Objectives for the Business Diversity Minor.

• Develop a readiness and ability to take a leadership role in managing diversity and multiculturalism in students’ careers and workplaces;
• Develop a vocabulary so that students can more effectively develop ideas around issues of gender, ethnicity, disabilities, age, and cultural difference within a corporate context;
• Gain a self-awareness of students’ own cultural values, attitudes, and beliefs, and an understanding of how these influence behavior and interactions in the workplace;
• Respect all individuals;
• Explore organizational opportunities and challenges created by increased diversity and multiculturalism of the U.S. workforce;
• Identify organizational factors that hinder and those that promote diversity in the workplace.

Pamplin College of Business
Virginia Tech
28 Pamplin Hall (Mail Code 0233)
Blacksburg, VA  24061
(540) 231-7372

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