The Challenges Of Managers Face Today

With the four principal management functions CEO Greg Steinhafel exhibited that of leadership. "Leadership is defines as motivating, directing, and otherwise influencing people to work hard to achieve the organization's goals." ( Kinicki & Williams, 2016, p.10). Mr. Steinhafel had to make decisions of how to handle the issues of what has just happened to their company and motivate and assure them that they will come out a more stronger and reliable company because of this breach. Of the seven managerial challenges Target is facing, challenge # 5 which is Managing for Ethical Standards. Hackers were able to get into Target's computers and gain access to consumers personal information. Target is handling this challenge by assuring the

According to the statistics presented in the article, The Problem With Women In The Workplace Is Men, 50% of the US work force is comprised of women (Ferro, The Problem With Women In The Workplace Is Men). This data is simply an “illusion” of equality. The ratio between women and men in the workplace may be the same, but the distribution of men and women are not equal in all fields of work as well as the different rungs of management within specific companies. In fact, according to the article, How Men Drown Out The Voices

With the rise of the modern age economic survival has become difficult for families based on a single income. This economic need along with modern attitudes toward gender equality has resulted in women being represented in the workforce in greater numbers. However, until the 1960’s women faced severe discrimination when trying to enter and maintain a position in the workforce. Often qualified women would be passed over for men with less experience and education. Employers were fearful that women were too emotional and were not equipped to handle the stress of the work environment. Also driving the decision to not hire or promote women was the concern over the additional health care expenses and leave time pregnant

The biggest problem to a manager is managing employees. This is because employers often do not know how to handle their employees. An effective manager knows that motivation is a difficult skill to acquire. So over the years, many theorist have studied motivation in order to

It seems that women workers have reached a plateau in society. In order for women to be respected (as men are) in the workplace there needs to be a redistribution of domestic and family work. It’s acceptable now for women to work; but this acceptance into the workforce has not drastically changed what they, women, are expected to perform at home. There is no way for women to move forward to equality in pay if they are not recognized as contributers to their job (i.e. women are still expected to perform outside of work in the family setting as well in a way that men are only expected to perform at work and not at home).

Changes in workplace norms and developmental opportunity for women. The culture of many organizations is changing, the assumptions that used to be made such as the male model of work, the notion of full-time careers and separation of work and family are being challenged (Cooper& Lewis 1999; Williams 2010).

In the 1820’s women began being hired by companies because they could pay women less. They were willing to accept less money than men for the same work. “Workingmen often saw them as threats to their status, especially as new machines permitted less skilled operatives to perform tasks formerly assigned to craftsmen” (The Labor Site). Men see women as threats to their masculinity. Perhaps some of this fear or anxiety about women in the workplace has been transferred into the DNA of men. Many upper levels of management have remained male dominated. It’s as if they didn’t want women to join their “boys club.” Certain industries are worse than others, but the issue is across the board around the world. Only 14.2% of top executives in America are female. When you close your eyes, and picture the CEO of a company, who do you see? If you are like a predominant portion of Americans, you probably see a male in the role. This isn’t simply a problem caused by men, women play a large role in this issue.

From my point of view loyalty is owe to the employer. The employee shows the greater duty of loyalty because an employee should act for his employer’s benefit when engaging in any conduct that relates to the employment.

As stated previously, women have taken the role of housewife, mother, and nurturer throughout history. Women have long been stereotyped to stay at home and take care of the house and children. It has been their job to cook the meals, do the laundry, and manage the children’s life. Even today, motherhood is still considered to be the primary role for women. Women that do not take on this role are often viewed as selfish. In the past women that took on roles outside the home are stereotyped as self centered. Because women were thought of as homemakers, they often held jobs that were meaningless and not considered prestigious. Clearly, circumstances of family life have changed in the modern era. Large populations of women have and will continue to join the workplace. Although this period of change has helped shape the role of women today, women in corporate America are still oppressed. Even in today’s society, women are not treated the same as men. One area that clearly shows this oppression is the area of equal pay for men and women. Since the equal pay act of 1963 equal pay has been the law. Even though it has been 40 years since the enactment of this law, women are still paid less than men, even when women have the same education, skills, and experience as a man according to the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. In fact, women are paid 77 cents for every dollar a man earns (AFL-CIO). These figures are even more

For almost a century, women have been working in the same jobs as men but with lower “titles” and lower incomes. According to Naomi Barko, almost no women has entered a job that stereotypically classifies the job as a “man’s job.” The stereotypical “women’s job” incudes those of secretarial, teaching, and nursing which are often paid less for work that is harder than what most think. The majority of women and men who enter the “women’s job” continue wot complain about unequal pay hey are receiving comparable to that of the men in the same job, yet they continue to work in the same job and accept the pay they are receiving. There seems to be a major lack of action taken which is rooted from the social acceptance of womanly jobs are less important

Women’s role in the workplace has been changing over the course of history. Not too long ago there was a time where women weren’t seen as “workers”. Women working has been on a serious uprise. In an article by Wendy Wang, Kim Parker, and Paul Taylor,

Women mainly held low paying jobs and never really worked in a position of authority. “The research on working women in general tells us that there are very few differences between men and women that affect job performance. Thus, men and women show no consistent differences in their problem-solving abilities, analytical skills, competitive drive, motivation, learning ability, or sociability. However, women are reported to be more conforming and to have lower expectations of success than men do. Also, Women’s absenteeism rates tend to be higher than those of men. This latter finding may change, however, as we see men starting to play a more active role in raising children; absenteeism is also likely to be less frequent as telecommuting, flexible working hours, and the like become more prevalent. In respect to pay, women’s earnings have risen slowly from 59 percent of men’s in 1979 to 76 percent most recently”(2003,pg.63).

The generation now has made it easier to equalize men and women but there is still a substantial amount of places where gender inequality is still happening in the workplace and where females still face discrimination. Women are often discriminated in the workplace and are usually not promoted as quickly as men are and they also receive less pay. History shows that women have not always been defined as property and thought of as second class citizens. But in the 21st century many have seen a drastic change in the so called “traditional” family ways where women are suppose to stay home and take care of the household chores, food, and children and men are suppose to work to support their family and provide financial stability. Many assume that in the workplace women are more vulnerable and less competent than men because women 's instincts are to put their family before work or anything else. Whereas men are the ones who will usually stay the late hours to work. People on both sides of the political spectrum and everywhere in between seem to be fearful of what is to come and more fearful of others than they are often willing to admit.

The 1920’s was a turning point in the women’s right movement; The ratification of the 19th amendment, giving all women the right to vote. When war came men needed to leave their families to fight for our freedoms. Women started to take on more responsibility setting out to get jobs. Joining the workforce showed women a different kind of independence, their mothers and grandmothers never got to experience. Instead of aiming to become housewives and mothers, relying on a husband to bring home the “bread”; They valued independence and self-worth. The 19th century was a very male dominated world. Females in the workforce suffered from all types of discrimination, from sexual harassment, prejudice, and stereotypes. Denied positions, denied promotions, and received less pay, making it hard to survive as a working woman. While trying to gain fairness in a male dominated world, women began to band together to push for changes. Federal laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and The Equal Pay Act helped women earn fair and just treatment in the workplace. Despite the strides women overcome in gaining equal rights, it seems that even in the 21st century women still have yet to close the gap on gender discrimination in the workplace.

Micro-computer software was at a time revolutionary. At the forefront of the personal computer revolution was a company that bore the name of the revolution itself, Microsoft. Started in 1975 (Windows, 2016), steadily gained market share as its model for licensing software separate from hardware gained popularity. Peaking in 2011, Microsoft was unstoppable (Murphy, 2015). Starting in 2011 Microsoft began a sudden and unexpected fall from grace as Apple introduced the iPad and Google started giving competing software away for free (Murphy, 2015). The two drivers of growth for Microsoft had disappeared overnight, and Microsoft only shipped on about 14% of all