Women in Business

general courses

Remote learning

The lecture refers to the functioning of women in the organization and in the labor market as an important factor in ensuring diversity in the organization and building an inclusive labor market. The course will also cover the topics of undesirable phenomena on the labor market, such as: conflict, violence, discrimination, mobbing. Labor law is an important objective link.

The lecture "Woman in business" aims to familiarize students with the basic concepts of diversity in management, with an indication of undesirable phenomena in employment relations that affect the restriction of access to the chosen profession.

Students will learn about the concept of diversity and the benefits of incorporating a diversity approach into creating inclusive professional relationships.

The lecture program covers issues such as:

• The functioning of women in the labor market based on statistical data,

• Equal access to promotion, training, benefits for women and men, and other marginalized groups,

• Counteracting discrimination based on sex and other factors in the workplace,

• Planning the work process in order to reconcile professional and private roles,

• Participation of women in management boards and supervisory boards of enterprises,

• Issues of remuneration and motivation, taking into account equal pay for the same work,

• Diversity management as a long-term corporate strategy,

• Undesirable phenomena in the work process: conflict, violence, discrimination, mobbing and others.

1. Deloitte, Women in the boardroom, https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/risk/articles/women-in-the-boardroom-global-perspective.html

2. Folberg, A. M. (2020). Global Perspectives on Women and Work. Journal of Social Issues, 76(3), 464-483.

3. Froehlich, L., Olsson, M. I., Dorrough, A. R., & Martiny, S. E. (2020). Gender at work across nations: Men and women working in male‐dominated and female‐dominated occupations are differentially associated with agency and communion. Journal of Social Issues, 76(3), 484-511.

4. Godlewska-Bujok, B. (2017). Przemoc w świecie pracy. Praca i Zabezpieczenie Społeczne, (2), 2-6.

5. Godlewska-Bujok, B. (2017). Konflikt jako immanentna cecha stosunku pracy. Praca i Zabezpieczenie Społeczne, (9), 2-6.

6. GUS, Kobiety i mężczyźni na rynku pracy 2018, https://stat.gov.pl/files/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/5821/1/7/1/kobiety_i_mezczyzni_na_rynku_pracy_2018.pdf

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8. ILO, Violence at work, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_630276.pdf

9. ILO, Some world agreements about stopping violence and harassment at work, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---gender/documents/publication/wcms_738105.pdf

10. Jones, K. P., Arena, D. F., Nittrouer, C. L., Alonso, N. M., & Lindsey, A. P. (2017). Subtle discrimination in the workplace: A vicious cycle. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 10(1), 51-76.

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12. KObieta i Biznes, rocznik 2009, https://ssl-kolegia.sgh.waw.pl/pl/KGS/publikacje/Documents/Rocznik_2009.pdf

13. Lisowska, E. (2019). Kobiety na stanowiskach menedżerskich a konkurencyjność firm. Kobieta i Biznes, (1-4), 1-38.

Women in the Workplace 2020, https://wiw-report.s3.amazonaws.com/Women_in_the_Workplace_2020.pdf,

After completing the course, students:

- know and understand the basic concepts: diversity, discrimination, mobbing, violence at work, conflict, participation in enterprise management, reconciliation of work and professional life

- know and understand the latest achievements in research on women's participation in the labor market

- recognize undesirable phenomena in the work process,

- analyze situations in the professional environment,

- analyze publicly available statistical and other information in terms of women's participation in work processes in the enterprise,

- is ready to become aware of the dynamic development of women's participation in the labor market.

Ongoing evaluation, annual essay, presence control