Head of Department of International Relations, Dnipropetrovsk Branch, Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration

Address:
19 Bohdan Khmelnytskiy Street, Apt. 76
Dnipropetrovsk
49051, Ukraine
Tel.: +38 0562 22 09 45
E-mail: mag@vidr.dp.ua

Course hours:
Lectures – 12 hours; seminars – 12 hours; directed private study – 8 hours

Course assessment:
test on the basis of an essay (descriptive or analytical: analysis of a specific situation and the recommendations – 1500-3000 words)

Teaching strategies:
lecturing, seminars/workshops, case study

Course objectives:

1. To provide knowledge of the origin (history) and contemporary status of national and international women’s movement (post-modernism of the Soviet period, feminism, suffragism, other forms of women’s movement for equity), worldwide organizations and institutions for gender equity establishment and advancement (UN INSTRAW, UNICEF, SIDA, etc.)
2. To highlight the vital importance of recognizing the importance of gender equity for the progressive societal development
3. To provide materials on gender diversity in organizational behavior (leadership and managerial styles)
4. To discuss the role of government (federal, local, municipal) in the gender equity policy development, legal and behavioral violations of gender equity (discrimination, harassment), gender analysis of the legislature.
5. To give recommendations as to guaranteeing professional carrier for women

Session 1

The origin (history) and contemporary status of national and international women’s movement. Post-modernism of the Soviet period, feminism, suffragism, other forms of women’s movement for equity.

Session 2

Worldwide organizations and institutions for gender equity establishment and advancement. UN INSTRAW, UNICEF, SIDA, etc.

Session 3

Gender equity for the progressive societal development. The role of government (federal, local, municipal) in the gender equity policy development, legal and behavioral violations of gender equity (discrimination, harassment), gender analysis of the legislature.

Session 4

Gender diversity in organizational behavior. Leadership and management in public service context, gender aspects. Challengers to women-leaders, women-mangers. Stereotypes of women-leaders. Alpha and Beta styles. Ways women manage. Managing of self and others.

Session 5

Personal-professional interface and women’s carrers. Choices and careers. A framework for decision-making. Job opportunities. Occupational segregation. Glass ceiling, sticky floor, wages, fringes, training.

Session 6

Human resources management strategies to support women Women-friendly organizations. Building developmental relations at work

Recommended literature: (completed with national issues and current publications)
Basic:

1. Women and management. Harvard Packet.- spring 1996
2. Bergmann, B.B. (1986) The economic Emergence of Women, Basic Books
3. UNO publications on the status of women and the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women