Lesson 12 Discussion

In many organizations, diversity training is viewed as a “necessary evil.” It is easily parodied in movies and television shows (The Office as an example), given the tendency of diversity training to step into areas outside the purview of business.

By Saturday at 3:00 p.m. (ET):

Write a 250-word essay addressing the following questions:

• If you have participated in diversity training, please describe your experience. What about it did you find most effective? What about it did you find least effective?
• If you’ve never participated in diversity training, use the Internet to research some of the available options and describe an option you think would be effective.

Then, post your essay to this discussion forum.