Kursübersicht "Women and the US Corporate Workplace"

Lehrende(r) der Kurseinheit: Assist. Prof. Dr. Darlene Booth-Bell, Coastal Carolina University

Objectives

This course will explore how identity and difference (race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, and age) impact women’s historical and contemporary USA work experiences. Special topics such as the increased awareness and high profile cases of sexual harassment in the workplace, and other issues of women in the workplace will be studied.

Week	Topic	Lessons	Reading
Week 1	Historic Perspective - The history of women at work, and labor movements WWI, WWII.	Section I	WWWW Chapters – Introduction, Prove it again
Week 2	Historic Perspective - Current challenges, opportunities, wins, and historic events.	Section II	WWWW Chapters – The Tightrope, The Maternal Wall
Week 3	Exploitation, pay inequities, slavery, intimate labor issues, shaming, culture of humiliation	Section III	WWWW Chapters – The Tug of War, Double Jeopardy
Week 4	Family and work; gender roles	Section IV	BH, compare and contrast essay due
Week 5	Strategies for success in today’s USA work environment	Section V	WWWW Chapters – Leave or Stay, Lessons
Week 6	Current political environment and labor re-lated changes including board member-ship, #metoo, education factors	Section VI	BH The ambition marriage trade-off for single women. https://hbr.org/2017/05/the-ambition-marriage-trade-off-too-many-single-women-face
Week 7	Final Exam

Methods

The course will be delivered in lecture format with interactive teaching methods using discussions. Preparation for class will include reading required materials. The language of instruction is English.

Prerequisites

Formal: Full-time students in the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences.

Academic: Students must be able to function in an English-speaking environment.

Assessment

Grades will be based on a mid-term compare and contrast essay worth 40 points and a final exam worth 60 points, for a total of 100. Exam will be based on the material covered in class. The instructor reserves the right to make changes to this syllabus, as appropriate.

Art	Datum der Leistungserbringung	Prüfungsanmeldung
(bitte Zeitangabe ...Min)		Ende 1. HS*	Ende 2. HS*	individuelles Datum
Klausur: ...Min.	wird vom PA festgelegt*			bei Klausur nicht möglich
Test: ...Min.	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj
Präsentation	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj
Hausarbeit	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj
Andere	tt.mm.jj		X	tt.mm.jj

* Prüfungsamt Termine

Bewertung

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Readings

What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know ISBN-13: 978-1479814312, listed in syllabus as WWWW.
Beyond Happy: Women, Work, and Well-Being ISBN-13: 978-1562869793, listed in syllabus as BH.