Women in Business

Women in Business

1 . of Concrete Experience

Sub 1 : Changing Roles of Women in the Workplace

The role of the woman in the workplace has changed dramatically in the past few decades , something that I see in the example of my own family My grandmother , mother and myself have about the same intelligence and leadership potential , but had three very different destinies

My grandma received only basic school education that was considered sufficient for a woman in the rural area where she lived . In her teenage years , she already dropped out

of school to help her parents look after the farm , even though she was one of the best students in her class . She spent all her later career in jobs that let her demonstrate her superior communication skills and entrepreneurial spirit but did not help her to utilize her intellectual potential . My mother graduated from a two-year college , but never made it to university because the money necessary for this was spent on my father 's education

Today , in my own experience , people tend to place greater value on women 's careers , allowing women to occupy managerial positions that were previously closed to them . I have worked under the supervision of two female and three male bosses in my professional life

Sub 2 : Constraint for Women in the Workforce

However , women still face constraints . I have heard from men in managerial positions that they prefer to hire men for positions vested with authority . One person told me he believes women will be less effective as managers , and there is an opportunity that women will leave when they give birth to a child , which will disrupt the operations

Women , too , say that they think that their careers will be hampered by `glass ceilings . One of my friends recently graduated from a master 's program and found a well-paid job in the bank but believes she will not achieve much success with promotion because she is a woman

Sub 3 : Results of Socialization on Women 's Expectations of Themselves

Women are often led by social stereotypes into thinking that they only have to look nice and do not need to advance themselves in anything except attracting men . I see this in some of my friends who would be able to promote themselves in the professional sphere or community work having all the potential for this , but their main goal seems to be a successful marriage . There is surely nothing wrong with desire for a successful partnership , but there is danger that these girls will not achieve much else , being preoccupied with only one pursuit

Sub 4 : Discrimination and Legislation

In my experience , almost every company I worked for had guidelines that prohibited discrimination against women . One company had a special instruction that incorporated EEC guidelines that was mostly focused on discrimination against minorities but included women as well . Overall , I did not see any outright discrimination in these companies , although I believe since is happens somewhere , guidelines and legislation alone...