Is Management Education blind to social class? What does this mean for educating managers of the future?

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Social class, which impacts us all, is largely absent from the content of management textbooks and management education. This is problematic in a world where income inequality is rising and social structures are threatening the ideology of meritocracy and equal opportunity in America. In this session we will engage in a conversation about our responsibility to address social class in the content and delivery of management education. Our plan is threefold. First we will share our understanding of how social class relates to diversity and social justice issues in organizations. Second, we ask participants to share their experience and practices in addressing social class in their teaching of management. And third, we will collectively discuss how social class might be integrated into the Management curriculum.

Author(s):

Joseph Garcia    
Western Washington University
United States

Kristi Tyran    
Western Washington University
United States