MGT 798)
See
campusconnect.depaul.edu for information about the prerequisites for graduate
courses.
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