VPLn4481 Intersectionality and adaptive leadership in a global perspective

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Synchronous online teaching
Teacher(s)
Catherine Jane Thomas (lecturer)
Mgr. Iveta Zelenková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Blanka Plasová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Zdeňka Dohnalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniela Jaklová Střihavková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ladislav Otava, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Blanka Plasová, Ph.D.
Contact Person: Mgr. Blanka Plasová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 12. 5. 8:00–9:00 bude_upresneno, Tue 13. 5. 8:00–11:00 bude_upresneno, Wed 14. 5. 8:00–9:00 bude_upresneno, Thu 15. 5. 8:00–11:00 bude_upresneno, Fri 16. 5. 8:00–11:00 bude_upresneno
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!TYP_STUDIA(B)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
This course examines leadership for cultural and behavioural change within organisations or places of work with an intersectional lens. It specifically considers how leadership influences, creates and maintains wellbeing. The course provides insight to theory, knowledge, skills and strategies for leaders or those aspiring to leadership roles embodying ethical and just leadership that promotes inclusion, development and wellbeing of individuals and organisations. Course content is applicable to national and international contexts.
Learning outcomes
Key skills gained upon completion of the course:
- Ability to apply intersectional leadership strategies to promote inclusion and address diverse needs within organizations.
- Skills in fostering inclusive team environments, enhancing belonging, and improving recruitment practices through an equity-focused approach.
- Proficiency in applying ethical frameworks to leadership decisions, ensuring fairness and promoting wellbeing.
- Capability to develop and implement effective strategies for managing organizational crises with adaptability and mindfulness.
- Competence in navigating and addressing resistance to intersectional policies within organizational cultures, enabling sustainable leadership-driven change.
Syllabus
  • 1: Introduction to adaptive and intersectional leadership
  • - Leader vs manager
  • - Ambidextrous leadership
  • - Leadership for inclusion (8 specific needs of all people, 7 pillars of inclusion, accommodation vs accessibility)
  • - Leadership wellbeing
  • 2. Intersectional approaches to successful belonging and development
  • - Building team inclusion
  • - Challenges to team inclusion
  • - Recruitment assessment task
  • 3. Ethical decision making and crisis management
  • - Mindful leader
  • - Strategies for adaptive leaders
  • - Crisis management
  • 4: Challenges to intersectional leadership
  • - Resistance in organizational culture
  • - Strategies and challenges implementing intersectional policy
Literature
  • Thomas, C., C. MacMillan, M. McKinnon, H. Torabi, M. Osmond-McLeod, E. Swavley, T. Armer, K. Doyle. 2021. „Seeing and Overcoming the Complexities of Intersectionality." Challenges 12 (1), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/challe12010005.
  • Research handbook on intersectionality. Edited by Mary Romero. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar publishing, 2023, xvii, 522. ISBN 9781800378049. info
  • AGUSTÍN, Lise Rolandsen. Gender equality, intersectionality, and diversity in Europe. 1st ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, xiii, 220. ISBN 9781137028082. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, group projects
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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