Multi-coloured yesterday - multi-coloured today. What can we learn from the multicultural traditions of Polish lands? 2600-WWWD-OG

The course is the result of cooperation between the Center for Organizational History and various people and organizations involved in cultivating the intercultural traditions of Polish lands (such as the Polish History Museum, the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, the Veda Publishing House). The course will be a forum for exchanging experiences regarding cultivating these traditions in the university form, so that students can experience the multiple meanings of the multicultural heritage and can discuss the usefulness of this heritage in managing their own (and not only their own) personal and professional development. The subject combines historical perspective (in the sense of organizational history), sociological perspective (organization's activities for their social environment), psychological, managerial and ethical perspective.

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Remote learning

Prerequisites (description)

On-line lecture (hybrid) with the elements of conversation, also including short movies and podcasts + workshops in external institutions and trips Lack of prejudice towards history or the desire to confront the prejudices is an asset, the course corresponds to the organizational sociology and psychology in business organizational behaviour as well as social competences building

Course coordinators

Tomasz Ochinowski

Learning outcomes

The student is able to critically use case studies in the field of biographies of figures and small monographs of historical organizations, is able to reconstruct these biographies and organizational experiences and their contexts, extract from them good practices of personal and professional development, avoid bad practices and use these skills for their own development and assistance in in this respect to others.
The student demonstrates sensitivity to the problem of equal treatment and the impact of discrimination against minorities on personal and social development.
The student is aware that respect for cultural diversity carries a positive impact on the functioning of individuals, organizations and societies.
The student is able to diagnose the situation of social diversity as a context for the development of an individual, organization and community and predict how minority-majority relations may develop in periods of crises and social tensions.

Assessment criteria

Report on external workshops and trips carried out as part of the course or preparation of a case study on a topic that "meets" the needs of a given student with a selected experience of multiculturalism in Polish lands

Bibliography

Primary items
1. Ochinowski, T. (2013). Tradycje przedsiębiorczości w Polsce jako źródło kapitału kulturowego organizacji. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe WZ UW
Complementary items
2. Krzemiński, I. (2016), Żydzi – problem prawdziwego Polaka, Warszawa: Instytut Socjologii UW.
3. Bińczyk, A., Krajewski, A. i in. (2019). Poczet przedsiębiorców polskich. Warszawa: WEI and 10 documentary films (2020-23) based on this publication, available at: https://wei.org.pl/projekty/poczet-przedsiebiorcow-polskich/.
4. Maclean, M., Clegg, S. R. and Harvey, V. Ch. (ed.). (2020). Historical Organization Studies. Theory and Applications. Routledge

Notes

Term 2023L:

Tomasz Ochinowski, University Professor (Faculty of Management, WU) There will also be guests from various Polish and foreign centres dealing with multi-culturalism from an organizational and historical perspective

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

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