She plans to broaden the scope of the traditional CBE Management 101 class with a curriculum, readings, and a guest speaker line-up that evidences and examines the contemporary concept of diversity in the workplace. It's our growing workforce of immigrants. The demographics of the workplace is changing.
Diversity is a complex issue.
It's not always as clearly defined as we might like to think. In part, at least. It's a personal issue. The new course was inspired by recent WSU student and faculty initiatives calling for examination of intercultural issues, says CBE Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Chris Paxson. The most efficient and expedient way for us to respond was to tackle the issue of diversity in a foundation business course.