Women in Management Review: Volume 3 Issue 2
Table of contents
In Their Own Words: the clues to how to develop women managers
Margaret BlanksbyThe way that women describe management roles tells the story of how their attitudes to management differ from those of men. It also suggests the way to overcome the things that…
Home Thoughts of A Broad
Alison BainesIn the autumn a woman's fancy lightly turns to—working abroad? They do if they are prompted by recent memories of exotic foreign parts, contrasting with the gloom of la rentŕee…
Why Are You Wasting 13 Per Cent of Your Working Life?
Sue HeatonWhy don't managers make better use of their secretaries' time? Why don't secretaries get more out of their bosses? Sue Heaton of The Industrial Society describes how ineffective…
Confined and Silenced: how do schoolgirls manage?
Helen BrightTen years ago Dale Spender found that girls in mixed classes were ‘muted’ with boys getting more attention and time from teachers. Now, with boys increasingly out‐numbering girls…
Promised Land or Utopia:: is flexibility at work an achieveable dream?
Michael CrossThe move towards greater flexibility in working practices, catalysed by the introduction of new technology, has for a long time promised women a better deal in the workforce…