Embracing Differences: Experiential Exercises for Teaching Diversity in Undergraduate Business Programs

Steven Austin Stovall and Kirsten LaMantia

Steven Austin Stovall and Kirsten LaMantia

Southeast Missouri State University, USA

Volume 15: 2020, pp. 291-304; ABSTRACT

When discussing the subject of diversity, many instructors of undergraduate business courses – especially principles of international business and management – may wish to engage students in a more experiential manner with the topic. This paper provides an instructional resource for discussing diversity with undergraduate students. Presented are five activities that offer a safe, effective way to engage students with the subject. One exercise explores the meaning behind names, another ties diversity to the four functions of management, a third uses a series of questions to enable students to understand how diverse their class is, a fourth facilitates an understanding of the breadth of the word diversity, and finally one exercise uses cultural immersion to foster an understanding of diversity.

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