The unprecedented disruption created by the ongoing pandemic has had a transformational impact on our personal, professional and working lives. At present, we are living and working under unfamiliar and, in many cases, even more precarious conditions. Amidst the challenges of coping and adapting to the present changes, heightened insecurities and uncertainties are met with […]
Author: Elisabeth Guenther
Practice Project
This course was taught in German at the WU Wien in winter term 2019 and summer term 2020 Inhalte In this cours, students work on real life questions contributed by cooperation partners. Course instructor recruited the cooperation partners and facilitated the project work. In working on real life problems, students apply skills they have learned […]
Exercise Personell, Leadership, Organization
Course taught in German at WU Wien in summer term 2019 and summer term 2020; exercise part advancing the understanding of the lecture Personell, Leadrship and Organization. Content Repetition content taught during the lecture and from the textbook, focus on human resource management, organization, diversity management and group dynamics Methods group work, planning game, exercises, […]
SE Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century
This course was taught in summer term 2019 as well as winter term 2020 at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt Content In recent years successful business leaders suggested that all it takes for women to pursue a career is to “Lean in” (Sheryl Sandberg) and make it work. Moreover, businesses offer their female employees the chance to […]
Diversity Management in Practice
Co-taught in summer term 2019 and summer term 2020 at WU Wien. Course language was english. Content Diversity management: introduction, concepts and theories Selected diversity dimensions and their role in organizations: disability, ethnicity, age and sexual orientation. Learning outcomes The students are able to explain the main concepts of diversity management and the main reasons […]
Strategic Diversity Management
course taught in German at WU Wien, in summer term 2019 as well as winter term 2019 Content The implementation of diversity management as part of the corporate strategy and related organizational change. The course focuses on the strategic implementation of diversity-specific aspects and the associated organizational change. Therefore, we deal in detail with questions […]
Gender & Diversity in the International Context
taught in Englisch in winter term 2018 at Freie-Universität Berlin Content Social categories such as “gender”, “social class”, “ethnicity” or “religion” play a major role in organizations and societies. They are based on a historically and culturally produced order and are associated with stereotyping and hierarchization. It is important to understand these socio-cultural classification processes […]
Introduction to Theories and Methods of Gender Studies
This introductory seminar course was taught in German at University of Klagenfurt in winter term 2018. The course adresses fundamental gender studies’ topics. Students read key texts (with guidance) and discuss concepts. Amongst these concepts and topics are Why do we need gender studies? What is the sense of gender equality policy and the advancement […]
Pluralism and diversity in technology
This course was taught (in German) at the University of Salzburg (in summer term 2016) and at the University of Klagenfurt (in winter term 2016) Content Both, diversity as well as technology, have become an integral part of our everyday life. Even though employers strive to implement diversity strategies in order to be able to […]
Basics in Organisation
Taught in German at TU Wien (in 2012S, 2012W, 2013S, 2013W, 2014S, 2014W, 2015S, 2015W, 2016S) Content Key concepts in organisation theory, organisational and operational structure, delegation and coordiantion, efficiency criteria, process analysis and design, organisational culture, organisational change, organisational learning Method Lecture, working with case studies, blended learning