This course will equip you to better understand and navigate issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations. We will delve beneath the surface of what is usually taught in diversity training to confront the complex factors that create faultlines in organizations. This course will provide you a framework for analyzing how broader macro factors such as law, institutions, culture, and social movements influence organizations' DEI decision-making and workplace dynamics. Using this framework, we will examine the effects of common practices in organization design, hiring, training, promotion, and compensation on workplace composition and cohesion. Emphasizing the role of context, we will consider how dynamics differ by industry, geography, and organizational form. Finally, we will discuss how to overcome challenges in order to harness the opportunities brought forth by diversity. This course will feature exercises, cases, and guest lectures.
3 units · GSB Letter Graded
This course will equip you to better understand and navigate issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations. We will delve beneath the surface of what is usually taught in diversity training to confront the complex factors that create faultlines in organizations. This course will provide you a framework for analyzing how broader macro factors such as law, institutions, culture, and social movements influence organizations' DEI decision-making and workplace dynamics. Using this framework, we will examine the effects of common practices in organization design, hiring, training, promotion, and compensation on workplace composition and cohesion. Emphasizing the role of context, we will consider how dynamics differ by industry, geography, and organizational form. Finally, we will discuss how to overcome challenges in order to harness the opportunities brought forth by diversity. This course will feature exercises, cases, and guest lectures.
Offered in Spring 2026 at Stanford University.