In this course, we aim to deepen our understanding on the possibility of coexistence for people different in any aspects to
each other to overcome the difference, collision and conflict. We put focus on the fact that many companies / enterprises
in the world put high value on the “diversity” of human resources as the key to the growth, irrespective of the region, industry
or business scale, and also seek for human resources who can display their ability in the diversified world. In this course,
students will learn about the essential concept and knowledge for themselves to work as the human resources who can display
such ability.
The class is consisted of the following three themes: (1) Understanding the diversity – its meaning and possibility / difficulty such as collisions and conflicts, and how to overcome the same; (2) Various aspects of the diversity – races, ethnic groups, cultures, religions, sex and gender, generations, diseases and disabilities, etc.; (3) Practicing promotion and utilization of the diversity / practicing the solution of problems involving the diversity.
The class is consisted of the following three themes: (1) Understanding the diversity – its meaning and possibility / difficulty such as collisions and conflicts, and how to overcome the same; (2) Various aspects of the diversity – races, ethnic groups, cultures, religions, sex and gender, generations, diseases and disabilities, etc.; (3) Practicing promotion and utilization of the diversity / practicing the solution of problems involving the diversity.
Learning becomes meaningful and something new will be born where people of different situation, different concepts of values
and different ways of thinking intercommunicate. The purpose of this class is to respect the difference and cultivate the
tolerance and flexible creativity to create excellent and new products / concepts through the cooperation between people with
different attributes, situations and ways of thinking in an organization composed of diverse human resources.
- Recognize and explain the importance and possibility of an environment where the diversity can be tolerated and secured.
- Recognize and express the degree of tolerance of yourself against the “otherness”.
- Understand the concept and practice of the diversity management of the organizations including companies, and explain your thought on such concept / practice correlating with your own future.
| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Why do we learn about the diversity? | Confirm the syllabus and understand the entire picture of the class | 180minutes |
| 2. | What does the diversity make possible? | Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the contact, the collision between different ones and their coexistence | 190minutes |
| 3. | Difficulties around the diversity - collisions and / or conflicts generated by the contact between different ones and how we should overcome the same | Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the conflicts between different ones and their coexistence | 190minutes |
| 4. | Gender and gender diversity – Possible problems | Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the gender equality in current Japanese society | 190minutes |
| 5. | Gender and gender diversity – aspiring for gender equality | Read through writings about the gender equality, taking clues from reference materials | 190minutes |
| 6. | Cultural diversity – what types of problems exist? | Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the phenomena and / or cross-cultural intercommunication occurring from the contact between different cultures | 190minutes |
| 7. | How can we promote the cross-cultural intercommunication, understanding of different cultures and coexistence? | Read through writings about the multicultural coexistence, taking clues from reference materials | 190minutes |
| 8. | Transition from the normalization to the inclusion of people with disabilities | Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the problems concerning people with disabilities | 190minutes |
| 9. | Diversity of sexuality | Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the problems concerning sexual minorities | 190minutes |
| 10. | Practice to utilize the diversity – globalization of the economy and the “Diversity Business Management” of companies / enterprises | Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the production and economy which take advantage of the diversity | 190minutes |
| 11. | Realizing the workplaces where diverse types of members can play their abilities | Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the workplaces where different people work | 190minutes |
| 12. | Good practice for workplaces where diverse types of members can play their abilities | Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the workplaces where different people work | 190minutes |
| 13. | Relay the diversity of members to innovative creation and / or improvement of performance | Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the Check the articles on websites or in newspapers about the production and economy which take advantage of the diversity of the workers | 190minutes |
| 14. | Term-end examination and comments, summary and reflection thereon | Summary and reflection thereon | 190minutes |
| Total. | - | - | 2650minutes |
| Reaction paper | Work sheet | Term-end examination | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10% | 20% | 20% | 50% |
| 2. | 5% | 10% | 10% | 25% |
| 3. | 5% | 10% | 10% | 25% |
| Total. | 20% | 40% | 40% | - |
The evaluation will be made in the following way: Willingness to the participation in the class accounts for 20%, and the
study goal attainment level accounts for 80%.
The willingness to the participation in the class will be evaluated mainly based on the minute paper which every student should submit, and the study goal attainment will be evaluated mainly based on the term-end examination. The term-end examination will be conducted in description type, where you will describe your own analysis and consideration on the task. In the examination, what is examined are as follows, and the accuracy and deepness will be considered: (1) your understanding about the meaning of the diversity; (2) your understanding of the tolerance against the otherness; and (3) your understanding of the diversity management and the correlation thereof to yourself.
The willingness to the participation in the class will be evaluated mainly based on the minute paper which every student should submit, and the study goal attainment will be evaluated mainly based on the term-end examination. The term-end examination will be conducted in description type, where you will describe your own analysis and consideration on the task. In the examination, what is examined are as follows, and the accuracy and deepness will be considered: (1) your understanding about the meaning of the diversity; (2) your understanding of the tolerance against the otherness; and (3) your understanding of the diversity management and the correlation thereof to yourself.
We will not use the textbooks. Instead, we use handouts, and also recommend reference materials.
Before and after the class- E-mail to the coordinator
- Course that cultivates a basic interpersonal skills
- Course that cultivates a basic self-management skills
- Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills
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