Women in Management Review: Volume 1 Issue 2
Table of contents
Training Men to Work with Women
Mike Pedler, Rennie FritchieIn the Western world, women make up more than 40% of the paid work‐force, yet most organizations are managed by men. Women's jobs are less skilled, lower paid, offer fewer…
Mary Parker Follett (1868–1933): the Philosopher of Management
Pauline GrahamSome twenty years ago, and almost by accident, I stumbled across Dynamic Administration—the Collected Papers of Mary Parker Follett. It happened like this.
Women Managers: the Present and the Future
Marilyn J. DavidsonDespite the recession, unemployment and subtle political moves to keep them out of the work‐force, more women are working than ever before. Throughout Europe, however, there is…
A Two‐Way Mirror: Some reflections between a working mother and her daughter
Jane Beck, Sally BeckFew of us receive adequate training in motherhood. Ironically, there is a wealth of information: there are the examples of our own mothers to accept or reject; there are courses…
Taking up the Challenge: The Pepperell Unit
Elizabeth WillisIn 1952, Elizabeth Pepperell—the then Assistant Director of the Industrial Society—ran the first all‐women conference, specifically to encourage the development of women at work…
Onward, Ever Onward: The Pepperell Unit at Work
Jackie Holman‘Onwards and Upwards’ is the rallying title of the unit's ‘reunion conference of all women who have attended courses and conferences run by the Industrial Society for women over…