Q& A

EXERCISE 4

Need ½ page response for each question

 

4.1:  Discuss gender differences in factors that influence career

        Development (Powell, pp. 180-192).

 

4.2:  Evaluate the factors that make a career successful (Powell, pp. 192-195).  

        Provide your own definition of a successful career.  Does the definition  

        of a successful career differ for women and men?  Why or why not?

 

4.3:  In the context of Ch. 8, explain the concept of the glass ceiling (Review

        Powell, p. 133).  Can the glass ceiling be “broken from below” or does it

        need to be “removed from above”?  Will the glass ceiling always be present

        to some extent, or do you envision a day when it will not exist? 

        Justify your conclusions.

 

4.4:  Summarize Powell's ideas for facilitating employees’ career success (pp.

        199-206).  To what extent do you agree or disagree with these conclusions?  

        Justify your responses.

 

4.5:  Outline the pay-issues and non-pay issues of the sex discrimination laws

        (Powell, pp. 213-221).

 

4.6:  Discuss the various business imperatives in promoting diversity (Powell,

        pp. 221-226). 

 

4.7:  Analyze the contribution of the following factors to organizational success or

        failure in promoting equal opportunity and valuing diversity (Powell, pp. 226-

        236): (A) Setting and communicating goals; (B) Identifying and rewarding the

        right behavior; (C) stimulating employee involvement; (D) educating employees;

        and (E) implementing cultural change.

 

4.8:  Discuss the concept of reverse discrimination (Florence, pp. 32-36). 

        is there any evidence for a double standard when dealing with claims

        of discrimination brought by men vs. women?  With more women entering

        the managerial ranks, how do you envision the future of reverse

        discrimination?

 

4.9:  Survey the history of legal decisions surrounding issues of sexual

        orientation in business and society (Florence, Ch. 3), then evaluate the

        the author’s conclusion presented on pp. 137-138.

 

4.10: Study the sections “Do We Have a Right to Privacy?”(pp. 149-153),

         “The Legalities of Monitoring Employees” (pp. 159-162), and “Legal

         Actions Against Privacy Violations” (pp. 172-179) in the Florence Text.

         Summarize what you have learned from studying these sections