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WOMEN
EXECUTIVES
Women
and the Glass Ceiling : Break It
-- Dr. Val Singh
There are still many barriers blocking women's career
paths to leadership positions. Some of the barriers
are related to the women themselves, some to their organizations.
But many are to do with the interaction between individual
and organization. This article concludes with some suggestions
for best practice, drawing on our centre's research
into women's management and leadership careers.
© 2007 Dr. Val Singh. All Rights Reserved.
WOMEN
EXECUTIVES
Singapore
Women : Challenges Faced and Strategies to Improve Their
Status
-- Prof. (Dr.) Patrick Low Kim Cheng
Singapore
women are playing a key role in the Island-Republic,
where survival, business and economy are all intertwined.
This is not to say the modern Singapore women executives
are without any challenges. They need to be employed,
productive and yet be fulfilling their homemaker roles.
This article highlights the challenges they face and
also suggests various strategies to advance their career.
© 2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved
WOMEN
EXECUTIVES
Asking
Pays Off : Negotiate What You Need to Succeed
-- Deborah M Kolb
New leaders fail at impressive rates. Although your
pre-hiring negotiations are no substitute for on-the-job
performance, you can boost impressions in the early
stages of a new role by making sure that you're a good
fit, that support is strong and that you have sufficient
resources committed to the task. And when you do, it
is a win for you and your organization as well.
© 2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved
WOMEN
EXECUTIVES
Globalization
and Women Executives : Breaking the Barriers?
-- Dr. Kathleen Patterson, Dr. Myra Dingman and Dr.
Paul B Carr
Living
in a boundaryless world where organizations operate
on a global playing field, the playing rules have changed.
Women are a natural fit as globally effective executives.
They have many skills and behaviors that may adapt more
easily to the fast-paced, culturally-sensitive global
organization. At the same time, women need to be aware
of the barriers that can impede their effectiveness
as a leader as well as their career path to obtaining
executive positions.
© 2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved
WOMEN
EXECUTIVES
Poverty
: The Indian Women's Solution
-- Harsh Bhargavand Dipanwita Nath
This article attempts to look at poverty a bit differently
from traditional point of view. For India, a home to
the largest population of poor in the world, it is an
ongoing challenge. For businesses in India, capturing
this population as a market, aptly referred to as the
"Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP)", represents even a greater
challenge. The fact that the "bottom" part of our population
can be treated as a market can be understood by the
successes of many innovations in our country. This article
examines some of the reasons why the BOP market has
been left unexplored and the problems that have to be
tackled. It also assesses some simple ways in which
the BOP can be treated as a potential market, with consumers
having their own opinions and convincingly concludes
with few simple steps that can lead to a new road from
poverty to opportunity.
© 2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved
WOMEN
EXECUTIVES
Women
in Management : An Ongoing (R)evolution
-- Rensia Melles
The relationships between males and females and
gender roles are in transition around the globe. After
the initial decision to accept women into the workforce
is made, organizations are coming to the next step of
this process. In order to reap the benefit that female
managers can bring to an organization, the so-called
women's issues need to be recognized as organizational
and business issues that can benefit men, women and
the organization.
© 2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved
WOMEN
EXECUTIVES
Women
at Work : How can Women get what they want?
-- Usha Venkatachalam
It
is imperative for the working woman to know herself
before she can come up with a list of what she wants.
Rightly so, most fail to recognize this and expect what
they otherwise would not have wished.
© 2007 Usha Venkatachalam. All Rights Reserved.
INTERVIEW Entrepreneurship
actually implies an independence of spirit. It is this
independence that women in India have begun to express
over the last two or three decades.
-- Shahnaz Hussain
Born into a conservative family, Shahnaz had to
comply with existing traditions and was married at the
tender age of 15, and became a mother by the time she
was 16. She trained for ten years in cosmetic therapy
and cosmetic chemistry, at leading institutions of the
West, like Helena Rubinstein, Swarzkopf, Christine Valmy,
Lancome and Lean of Copenhagen. Adopting the principle
of "Care and Cure," she set up her own herbal clinic,
at her residence, with very little capital investment
(less than US$1000), formulating products for skin,
hair and body care, based on the Ayurvedic system and
devising clinical treatments for specific problems.
Her formulations and treatments have become breakthroughs
in natural beauty care.
© 2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved
INTERVIEW
I
think women make excellent managers, as they learn early
in life to balance several resources for success, for
example, time, ideas, finance and relationships
-- KAMAL SINGH
Kamal
Singh is working with the British Council as Head, Governance
& Social Justice, India. She was awarded an "MBE" by
the UK government in 2002 for her work in women's empowerment.
Kamal is very interested in issues of equality, diversity,
law and justice She is a result-oriented team leader
with excellent skills in project/training design and
management, contract negotiation and management, strategic
planning, networking and relationships building. She
has extensive experience in developing partnerships
with key influencers and decision-makers in central/state
governments, institutions, academics and NGOs in India.
She has also worked for several international agencies
in the fields of women's rights, child rights, governance,
social justice and corporate social responsibility.
© 2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved
LEADERSHIP
Women
Leaders : Are they better equipped to be Level-5 Leaders?
-- GRK Murty
Shakespeare - the "Priest of the universal church
of the future and of all times" through the characterization
of his heroines, makes one believe that women are better
qualified to enact Collins' level-5 leadership. Leading
means influencing. But the central question is, what
is it in a man that makes others follow him or get influenced
by him. The answer is: he is aleader. Then the question
becomes: what makes a leader? This is a real big question
which many have attempted to answer but in varied ways.
Most ofthem have, however, ended up concluding that
"leadership is a providential combinati of factors,
such as character, talent and timing." And each one
ofus is endowed with these factors, albeit in different
proportions. That's why, leadership, in action all around,
ofte goes unnoticed.
© 2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved
CASE
STUDY
Gender
Discrimination in Corporate America
-- Srinath Manda, Nusrath Jahan Maldar
In
spite of the fact that women constitute more than 47%
of America's paid workforce, they continue to be discriminated
against on the basis of their gender by their employers.
Lower pay and fewer promotions for women with similar
qualifications and experience as their male counterparts
seem to be the norm rather than the exception. Women
employees of world-famous companies like AT&T, Wal-Mart,
Home Depot and Merrill Lynch have successfully filed
gender discrimination lawsuits against their employers.
With the increase in the number of such cases, the threat
of gender discrimination lawsuits has become corporate
America's worst nightmare. These lawsuits have damaged
the employer-empaloyee relationship and created an atmosphere
of suspicion and distrust between them. This case facilitates
in discussing the attitudinal and organizational bias
faced by women at workplaces and the increasingly lucrative
business of filing gender discrimination lawsuits. The
case also provides scope to discuss the efforts as well
as the failings of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) in creating a healthy workplace environment
for women.
© 2007 IBS Case Development Center.
All Rights Reserved.
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