Introduction
Leadership of Diversity.
Not only is business life becoming more and more global, but the work force in Norway is also becoming more and more diversified. Research consistently shows that organisations with diversified teams can increase the team’s creativity, performance and inclusivity. To capitalise on these benefits, organisations need leaders who are extremely culturally intelligent, and who understand the cultural backgrounds, beliefs and attitudes of the people around them. Multicultural teams are often made up of people who otherwise seldom interact with each other. For this reason, leading a multicultural team can also be an enriching experience that widens a leader’s perspective in terms of personal and professional growth. Equally, leading such a team of genuinely different people brings with it a range of challenges to be solved, so that the team can be effective within a constructive and secure environment for all who participate.
In this programme you will learn how to lead within multicultural and multireligious challenges at micro-, meso- and macro level, both within the public and private sectors. Through the programme you will acquire knowledge about the central theories and important research within this field, as well as analytical competence to evaluate multicultural situations. You will also gain practical skills to deal with concrete situations and problems. The programme will increase your dialectical awareness by highlighting dilemmas and paradoxes that do not necessarily have easy solutions. This will give you ideas and new perspectives with which to measure your own solutions against both contemporary and historical multicultural solutions. The programme will provoke and challenge you as a leader. It will change your mindset and your leadership qualities.