...The business world today is competitive. It's full of fierce, educated, and motivated people. For some people it's tough to rise to the top and for some people it comes much easier. It's not always about hard work! One might ask for a map to the yellow brick road, but few people are ever provided with it. Most people are stuck in an ocean making calculated guesses as to how they can reach land. Which route is the best? How much school is enough? How many certificates of accreditation is enough? How much work experience is enough? All of us ask these questions attempting to navigate our ships in a competitive world were only a few individuals ever get to their targeted career position. How many of those in leadership positions are women? How many of them men? Generally the few who navigate their way to the top have learned to read their maps, but there is a surprising disparity as to who makes it and who doesn't. People in leadership positions face overwhelming challenges to get to their positions. Not surprisingly the ones who make it to the top are predominately men, yet it's even more of a challenge if you're a women. Women are overcoming the challenges of today's glass ceiling effect, and finding success in a business world dominated by men. Let us discuss the challenges that women face in business. Women have made tremendous strides in facing challenges, and have provided tremendous contributions to our society. Slowly over the years women have been chipping away the bricks...
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...Women vs. Men in Business. Should They Have the Same Rights? Women’s movement for equality with men appeared in the end of the XVIII century. The main idea was that women were oppressed in patriarchal society, which was concentrated on men. Not until the end of the XIX - the beginning of the XX century did women begin to attain rights: suffrage, a right to study in a university, to own property etc. Nowadays in many spheres of life, particularly in family life, women are equal with men. However, business is not one of them. In business, men prevail. For example, according to an Associated Press analysis of Standard & Poor's 500 companies there are no women in a list of 10 highest-paid CEOs. Women CEOs are paid much lesser. This is not to say that women are not strong or intelligent enough, it has simply been like that since the beginning, when a man was at the wheel. Of course, there are outstanding examples of women, who have achieved everything they have by themselves, but these examples are sporadic. According to Forbes Woman, in some countries women don’t even have the right to inherit business, to get bank loans or the right to education. Nevertheless, the number of businesswomen grows every year. More that 50% of students in the world are women. Women play a more important role in the world's economy than before. There are countries, where the number of female entrepreneurs is bigger than the number of male entrepreneurs (e.g. Switzerland, Singapore, Brazil...
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...In many cultures throughout the world women are patronized and viewed as the weaker sex. Women are commonly perceived as being unfit for any forms of higher education and because of societal pressure and expectations retreat to a life of raising children and cooking meals for their husbands. Our society’s stereotypical views about women’s suffrage, educational expectations and athletic abilities have all advanced over the years. In many aspects of our society, women are now expected to compete with their male counterparts. Currently, it is not uncommon to hear of a women CEO or Vice President in businesses or even a women politician. Women have now emerged from laundry rooms and kitchens across the country and changed the demographics of the American workforce. However women are yet to take the medical workplace by storm and redefine the preconceived notions society upholds about leaders in medical professions. Many women may be happy assisting a male doctor but the growing number of female doctors illustrates the point that women want the power and control that their male counterparts currently maintain. Western female thought through the centuries has identified the relationship between patriarchy and gender as crucial to the women’s subordinate position. For two hundred years, patriarchy precluded women from having a legal or political identity and the legislation and attitudes supporting this provided the model for slavery. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
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...successful for women-owned business throughout the years? When President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925 on March 6, 1961, which established Equal Employment Opportunity, it has opened doors for minorities. (OFCCP, 1961) The order informed contractors doing business with government take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin. Four years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order 11246, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, and national origin for those organization receiving federal contracts and subcontract. (OFCCP, 1961) In 1967 President Johnson amended the order to include sex. This order was designed to end discrimination by guaranteeing women-owned business was included in the pool to get a government contracts. The United States is the world’s largest purchaser of goods and services, with the average spending of $500 billion or more each year, of that $25 billion is directed to women-owned business and minority-owned firms. We have seen minority owned business on the rise in the past years. The United States have seen steady growth in the African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American communities are on the rises in small business start-up and growth during the last 25 years. With the increasing number of women entrepreneurs are entering the business ownership in...
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...Running Head: Women-owned Small Business (WOSB) Women-owned Small Business (WOSB) Unit 9 Project Beatriz Martinez CM 107 Professor Krishnan March 11, 2014 Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) Wonder woman, a classic iconic super hero; perhaps this heroine paved the road for women around the world to stand up for themselves, take over the business world, and become more independent individuals. In today’s society, we find more and more examples of women entrepreneurs, which have been able to stand out against all odds, and become successful business women. Ginni Romette, Chairman, president and CEO of IBM; ranks number one in Fortune’s 50 most powerful women in business (Fortune Magazine, 2013). "In the U.S. this year it was revealed that among firms with more than $10 million in annual revenues the number of women-owned firms has grown by 56.6 percent since 2002; fully 47 percent higher than the 38.4 percent increase among all $10 million plus firms regardless of gender." (Forbes 2013, Para 2). For all upcoming “Wonder Woman” out there, there’s federal help available to make your dreams possible. Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) is a...
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...Introduction The business environment offers a lot of challenges for every individual looking to penetrate this field especially for women as it is a field dominated by males and gives men an unfair advantage over women. Women are still very largely underrepresented in leadership positions in the business environment since women started to be visible in the environment during the late 1970’s. Adler & Izraeli (1994: 89) state that, “although women represent more than 50% of the world population, there is no country in which women represent half, or even close to half of the corporate managers”. Therefore in this essay one shall attempt to discuss the leadership challenges facing women in the business environment by firstly defining leadership...
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...Literature pertaining to entrepreneurial women is very limited. There are numerous books that depict the lives of wage-earning women in Canada; however works on self-employed women are uncommon. The Business of Women- Marriage, Family, and Entrepreneurship in British Columbia, 1901-1951, was written by Melanie Buddle in 2010, under UBC Press. In The Business of Women, Buddle attempts to highlight the key features of entrepreneurial women in the 1900’s in Western Canada, exploring how and why women entered the business world. In this book, Buddle examines case studies and primary documents in order to expose the world of female entrepreneurs. Buddle focuses on issues of gender and class relations that influenced the ability of women to become self-employed. Although the information presented in this book represent the period of 1901 to 1951, I will attempt to draw connections, through the use of a summary and analysis, between the materials presented in this book to 21st century businesswomen. In the first part of The Business of Women, Buddle addresses reasons why women were more likely to be self-employed in British Columbia. Buddle highlights frontier characteristics that depict why a larger proportion of women in British Columbia were married and were self-employed. In British Columbia, women married in higher proportion, compared to the rest of Canada. Many males arrived in British Columbia in the 1850’s during the gold rush and many men settled in Western Canada in order...
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...Business Ethics Term Paper Women in Power Women are not making it to the top of any profession anywhere in the world. The percentage of women in corporate governance remains low in comparison to men. The evidence presents itself through numbers. There are 190 heads of state, only nine are women. The percentage of women who are at positions such as chief executive officers, senior executives, and board members is significantly low in large, publicly-held companies. Women are not only underrepresented in the United States but all around the globe. Multiple surveys were conducted by the Pew Research Center concluding the general finding that “according to the majority of Americans, women are every bit as capable of being good political leaders as men and the same can be said about their ability to dominate the corporate boardroom.” Yet, 43 percent of women are held to higher standards in regards to top executive business positions and 38% of women in regards to high political offices. What causes the absence of women leaders in corporate governance? Do the causes follow ethical guidelines? Looking at the Pew Research Center survey, a major reason that more women are not in top executive business positions is because they are healed to higher standards than men and many businesses are not ready to hire women for top executive positions. A minor reason is that family responsibilities get in the way of women committing time to run a major corporation, women do...
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...keep females from being really productive members of society (Coleman 13). Entrenched sex prejudice remains a leading feature of life for the majority of the world’s bottom two billion people, helping sustain the gulf between the most deprived and everyone else on the planet (Coleman 13). Narrowing that gulf requires the involvement of the international major organizations. Not simply does the global private sector have more money than some governments organizations, but it can use crucial leverage with its popular labels and by expanding promises of investment and employment. Some organizations already promote initiatives focused on women as part of their corporate programs (Coleman 13). But the really transformative shift - for global businesses and for females internationally – will happen when the organizations recognize that empowering women positively influences their bottom lines (Coleman 13). The Glass Ceiling The impassable obstacles between female employees and the executive suite were reported in the report issued by the Glass Ceiling Commission in 1995 (Johns). The glass ceiling is a concept, which was initially introduced in the 1980s (Johns). In fact, it is a metaphor for the artificial obstacles, which prevent females and minorities from climbing the corporate ladder to...
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...The Legal Environment A non-profit business incorporates in the state intended for business. The business first Priority is gathering legal counsel. The attorney will prepare all legal documents needed to register as a non-profit 501(c) 3.This will entitle the business to receive charitable and tax deductible contributions. Contributions will be a major role in order for this business to succeed. Management will obtain liability insurance. Management will also determine what will be considered real, intellectual property, labor and employment issues. Management is responsible for selecting the best way to obtain the resources needed for the business. Based on previous data on battered women shelters, their survival is determined by allocating funding through donations. In order to do this, a mission statement, and plan of operation has to be completed. Management should begin fundraising projects. Letters should be mailed to request monetary donations, supplies, and volunteers for the business. Management should contact local churches, restaurants, stores and ask if they are interested in adopting this project. Another good thing for management to be would to contact women dominated business and local YWCA. These businesses are more likely to become main contributors. Social and Economic Environment The social environment includes the structure of family. It will be the company’s...
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...[pic] Tiêu Đề Mẫu : Việc Làm Thêm - Việc Làm Thêm Sinh Viên – Làm Thêm Tại Nhà – Việc Làm Thêm Cho Mọi Người - Việc Làm Online – Việc Làm Bán Thời Gian – Việc Làm Tự Do – Làm Thêm Ngoài Giờ - Vừa Làm Vừa Học – Kinh Doanh Tự Do – Kinh Doanh Online – Làm Thêm Thu Nhập Cao – Làm Thêm Cho Nhân Viên Văn Phòng – Làm Thêm Cho Sinh Viên – Việc Làm Ngoài Giờ…………… Thông Tin Tuyển Dụng ( Mẫu 1 ) CÔNG TY TNHH TÂM TẦM TÀI THÔNG TIN TUYỂN DỤNG Tuyển CTV Đăng Tin Quảng Cáo • Công việc: Đăng tin quảng cáo sản phẩm (nhân sâm, máy tính, điện thoại), tour du lịch ... lên các website hoặc diễn đàn, nội dung và hình thức trình bày, danh sách website đã có sẵn (sẽ nhận được khi làm việc ); Điều kiện: Nam/nữ Tuổi từ 18 trở lên; Thời Gian Làm Việc 2giờ/ngày - Có thể làm bất cứ thời gian nào trong ngày, tự thu xếp thời gian làm tại nhà (không cần có mặt tại Công ty); Địa điểm làm việc: Toàn Quốc, ưu tiên tại TP.Hồ Chí Minh; Mức lương :Thỏa Thuận ( theo năng lực làm việc) từ 3tr đến 5tr + nhiều chính sách hoa hồng và thưởng; Yêu cầu với công việc: Có sử dụng điện thoại di động, biết truy cập internet là một lợi thế; Ưu tiên : CHO NHỮNG NGƯỜI CẦN TÌM việc làm thêm - Không cần kinh nghiệm chuyên môn, Không phân biệt ngành nghề, Lương được nhận nhiều lần trong tháng nhận Qua Chuyển Khoản Ngân Hàng hoặc nhận Trực Tiếp tại Công Ty Sẽ Nhận Việc Làm Ngay Sau Khi Phỏng Vấn - Không Thử Việc. CHÚ Ý : Liên Hệ trực tiếp để được cấp mã số phỏng vấn và...
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...Ceiling,” discusses how women in South Korea are conflicted when it comes to their careers. Although, the women of South Korea are slowly changing the corporate culture there are some men who are resistance to change. They’re use to the educated women of South Korea choosing the traditional career path, careers in the fields of education. But due to the Asian financial crisis in 1998 where thousands of men lost their jobs or took pay cuts, and their wives had to assist financially. Due to this situation women started small businesses and worked part-time job, and a couple of years later the Korean government banned gender discrimination in the workplace, requiring businesses with 500 employees to provide child-care facilities, creating additional opportunities for women. This minicase shares a story about a Korean women name Choi Dong Hee who worked for SK research arm she was the only woman who’d worked for the company. Choi believed that the company didn’t recognize nor did they utilize her talent. So, Choi demonstrated her talent by creating and conducting a yearlong study recommending the company to modify their policy permitting subscribers to use any wireless portal. Choi proposal was denied, but she didn’t give up she was consistent, dedicated to her vision, and convincing. In the end SK adopted Choi’s policy, and SK quickly recognized that the women’s viewpoint can assist SK with serving its customers (McGraw-Hill, 2012). SK’s Business Strategy Since 2003...
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...Definition of 'World Trade Organization - WTO' An international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably, and freely as possible. History : The main building, known as the Centre William Rappard, was constructed on an estate which was gradually formed by the union of a number of plots of land between 1755 and 1893. In 1785, construction began on the Villa Rappard, the house that still stands next to the main WTO building and today houses a Montessori school. In 1921, the Swiss Confederation acquired the estate and offered it to the League of Nations, which designated the site for construction of a headquarters for the International Labour Office. Both bodies had been created in 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I. In 1923, an architectural competition was launched and the commission to design the ILO headquarters was offered to Swiss architect George Epitaux from Lausanne. His design was based on that of classical Florentine villas, with an interior courtyard, a grand entrance and a sweeping staircase off the main reception area. Construction began in 1923 and the building was in-augurated on June 6, 1926. [pic] The interior of the building was enhanced by donations from many countries, in-cluding murals in tiles and paint depicting various aspects of labour, sculpted wooden doors, elaborate fountains and exotic trees...
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...place in the Middle East area. In this point of view, late proofs have broadly confirm how despite the fact that Saudi Arabia is now considered as a growing economy which is trying to diversify its exports, mainly based on oil and natural gas, by framing and revising its legal and regulatory environment in order to foster entrepreneurship activities and the private sector interest. It leads to growing concern about the role of women in the economic environment, with legal and ethical consideration of the women’s role in the existing socio-cultural make-up of the country. The way in which countries like Saudi Arabia, have developed a domestic organized economy that is based on entrepreneurship is a hypothesis that has been widely tested and cited within the existing body of Literature. Although many academic experts believe that Middle East countries still retain a promising potential for growth (Shachmurove, 2004), major obstacles in terms of detrimental factors such as corruption, unclear regulations and reliance on oil have also recognized. Women are therefore believed to play a primary role in the entrepreneurial future of the region. In order to leverage on the untapped potential of economic growth of this country by utilizing and capitalizing on the potential contribution of the female entrepreneurs towards success of economic projects that are being carried out in Saudi Arabia, in compliance with the ethical dimensions that are deemed critical in the middle east region...
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...Women’s Business Center Group Members: Angelia Romero Chancelor Lowe Table of Contents * * Cover Page Table of Contents…….pg 2 * Summary…….pg 4 * Center for Women’s Business Research Urges SBA to Revise Its Federal Contracting Plan for Women Business Owners…….pg 5 * Study reveals economic impact of Northeast Florida’s women business owners…….pg 8 * Supporting Women Entrepreneurs at Every Step…….pg 11 * Message from the Director…….pg 12 * Businesses Owned by Women of Color Growing Faster Than All U.S Firms…….pg 13 * Sponsorship Benefits…….pg 16 * DR. Sharon Hadary Discusses Changes for Women- Owned Firms…….pg 19 * Women Own 20% of $1 Million Plus Businesses…….pg 23 * New Numbers Show Women- Owned Firms Comprise Forty Percent of all Firms…….pg 27 * About Center for Women’s Business Research…….pg 27 * DR. Sharon Hadary Retiring from Center for Women’s Business Research…….pg 29 * The Research Team…….pg 30 Summary The Women’s Business Center movement, and federal funding of many of those centers through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), emerged in the mid-1990s as a means for assisting women in business formation, particularly those who were socially and economically disadvantaged. The Impact and Influence of Women’s Business Centers research study examines the social and economic impact of Women’s Business Centers throughout the United States and their effectiveness at assisting women entrepreneurs...
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