KRANNERT GRADUATE SCHOOL of INDUSTRIAL ADMINISTRATION PURDUE UNIVERSITY
SPRING 1976
If he's decisive; she's stubborn
It is true that in the working world, men and women with basically the same qualities are judged differently? The an¬ swer is yes, according to discussions at the Krannert Graduate Seminar on 'The Emerging Role of Women in Manage¬ ment."
For instance, when a male manager holds his ground, he is called a "stern taskmaster," but a woman in the same position is called "hard to work for." While he makes a "quick decision," she is called "impulsive" if shedoesthesame. If he reacts strongly to a situation, he is called "human," while she would probab¬ ly be called "emotional." If he is "deci¬ sive," she is "stubborn." And if he's a "man of the world," she has probably "been around."
These are some of the inherent biases that men and women alike must over-
Dean Day to go to Europe with AACSB group
Dean John S. Day has been invited to be a member of a team of American Edu¬ cators representing the American As¬ sembly of Collegiate Schools of Busi¬ ness (AACSB) at the annual meeting of the European Foundation for Manage¬ ment Development in Berlin in May.
During the meeting, the two organiza¬ tions will explore ways to implement re¬ search cooperation and exchange of faculty between member schools.
Dean Day participated in the forma- tional meeting of the European Founda¬ tion several years ago.
In April, Dean Day assumed the office of vice president/president elect of AACSB for a one year term. He will as¬ sume the presidency in April 1977.
come for women to find equality in busi¬ ness  seminar participants concluded.
Director of human resources at the Bendix Corp., Pat Carrigan was one of the panel members at the day-long semi¬ nar. She described the still-prevalent no¬ tion in industry that there is a "risk" in hiring a woman.
She.also related an interesting inci¬ dent in her office, where she daily ob¬ served the male executives taking long lunch hours, while she carried her lunch and ate at her desk.
One day she took some of her staff members for a longer lunch hour to con- ductbusinessduringthattime. When she returned to her desk, she found a note from her boss about "impairing work progress."
After several weeks, she again found a need to take a longer lunch hour, this time informing the boss. When she re¬ turned, she again found a note on her desk, with the message, "Let's watch the long lunch hours. "More than a little dismayed, she asked her boss to go over lunch hour rules at the next staff meeting, to which he replied,   'Why? We already know them."
Later, she said, he stepped into her of¬ fice and asked, "Have I been discriminat¬ ing?"
Kay Deaux, another panel member and associate professor of psychology at Pur¬ due, urged women and men to make the proper distinction between "assertive- ness" and "aggressiveness" in women. "They are not the same thing," she added.
In the same vein, June Dahlstrom, per¬ sonnel manager at Whirlpool Corp., said that unfortunately many men and women still categorize women either as "emotional" or as "tough sergeant" types — with few shades of gray.
In response to an audience question, "Does the black female have two strikes against her, for being a minority and a
female?" Ms. Carrigan replied, ""I'd say she has two pluses."' She also added that there '"was a time when black women could even be counted twice when the equal-opportunity officer came around."
Featured speaker at the seminar was management consultant Barbara Boyle Sullivan, a partner in a consulting com¬ pany that has served over 30 major cor¬ porations in the area of female poten¬ tial at the management level.
Is there "prejudice against women in management?" she asked the audience. In reply to her own question, she said
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Barbara Boyle Sullivan, president of Boyle/Kirkman Associates, was the fea¬ tured speaker at the Krannert Graduate Seminar: "The Emerging Role of Women in Management."