Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
DEOM-0011
Organization's ID:
DD-1512-0005
Organization:
Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute
Length:
2 weeks (80 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 diversity management
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to develop the knowledge and skills that allow graduates to manage effective EEO programs at the installation, activity, and command level. It reinforces previous training on inter/intrapersonal and organizational aspects of equal employment opportunity (EEO).

Learning Outcomes:

  • Comprehend the facts on sexual assault reporting options and determine appropriate referral procedures.
  • Know the skills needed to meet common legal and regulatory bases for affirmative employment programs.
  • Know how investigations are conducted by applying common functions of the Investigation and Resolutions Division (IRD) process, then assist in making final agency decisions.
  • Know how culture impacts human relations issues.
  • Know basic concepts of diversity as it relates to norms, values, and strategies that managers can employ to improve diversity initiatives and the organization's climate.
  • Know EEO issues impacting DoD employment at the national level.
  • Know current policies, initiatives, and executive orders that apply to Department of Labor (DOL) programs.
  • Know senior-level EEO official perspectives on Agency employment.
  • Know the basic EEO complaint process phase for Agencies rendering final Agency actions.
  • Know basic concepts of Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) through an administrative judge perspective.
  • Know how ethical issues can impact mission effectiveness.
  • Know the Federal budget process and how to develop a budget.

General Topics:

  • The course develops a value-based EEO program leadership concept that reconciles the goals of Federal EEO law, the impact of successful EEO programs on leadership, quality, and mission accomplishment, and the reality of leading an EEO program in a diverse workforce. It develops a state-of-the-art knowledge of discrimination, affirmative of EEO, diversity, and human management issues through a series of presentations by experts in these areas, group activities, and student-led symposia
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Laboratory
  • Lectures
  • Work-based Learning

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials