4/584 Women in Management
Instructor: Miriam Porter MiriamP@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.edu

Required Text:

Powell, Gary N. Women and Men in Management. Second Edition.

Morrison, Anne M. Breaking the Glass Ceiling. Updated Edition.

Course Goal:

This course is designed to explore the issues pertaining to women managers. Through this inquiry, students will obtain a deeper understanding of effective management tools and practices.

Course Objectives:

1. Explore issues which are exclusive to women in management.
2. Study the progress of women into management positions.
3. Gain a greater awareness of the forces surrounding women managers.
4. Identify tools that foster career advancement.
5. Identify methods for effective management practices

Instructional Methodology and Teaching Strategies:

A variety of techniques will be used throughout the course including group discussions, guest speakers student presentations, exercises to promote self awareness and lecture. Class attendance is strongly encouraged.

Required Course Assignments:

Readings: You are responsible for reading the text as assigned.

Class Exercises/Participation:

1. Each student will keep a management journal, making on the average three entries per week. Journal entries should be reflections on newspaper or periodical articles, observations and experiences relating to the topic of women in management. Each week students will present their reflections to the class for discussion. The journal will be turned in at the end of the quarter.
2. Each student will provide a 5-7 page profile of a women manager. The profile should include the women's background and credentials; what she feels enhanced and what created barriers to her career; what tradeoffs she has made if any; and what advice she would offer other women pursuing a management career. In addition, students should reflect on the profile. Students will present their profiles to the class in a 15 minute presentation.
3. Students are required to submit a career plan in which career goals are identified and a plan for reaching the goals enumerated. Obstacles should also be identified with strategies to overcome them.
4. Each student should come to class prepared to discuss the assigned reading materials and actively participate in group discussion.

Final Exam:

There will be an essay style final exam.

Student Evaluation:
70% Class Exercises/ Participation
30% Final Exam

Grading Scale
A 90 - 100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69

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