Diferences Men & Women
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Publicado: 30 de noviembre de 2012
DIFFERENCES IN USA
Who Makes a Better Manager?
In the trenches, reality is still playing catch-up to the new jargon. When both men and women are surveyed today, the successful managerialstereotype remains masculine – self-confident, dominating, competitive, decisive, aggressive and independent.
What surprises is that while not all female managers any longer “sextype” the successfulmanager as male, no business men or business women identify the successful manager as using traditionally feminine traits and styles – consultative, conciliatory, partnershiporiented and collaborative -even though everyone agrees these are positive styles.
Cultural Conditioning Results in Gender Stereotyping for Women in Management
Business women use positions of authority to create a supportive,nurturing environment. Men use positions of authority to create a hierarchal environment in which they issue orders and expect obedience.
Communication Style Differences Between Men and Women inManagement
The distinct ways men and women have of (mis)communicating with each other is the most frequent result of gender stereotyping. The result is a perceived power struggle. Women and men whowork together often get tied up in communication knots, especially over issues that involve power, advocacy and managing their teams. That’s because the sexes have distinct ways of communicating. Theyrequest action and advice differently, their responses and timing are different, and they have different styles for expressing work-related demands and needs. And it’s all the result of that earlysocial conditioning.
Office Politics and Power
Office politics is ultimately all about having power. And, there's no standard definition of power. Who has political clout and power is determinedfirst by the corporate culture (which reflects the values of the CEO) and second by the appetite of individuals in the organization to have that power (which reflects their own unique personality...
Who Makes a Better Manager?
In the trenches, reality is still playing catch-up to the new jargon. When both men and women are surveyed today, the successful managerialstereotype remains masculine – self-confident, dominating, competitive, decisive, aggressive and independent.
What surprises is that while not all female managers any longer “sextype” the successfulmanager as male, no business men or business women identify the successful manager as using traditionally feminine traits and styles – consultative, conciliatory, partnershiporiented and collaborative -even though everyone agrees these are positive styles.
Cultural Conditioning Results in Gender Stereotyping for Women in Management
Business women use positions of authority to create a supportive,nurturing environment. Men use positions of authority to create a hierarchal environment in which they issue orders and expect obedience.
Communication Style Differences Between Men and Women inManagement
The distinct ways men and women have of (mis)communicating with each other is the most frequent result of gender stereotyping. The result is a perceived power struggle. Women and men whowork together often get tied up in communication knots, especially over issues that involve power, advocacy and managing their teams. That’s because the sexes have distinct ways of communicating. Theyrequest action and advice differently, their responses and timing are different, and they have different styles for expressing work-related demands and needs. And it’s all the result of that earlysocial conditioning.
Office Politics and Power
Office politics is ultimately all about having power. And, there's no standard definition of power. Who has political clout and power is determinedfirst by the corporate culture (which reflects the values of the CEO) and second by the appetite of individuals in the organization to have that power (which reflects their own unique personality...
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