Essay, Design and Technology

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((dont forget reflection at the end))

Section 1:

Read the following chapter of our textbook and answer the questions which follow

chapter 4.pdf (will be attached)
Chapter 4 Myths & realities in the IT workplace

Reference: Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (edited by Ronald J. Burke, Mary C. Mattis, 2007)

Define Workplace Climate. What does it consist of? Name 3 examples.
Retention of Women in IT workspace is function of 2 broad classes of factors. What are they?
Name and explain the 4 dimensions of organizational justice.

Section 2:

Podcast: Hard work is irrelevant (20 min): http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/08/28/435583328/episode-647-hard-work-is-irrelevant (Links to an external site.) (you can find the Netflix slides here: http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664/34-Hard_Work_Not_Relevant_We) (Links to an external site.)

Podcast: When women stopped coding (17 min): http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/17/356944145/episode-576-when-women-stopped-coding (Links to an external site.)

Podcast: The Forgotten Female Programmers Who Created Modern Tech (6 min): http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/10/06/345799830/the-forgotten-female-programmers-who-created-modern-tech (Links to an external site.)

How does the story of Netflix relate to Assumption #2 examined in Chapter 4?
How were women a big part of computer history?
How did computer science and IT become so male dominant?
In less than 1000 words, answer the following questions:
In the podcasts, how is privilege involved? Explain.
Write an overall reflection of the podcasts.
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Added on 31.10.2016 21:51
this is the file mentiond
Instruction files

chapter_4_1_-3.pdf(3,28 MiB)

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