Managing Diversity in Organizations

Summer 2020 > Management & Business > MGMT.4500 > 012

Course No: MGMT.4500-012; SIS Class Nbr: 3392; SIS Term: 2940
Course Status: Registration Closed

Course Description

This course explores the opportunities and challenges of working within an increasingly diverse workforce. Examines the knowledge and skills that employees and manages must develop to diagnose and address diversity-related conflicts and dilemmas and to leverage differences and commonalities as a catalyst for organizational learning and effectiveness. Special attention is paid to the effect of gender, socioeconomic, and racial diversity on individuals, work groups, and the organization as a whole.

Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor

• Prerequisites: MGMT.3010, BSBA students only
• Section Notes: Virtual Classroom Course; Virtual Classroom Course
• Core Codes: VRCL
• Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
• Instructor: Lauren Turner
• UMass Lowell Bookstore

When Offered & Tuition

• M,W | 6:00 PM-8:50 PM EST
• 2020 Summer: May 18 to Jun 29
• Course Level: Undergraduate
• Tuition: $1020
• Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.

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