This SMU-X Overseas programme explores the challenges and promises of diversity through theoretical and applied approaches to the management of social differences in institutions and societies in Asia. Through discussions of the ways in which identity and multiculturalism have been understood and practiced, students will learn to apply strategies that consider individual, group and systemic factors that underlie the management of differences on the basis of socioeconomic status, sex, gender identity, citizenship, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and disability.
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
• Express thoughts and ideas on diversity coherently and respectfully
• Evaluate theories that seek to explain equity and diversity
• Identify rhetoric, as well as dominant and normative discourses on diversity issues
• Analyse and evaluate the policies that relate to the managing of differences
• Understand the sociocultural nuances of diversity management in Japan
Students explored the various youth segments to identify various aspects of life that COVID-19 has brought a disruption to (such as economic survival, mental health, travel, connectivity, family dynamics, personal relationships etc), and recommended on how the organisation can organise programmes for youths to plan ahead and hedge against some of the potentially negative effects that may emerge downstream.
Students provided recommendations on programmes and ideas on how to better engage employees with diversity and inclusion topics within the company.
Students evaluated the gender and inter-generational diversity of the company, and recommended ideas on how they can better engage and promote their employees with such issues.