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Gender Issues in Management Professor M Louise Ripley

Gender Issues in Management Professor M Louise Ripley. AP/ADMS/WMST 3120 3.0A. What do you see?. What do you hear?. What do you feel?. What is a hybrid course?. Taught partly in the classroom and partly online Some weeks together in class Others online, working at our own pace.

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Gender Issues in Management Professor M Louise Ripley

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  1. Gender Issues in Management Professor M Louise Ripley AP/ADMS/WMST 3120 3.0A

  2. What do you see?

  3. What do you hear?

  4. What do you feel?

  5. What is a hybrid course? • Taught partly in the classroom and partly online • Some weeks together in class • Others online, working at our own pace

  6. Administrative Details • 1. You Must: • Be registered • Know how to write an essay for the test • Participate in the online Discussion Group • Work on the Team Final Exam Substitute Project • 2. Read the online course syllabus: • See Moodle for this course for Course Syllabus

  7. Administrative Details • 3. Course Kit and Readings are Online • 4. Text is Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, in the bookstore • 5. The course is women-centered • 6. Evaluation: • Individual Assignment re: Discussion Group 40% • Individual Open-Book Essay Test on all materials 40% • Final Exam Substitute Group Project 20%

  8. Some Points About Writing Well1. Write simply, not like Calvin -

  9. 2. Remember this trio Tell me what you’re going to tell me Tell it to me Tell me what you told me

  10. 3. dian marino epistemological showdown “I” statements Read about these important elements in an essay in the course syllabus

  11. 4. Keep your Writing tight and concise • Don’t say, “Our group decided to choose the topic of sexual harassment because all of us feel it is a common regular occurrence in business and one that is is frequently a problem for women in management level jobs”. • Say instead, “Sexual harassment is a common problem for women in management”.

  12. 5. Use terms and theory from: Online course readings Book – Lean In Moodle discussions • 6. Make specific reference to gender and management • – it’s what the course is all about

  13. The Waving HAND EXERCISES -- basis for the discussion group All course instructionsincluding these are also in the Course Syllabus

  14. The Waving HAND EXERCISES -- basis for the discussion group 1. Go to Course Syllabus, Learning Unit 1 2. Click on “Early Women in Business” and read it 3. Find the first Waving Hand – “dian marino” 4. Read it along with the two links about writing 5. Think about your answer 6. Click on “Moodle” link and log in 7. Go to Moodle site for this course 8. Find “Socialization” heading

  15. The Waving HAND EXERCISES -- basis for the discussion group • 9. Find “Early Women in Business” Topic • 10. Write your response: • No one else has posted? Click on “Add a new discussion topic”; label it “Early Women in Business” • Someone’s already posted? Post yours as response • 11. Decide whether to send now or have it wait • 12. Post your answer

  16. The Waving HAND EXERCISES -- basis for the discussion group Find out about the Waving Hand Exercises in the Course Syllabus. There are no deadlines or post-before dates for these. Try to do them all before the end of the course for the best learning opportunities. Do those for the first Unit before we meet in class the second time (about 3 weeks).

  17. The final exam substitute group project • Substitute forFINAL EXAM, not for TEST • Based on Online Readings and Book • Ten groups, each assigned a chapter of 2-11 of Lean In • after “last day to enrol without permission of professor” (Everyone reads studies and uses Intro and Chapter 1) • 4-page Group Essay on your chapter and its relation to the course • Each member, 2 pages about their own learning and “I” stmts • FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ARE ONLINE, LINKED FROM SYLLABUS

  18. TOPICS AND SUB-TOPICS IN THE COURSE • A. Socialization • Early Women in Business • Feminism • Language • The Media • Sports • The Military

  19. Socialization – Early Women in Business Read in Unit 1 about a woman in 1207 who owned her own brewery

  20. Socialization – Feminism • Louise’s Definition of Feminism • A belief that women’s ways of knowing and doing are just as valuable as men’s and that women are to be valued just as highly as men

  21. Socialization – Language • “That’s an excellent suggestion, Miss Smith. • Perhaps one of the men would like to make it” From a Punch cartoon

  22. Socialization – the media

  23. Socialization - sports

  24. Socialization – the military • Tell it to the Marines

  25. TOPICS AND SUB-TOPICS IN THE COURSE • B. Power • Types of Power • Anger • Sexual Harassment • Affirmative Action • Assertiveness

  26. Power – types of power • Legitimate(by contract) • Coercive(by force) • Reward (by giving something for doing it) • Expert(by having more experience) • Referent(noting an interest both share) • Information(because you know things) And others

  27. Power – anger: Choose Your Hill to Die On

  28. Power – sexual harassment

  29. Sexual Harassment • Remember this above all else : • Sexual Harassment:It’s not about Sex It’s about Power

  30. Power – affirmative action • Affirmative Action, with two EQUALLY QUALIFIED candidates, choose a member of one of 4 groups: Women Minorities People with Disabilities Aboriginal People

  31. Power - assertiveness • In a downtown Toronto office, the boss, Mr. Hugo, asks his assistant,

  32. Power - assertiveness • "On your lunch hour today, would you please return this watch? I bought it for my spouse's birthday but it’s not right. And get back early, please; Campbell is coming at 2:00 to go over his account, and I have some calculations that have to be done first." 

  33. You are his assistant and you have a lunch date with an old friend who will only be in town today. Think about your answer to Mr. Hugo, acting as the following three women:

  34. Power - assertiveness • What will Doris Doormat say?

  35. Power - assertiveness • What will Agatha Aggressive say?

  36. Power - assertiveness • What will April Assertive say?

  37. TOPICS AND SUB-TOPICS IN THE COURSE • C. Discrimination • Stereotypes • Diversity • Pay Equity • The Glass Ceiling • Networking • Mentoring • All submissions will cover: BALANCE

  38. Discrimination – Stereotypesmy student Darlene Bellefeuille produced this pamphlet for the final project

  39. Discrimination – diversityRead in the course materials about former student Sandi Warren and her views on diversity

  40. Discrimination - Pay equityLouise’s story • $866.67 • 575.00 • ___________ • 50% LESS/month • TRUE STORY

  41. Discrimination – the glass ceiling • Yes, it’s still there

  42. How do we fight all these battles?

  43. Discrimination – networking/mentoring/Leadership • NetworkingMentoring Leadership

  44. Come hear Marion Howellformer student, now Executive Coachtell her story and talk about issuesMonday October 28

  45. balance • We will consider this issue throughout the course • Each group will address it at least briefly in the • Final Exam Substitute Project

  46. Your professor

  47. Professional information • M Louise Ripley • B.A. Shimer College – Four Years Undergraduate • M.B.A. Loyola University of Chicago – Five Years • Ph.D. University of Toronto – Eight Years • Tenured Full Professor • Cross-appointed to Business and Women’s Studies • At York for more than 30 years MBA and PhD while working full time

  48. Teaching • Gender Issues in Management (Hybrid and Internet) • Introductory Marketing (Internet) • Consumer Behaviour • Taught and Supervised Masters students in Environmental Studies , Education, and Interdisciplinary Studies • Supervised a doctoral student at Trent University Receiving award for my online teaching materials I also have taught at York: Marketing Channels, Marketing for Competitive Advantage, Contemporary Issues in Marketing, Marketing Research, Social Marketing, Philosophical and Ethical Issues in the Mass Media, Introductory Finance, Financial Management

  49. My teaching philosophy • Students are my top priority • Education ought to be enjoyable and humour is crucial • Theory and Practice are equally important • I don’t know all there is to know; if I don’t know, I’ll ask you • There is no such thing as a stupid question • What you get out of any course depends on what you put into it • Students earn the grades; I record them (i.e.:Don’t ask for 2 marks) • Ethics and a respect for Diversity are crucial in business and must govern any examination of gender issues

  50. Research – I look at ethics in advertising

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