Women in Management Review: Volume 2 Issue 1

Schools, Parents, and Rational Feminism

Baroness Mary Warnock

A great deal has been written on the different influences on, and assumptions about, girls and boys, and there are many statistics available for the enthusiast. Most of what has…

Innovation and Positive Action in Management Education

Virginia Hayden, Wilf Knowles

The International Management Centre from Buckingham is a postgraduate‐level business school, which works with managers in organizations world‐wide. The faculty includes full‐time…

Confidence—the Source of Inner Strength and External Influence

Eleanor Macdonald

Whenever one encounters a great performance on the sports field, in the arts, or in politics, one is immediately conscious of the person's confidence. Whether one is watching…

How Sympathetic Are You to the Women's Movement?

Well, how sympathetic are you? If you are a man, chances are that you are more sympathetic than if you are a woman. Who says? Joe Public, that's who. Gallup, the pollsters…

Public Speaking for Women

Barbara Schlüter‐Kiske

Are special seminars for women merely another feminist ploy, or are they aimed at activating new target groups? Are they just another sign of emancipation? Do women project as…

Developing Women Managers in the Hotel and Catering Industry

Jane Beck

What do you do when the restaurant manager appears at your bedroom door late at night with a bottle of champagne and a matching sparkle in his eye? There are many replies to that…

Wimps, Machos, and Marrieds

Martin Large

What does it mean to be a man or a woman today? This question would have been unheard of a century ago. Women in Britain did not have the right to vote, could not enter many…