- From www.futurelearn.com
Leading Culturally Diverse Teams in the Workplace
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on March 28, 2021
- Ends on April 25, 2021
Course details
Syllabus
The course will use case studies, reflective exercises, and problem analysis to address the following themes:
- exploring what cultural diversity is
- investigating why cultural diversity matters in teams
- harnessing the potential benefits of multicultural teams
- leading diverse, inclusive, and high-performing teams.
Prerequisite
This course is for employees that lead or work in a culturally diverse organization. This includes leaders of global organizations or outsourced and offshore teams.
Instructors
Lee Martin
Dr. Lee Martin is a senior lecturer in management who conducts research on topics related to cultural diversity in organizations.
Harsh Suri
Assoc. Professor Harsh Suri, Ph.D., has been an academic and a higher education researcher for over 20 years and has received many research and teaching awards and grants nationally and internationally
Platform
FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.