Women In Business Presentation Green Team W 11

Women in Business W.11 Family Business GREEN TEAM

Women in Business
Man and women approach business in a different way
Business goals
Management styles
Lower self-steam
Less entrepreneurial intensity

Women in Business
Women entrepreneurs experience:
Gender discrimination
Limited access to capital
Difficulty in competing for government contracts
Need to work harder to prove their competence
Hostile environments: dominant masculine culture make them feel excluded
Patriarchal Organizations

Strategies to overcome difficulties
Seek mentors to acquire knowledge and political skill and build networks
Supporting programmes of action such as “Opportunity 2000”
Promote notion that “female traits” and values such as sensitivity and power equalization are what modern organizations need.
Delay marriage and having children

In a family business context
Family members have advantage versus non family members to expand their careers and this can be applied to women also
Access to owners and senior managers provides easy mentoring, training and network opportunities
Generally, earning and status will depend on the role executed and not on gender

In a family business context
Women in family firms usually do one of the following
Put career first
Combine family and career roles
Limit attachment to firm and commit to family matters.

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Women In Business Presentation Green Team W 11

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