Учебно-методическое пособие по развитию навыков профессионального общения. В двух частях. Ч.1: Management. Руденко Т.П - 22 стр.

    For both men and women, the move                                      all, is today a highly permeable one. Just       Permeable: that can
from a functional position to the position of                             as a degree of regulation by government          be passed through.
director entails a shift from a primary con-                              and the voices demanding greater ac-
cern with management to a primary con-                                    countability are growing, so the corporation
cern with policy. Many outside male direc-                                recognizes that it must be increasingly con-
tors also face a necessary transition in        Transition: gradual or    cerned with the environment in which it
perspective.                                    formal change.            functions and with the human as well as the
    On the way up the corporate ladder,                                   consumer needs of the people.
when the needed expertise and perspective                                     It is true that conditions are changing in
are both in place, the signals are clear. No                              many ways, but it should be remembered           Polarized: concen-
conflict about the nature of the function one                             that most directors, of both sexes, are over     trated around two
is paid to perform occurs. But when the                                   50 years old. They grew up in a highly           opposite or contrasting
transition is made from staff to board, the                               polarized society. Women learned that the        positions (here, con-
woman needs guidance and encouragement                                    traditional role of women was to maintain        trasting ideas about
from the chairman.                                                        the home and to work, often as volunteers,       the roles of men and
    I would not argue that less should be                                 in efforts to improve the community. The         women).
expected from women or that they should                                   majority of men were socialized quite dif-       Socialized: adapted to
seek special concessions as women.              Concessions: some-        ferently so that they would perform the          the needs or require-
I would urge, however, that if the contribu-    thing admitted, gran-     function of ensuring the financial well-         ments of society, es-
tion of some women is what has been tradi-      ted, or allowed espe-     being of their families.                         pecially as one grows
tionally viewed as a “female” contribution      cially after discussion                                                    up.
(e.g., in the areas of corporate social re-     or a difference of           This difference is reflected in the career
sponsibility), the chairman should applaud      opinion.                  development of most of even the outstand-
her for it – and encourage her to applaud       Applaud: express          ingly successful women of the generation
herself for that contribution.                  approval of.              now in their fifties. It is reflected in the
If, however, the contribution of some                                     careers of women now on corporate boards:
women is what has been traditionally                                      25 % are in education and 22 % are in gov-
viewed as a male contribution, they should                                ernment, law, and the nonprofit sector.
be equally applauded. In short, the chal-                                 Women are thus uniquely positioned to
lenge of the chairman is to ignore gender                                 perform this function, not because they are
and encourage all the strengths women                                     women, but rather because they are joining
have to emerge and express themselves in                                  boards now at a particular time. “They are,”
the boardroom.                                                            as Fletcher Byrom, chairman of Koppers,
    The challenge for women                                               says, “a group whose time has come.”
    The wall surrounding the corporate                                       By serving as a bridge between the cor-
community, if it can be claimed to exist at                               poration and the community and having an
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