UPenn - Optimizing Diversity on Teams
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Optimizing Diversity on Teams at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Optimizing Diversity on Teams at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 3 of 5 in the Culture-Driven Team Building Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 12 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Optimizing Diversity on Teams at Coursera Course details
- By drawing on social science perspectives, this course enables you to learn what diversity is, and how to use it to maximize team performance, innovation and creativity. You also learn how to draw out the collective wisdom of diverse teams, handle conflict and establish common ground rules through real-world cases and peer-to-peer discussions. In addition, you discover how to overcome common biases faced in diverse teams. Systems of power, reward and rhetoric are discussed to help you create prosperous teams where differences flourish.
Optimizing Diversity on Teams at Coursera Curriculum
Promoting Diversity in the Workplace
Intro of Derek Newberry
The Hidden Diversity Problem
Promoting Diversity
Managing Rewards Systems
Managing Personal Bias
Being A Good Ally
Interview with Arjun Shankar
Interview with Stanford Thompson
How to Manage Cultural Differences in Global Teams (?4 minute read?)
Fostering Innovation Through a Diverse Workforce
Module 1 Quiz
Team Diversity Basics
Personal Introduction
Diversity Matters and So Do Our Biases
Intro of Torian Richardson
Diversity and Inclusion Issues on International Teams
Strategies for Adapting to a New Team Culture
Cases of Strategic Focus on Diversity and Inclusion
Addressing a Critical Situation of Bias
Cultivating the Right Mindset to Manage Diversity and Inclusion Issues
Interview with Andrés Castro Samayoa
Interview with Ann Tiao
Intro of Harvey Floyd II
Strategies for Reducing Bias
Questions that Help You Create a Diverse and Inclusive Team
Frameworks for Managing Difficult Conversations
Social Identity Theory
Examples of Microaggressions
Andrés Castro Samayoa Biography
Harvey Floyd II Biography
Module 2 Quiz
Managing Conflict
M3 Overview
Why Conflicts Occur
Conflict Types and Origins
Addressing Representational Gaps
Conflict Resolution Strategies
Addressing Oppression-Based Conflict
Interview with Marybeth Gasman
M3 Recap
5 Keys To Dealing with Workplace Conflict by Mike Myatt (3 pages)
Representational Gaps, Information Processing and Conflict in Functionally Diverse Teams (14 pages)
Module 3 Quiz
Diversity Case Study
M4_ Intro to Case Study Module
High Performance on Diverse Teams
Creating Inclusion Through Participation
Nike Introduction
Nike Goals
Nike Roles
Nike Norms
Interview with Jacqui Barton
M4 Recap
Nike's recent diversity challenge
Global Leadership: Working Across Borders
Module 4 Quiz
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