Extensive bibliographies for additional readings will be provided, as well as handouts of journal or other relevant articles. This course reviews the history and changing patterns of women s work life in the U.S., encourages study of women s leadership roles and styles, and identifies behaviors that can enhance work effectiveness and promotability. Resumes are critiqued and journal writing is required. Men and women in this course investigate images of women in the public and private arenas of life, and how these images relate to work experiences. Students call it eye opening, and often challenging to individual points of view and the assumptions both men and women make.
Readings are extensive.
The class is conducted as a seminar and students are expected to prepare for discussion that is free flowing, lively, relevant, and informative. Students at their own discretion may use anecdotes or other materials from their journals in class. Collectively they will create a 2001 reference list. A substantial term paper is required. HRD professionals and others who take this course will need to be objective observers of what happens to women in the workplace, and what impact they have on that workplace.