12 Views from Women's Eyes: Managing the New Majority [Mass Market Paperback]

George J. Wilkerson (Author), Laura L. Ricci (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0965739902 | ISBN-13: 978-0965739900 | Publication Date: May 1, 1997 | Edition: 1

Practical methods and solutions for managers working with a diverse workforce.

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12 Views From Women's Eyes: Managing The New Majority is an invaluable contribution to business and management reference book and women's studies collections. 12 Views From Women's Eyes addresses the workforce majority shifting from male to female, how men and women accept and handle responsibility differently, the chain of command, planning for long term employment goals, keeping good female employees, office politics, the different reward systems for men and women, gender differences in handling disgruntled employees, and why men don't have pajama parties. 12 Views From Women's Eyes is recommended for women's studies and business reading lists. -- Midwest Book Review

From the Publisher

Today, over 40 percent of the workforce in the United States is female. Their numbers are already significant among the executive, administrative and managerial workforce. And yet, you rarely find them among the high ranking corporate leaders. This is ironic, because those firms which fail to integrate the diverse talents of the female half of the workforce into their organization, have cut nearly in half the methods, solutions and benefits that are available to them. As the new millenium approaches and the balance shifts, the irony will be all the more obvious. By the turn of the century, women in the workforce will outnumber the men. The recommendations and techniques in this book are aimed at giving managers the tools to tap into the power of the new majority and retain the benefits that men have already brought there.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: R3; 1 edition (May 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965739902
• ISBN-13: 978-0965739900
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,828,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The New Gendered Workplace, October 26, 1998

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This review is from: 12 Views from Women's Eyes: Managing the New Majority (Mass Market Paperback)

Are gender differences in the workplace that important? Do men and women really approach their work differently? Can't we just treat everyone the same?

Laura Ricci and George Wilkerson would claim yes - and no.

What Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus brought to light for day-to-day living, 12 Views from Women's Eyes: Managing the New Majority does for the workplace. Men and women clearly approach work differently. They bring different strengths, different ways of knowing, different ways of interpreting and acting on what goes on around them. Those different ways are changing the way we work with our peers, our subordinates, and with our management.

12 Views is a markedly accessible book for men and women who are seeking answers to how to best understand and capitalize on the remarkable abilities and talents of the growing diversity in today's workplace. Ricci and Wilkerson's book provides a quick read, liberally sprinkled with stories and memos. Many of the stories remind me of those I've heard again and again from women in the workplace - about promotability, about honest and open communication, about how to win rewards commensurate with your value to the organization, and about how to deal with conflict. If your organization is starting to look for answers to many of these issues, 12 Views is worth a look.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent workplace gender analysis., May 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: 12 Views from Women's Eyes: Managing the New Majority (Mass Market Paperback)

Between budget development, employee evaluations, development of a state-wide virtual university, and getting 28 courses and faculty off the ground I have finally finished reading 12 Views from Women's Eyes: Managing the New Majority. My hat is off to the authors.

As I read the text, I found myself wandering around work, dealing with people, and being able to clearly identify the behaviors and scenarios the authors presented. The authors' analysis of gender makes visible the cultural underpinning of relationships that develop in the workplace. This book helps reveal how the relationships we observe, lived out in the workplace daily, develop because of culturally sanctioned gender roles. The text had a significant effect on my day to day management and understanding people.

I really appreciated the e-mail inserts imbedded in the text. These provided me with a deeper understanding of the material, as well as giving me insight I don't usually get in a text about the authors and how they struggle with making meaning. I love this "inside look" at the authors and the material. Also, I like the exercise breaks. They seemed to come just in the moment I needed to shift gears as the reader.

On several pages I wrote in the margins "well-said and delicately put...good ideology for the development of a critical thinking and problem-solving team approach...this is all great...EXCELLENT!" The book obviously made a deep connection with me.

I want to buy about 12 copies and send them anonomously to several folks who could benefit from reading this book!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great balanced view of the strengths of both sexes, June 23, 1999

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This review is from: 12 Views from Women's Eyes: Managing the New Majority (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was an excellent, hands-on, interesting discussion of the strengths of both sexes and how to run a team or business to effectively use those strengths. Atop the utility of the book, it was also well written and entertaining.