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School: Business and Law

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  • Unit Title

    Diversity and Inclusion

  • Unit Code

    HRM6007

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Fleur Yardena SHARAFIZAD

Description

The unit explores the principles and practices for developing a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. Through engaging in this unit, students cultivate an awareness and understanding of the core opportunities and challenges associated with managing a diverse workforce.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

This unit will be offered in an accelerated mode over seven weeks.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in T38 and T39 to enrol into this unit. T39 students must have completed a minimum of 40 credit points to enrol into this unit.

Equivalent Rule

Unit equivalent to MAN6726.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the individual and organisational benefits of increasing inclusion and diversity in workplaces.
  2. Evaluate the key barriers to creating inclusive and diverse workplaces.
  3. Create a measurable Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) strategy for one or more historically disadvantaged group underpinned by contemporary D&I models and practice.

Unit Content

  1. Evolution of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) frameworks.
  2. D&I maturity models.
  3. Privilege, stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, and bias – what they are and how they play out.
  4. Identity and authenticity in the workplace.
  5. Inequity and how it has impacted on specific diversity groups.
  6. Compounded inequity through intersectionality.
  7. Relationships between inclusion.
  8. D&I as a measurable organisational strategy, metrics that matter.
  9. Embedding D&I in organisational practices and policies.
  10. Benchmarking D&I.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseWeekly Activities10%
PresentationIssue Analysis Presentation40%
ReportMajor Report50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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