Assessing Cultural Climate

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Free Online Course: Assessing Cultural Climate provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 weeks long, 6-7 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Assessing Cultural Climate is taught by Richard Anthony Baker, J.D., M.P.A, Ph.D..

Overview
  • Assessment is an integral part of any strategic effort. This course provides a familiarization of assessment practices and provides learners with various traditional and nontraditional methods of measurement to assist in making informed improvements to their DE&I initiatives. You will also expand your knowledge in creating bias-free and inclusive evaluation tools with special emphasis placed on assessing organizational climate and culture.

    By the end of this course, you will be able to:
    1. Examine the benefits of benchmarking DE&I efforts internally and against other institutions.
    2. Identify variables related to DE&I assessment and how the peer review may be used in this approach.
    3. Discover the elements of a successful DE&I statement and how to assess its effectiveness.
    4. Describe how ethnography and strategic foresight can be used to address systemic discrimination, social justice and other DE&I concerns in your organization.

Syllabus
    • Accessing Cultural Climate
      • Assessment is an integral part of any strategic effort. This course provides a familiarization of assessment practices and provides learners with various traditional and nontraditional methods of measurement to assist in making informed improvements to their DE&I initiatives. The learner will also expand their knowledge in creating bias-free and inclusive evaluation tools with special emphasis placed on assessing organizational climate and culture.
    • Benchmarking DE&I and If the Grass is Actually Greener
    • How to Write and Assess Diversity Statements
    • Using Ethnography to Address Systemic Issues
    • Using Foresight to Grow Social Justice at Your Organization