Gender, Power, Leadership and the Workplace

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Part I: Setting the Context
Why is the Gender Gap Relevant?
1	Class overview
2	The business case for diversity Women in the workforce as an engine for economic growth
3	Taste, choices, and occupational segregation Case: Women in computer sciences Guest speaker
Gender Diversity in America: Where do We Stand?
4	Female participation in different sectors of the economy	Presentation of the status of women in selected industry due
5	Where we come from?
6	What is the gender pay gap and how does it happen?
7	Panel discussion: Being a woman in the workplace today
Part II: Structural Barriers for Gender Equality
8	The paradox of meritocracy in organizations
9	Class reflection: Mental health on campus
10	Parental leave: The role of policy on promoting dual-career households
11	Class debate: Affirmative action, does it work?	Debate preparation slides due
12	Work-life balance and child care policies
Part III: The impact of Bias in Gender Equality
13	What is implicit bias?
14	Case: Women in STEM Guest speaker
15	Stereotypes, media and education: The reinforcing mechanism of implicit bias
16	How does implicit bias affect the composition of the workforce?
17	Case: Implicit bias at Google	Blindspot reflection due
18	Women and negotiations I
19	Women and negotiations II
20	Micro-inequities and micro-affirmations
21	Case: Women in corporate leadership Leaning In	Lean In reflection due
22	Building better recruiting processes Guest speaker
23	Student presentations I
24	Student presentations II
25	Class wrap up	Final paper due