Ability not Disability in Employment

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Ability not Disability in Employment

• Prof. Marga Zivitere
• Assistant Prof. Aija Laura Zivitere
• Information Systems Management Institute

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AnDE Products and Target Groups

• What we can do?
• Course Materials for Students of Business
  Administration
• Undergraduates
• Graduates (MBA)
• Handbook for Employers
• How to reach target groups?
• The partner meeting as a Conference (January
  2004)
• Feedback
• B. A. students
• 2004-2005
• 7 at the undergraduate level
• 4 at M.B.A.
• since 2006 approximately 5 students each year
• Employers
• The E.S.F. project

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AnDE and Post-AnDE I

• Main sources
• Universities, departments of Economics/Social
  Sciences
• London School of Economics
• Cambridge University
• University of Leeds
• University of Pau, France
• University of Pavia, Italy
• Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn,
  Germany
• European organisations, world organisations,
  governmental organisations
• European Centre, Vienna
• European Commission, Directorate-General for
  Employment and Social Affairs
• World Health Organization, Geneva
• International Labour Organisation, Geneva

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AnDE and Post-AnDE II

• Main Authors
• Nobel Laureates in Economics
• Prof. Amartya Sen
• Prof. Joseph Stiglitz
• Prof. Martha Nussbaum
• Two Lectures (2003)
• Lecture I Capabilities and Disabilities Justice
  for Mentally Disabled Citizens
• Lecture II Beyond National Boundaries
  Capabilities and Global Justice

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AnDE and Post-AnDE according to Dublin
Descriptors I
Joint Quality Initiative Differentiating between
cycles
1st cycle Bachelor 2nd cycle Master 3rd cycle Doctorate
Knowledge and understanding Applying knowledge and understanding Making judgements Communication Learning skills X X X X X X XX XX XX XX XX XX
Source www.jointquality.org/content/descriptors/C
ompletesetDublinDescriptors.doc
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AnDE and Post-AnDE according to Dublin
Descriptors II

• Undergraduate Modules (42 credits)
• Postgraduate Modules (40 credits)

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Disability and EmploymentM.B.A. Course I

• Topics
• The life cycle stages and events (income
  trajectories over the life cycle)
• People with and without disabilities (abilities,
  capabilities, disabilities)
• Equality and participation
• Ability or inability to work? (work disability)
  Society Social norms, culture and beliefs
• Achieving equal employment opportunities for
  people with disabilities through legislation
• The labour market and people with disabilities
  (Active labour market programmes for people with
  disabilities)
• Employment, unemployment and non-employment
  (employability of people with disabilities)
• Disability, labour and development

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Disability and EmploymentM.B.A. Course II
Core Economic Disciplines (Modules)
Relevant topics of the AnDE Module
Welfare Economics Finance
1) The Life Cycle stages and events Income
trajectories over the Life Cycle
Welfare Economics Human Resources and HD
(2) People with and without disabilities
(abilities, capabilities, disabilities)
Philosophy Of Economy Welfare Economics
(3) Equality and participation
Sociology Of Economy Welfare Economics
(4) Ability or inability to work? Social norms,
culture and beliefs
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Disability and EmploymentM.B.A. Course III
Core Economic Disciplines (Modules)
Relevant topics of the AnDE Module
Law and Economy Welfare Economics
(5) Achieving equal employment opportunities for
people with disabilities through legislation
Economics Microeconomics
(6) The labour market and people with disabilities
Economics Macroeconomics
(7) Employment, unemployment and non-employment
(employability of people with disabilities)
Welfare Economics Development Economics
(8) Disability, employment and development