DIVERSITY AT WORK: ACCESS, EQUITY AND POLICY

GSD3DAW

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject examines discourses of work, diversity and policy in the nation. It explores contradictory processes through which social policy is developed along the axes and intersections of difference based on class, gender, sexuality, race, disability, and age. We consider the changing context of public policy, work, and new political struggles in both an international and national climate of economic and environmental instability and mass migration. Students will be introduced to conceptual frameworks and basic skills of policy analysis that can be applied to workplace practices and behaviours. Topics will include: equal opportunity, discrimination law, grievance procedures, promoting diversity in the workplace, and accessibility. This subject addresses La Trobe's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Essential, which entails developing the ability to tackle problems creatively, generating new ideas, taking calculated risks and creating change to achieve ambitions now and in the future.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Yassir Morsi

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Completion of at least 45cp in your degree

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Progressive Sexuality Education: The Conceipts of Secularism

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Mary Lou Rasmussen

Year: 2015

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Publisher: Routledge

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Disability Studies and the Environmental Humanities: Toward an Eco-Crip Theory

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Jay Sibara and Sarah Jaquette Ray

Year: 2017

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Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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Colouring the Rainbow: Blak Queer and Trans Perspectives: life stories and essays by First Nations people of Australia

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Dino Hodge

Year: 2015

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Publisher: Wakefield Press

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Neoliberal Indigenous Policy: Settler Colonialism and the 'Post-Welfare' State

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Elizabeth Strakosch

Year: 2015

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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Poststructural Policy Analysis: A Guide to Practice

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Susan Goodwin and Carol Bacchi

Year: 2016

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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Analysing Policy: What's the problem represented to be?

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Carol Bacchi

Year: 2009

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Publisher: Pearson Australia

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Identify and evaluate alternative conceptual approaches to social policy and welfare in Australian and comparative contexts.

02. Develop understanding of the changing relationships between states, markets, families and the community sector.

03. Assess contemporary policy directions and their implications.

04. Demonstrate the capacity to work effectively in groups.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Summer 3, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Yassir Morsi

Class requirements

Block ModeWeek: 6 - 7
Two 8.00 hours block mode per study period on weekdays during the day from week 6 to week 7 and delivered via blended.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Policy analysis and evaluation (approx. 1,300 words)Students to select an existing workplace diversity policy and write a short essay analysing and evaluating the policy.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO2
Thinking policy: reflective and responsive online blogs (approx.1300 words)Students to write short blog posts in response to weekly subject readings related to current and past diversity policy in the workplace.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO3
Policy planning and implementation (approx. 1,500 words)Students to work in small groups to develop a diversity policy for a chosen organisation, and to submit a document that includes: the diversity policy and a timeline for implementation.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO4