Now that we’ve gotten to know each other a bit and have gotten our feet wet, so to speak, in what organizational culture and diversity are, we’re going to spend this week deepening our knowledge of those topics AND beginning to think about some writerly concerns.
In this post, I’ll lay out a little more info about the week’s assignments and point you toward some additional resources that will help you to complete those tasks. Please read on for more.
Reading assignments:
- “The impact of organizational diversity policies on minority employees’ leadership self-perceptions and goals” by Gundemir et al (you will use SUMMON on the library website to locate and download this article)
- “Neurodiversity as a competitive advantage” by Austin & Pisano (on Blackboard)
- chapter 1 “They Say” of They Say/I Say
Writing/discussion assignments:
- 100-200 word summary of Gundemir et al (working with the guidance from the handout on summary, on Bb and in the blog post linked below) [due Weds., 5/27 through Bb]
- 200-300 word comparison of Gundemir and Austin & Pisano article, focusing on how the pieces differ in author, audience, purpose, and approach [due Sunday, 5/31 through Bb]
- discussion posts in response to this week’s prompts [due Saturday, 5/30]
Check out these additional resources:
- read over the Close Reading handout on Blackboard (click on the Handouts tab there)
- read through this blog post (and check out the embedded links) for some more background on genre and summary