Women in Management

FMI Course number: ML07

Duration
1 day

Overview of Course

Women in management and business today are no longer prepared to accept the limitations and barriers that may have challenged them in the past. This course provides practical solutions to identify and deal with these issues. This course is designed to help women in management develop positive strategies to further their careers and also to help HR professionals understand issues that women in their organisation may face.

Learning Outcomes
1. Review the position of women and in the Australian labour force
2. Recognise and understand stereotyping
3. Understand the differences between the genders that affect work and careers
4. Define "the glass ceiling" and related terminology
5. Juggle family and career effectively
6. Understand affirmative action
7. Work with organisational change
8. Review the role of mentors

Key Content
- Participation rates, full-time versus part-time work, occupational and industrial concentration, wages
- Conditions for and impact of stereotyping, nature v. nurture, gender biases
- The Glass Ceiling, conformity, informal networking
- Strategies for juggling family and career
- Dealing with role conflict and overload, practical v. emotional responsibility, multiple roles
- Analyse affirmative action
- Recognise and deal with direct and indirect discrimination
- Organisational structures limiting equal employment opportunity
- Addressing the work/family conflict
- Sexual harassment
- Mentoring and its advantages

Who this course is useful for
Women in management who wish to have a context of understanding to develop their careers further.

HR professionals and other managers/supervisors, both male and female, who wish to obtain a greater understanding of the challenges of the Australian workforce for women

Resources for this Course
A Learning Guide is provided for this course. It contains notes and can be used for participant’s own notes.

Assessment

There is no assessment for this course

Dates and locations
Course Dates: Sydney
For dates please refer back to the training calendar
Time: 9am to 4.45pm

The location is close to the Sydney CBD. You will be advised of the exact location by email one week prior to commencement.

Fees
For fees please refer back to the training calendar

Booking
To book phone +612 9281 2635

Email fmi to find out how we can help you:
fmi@managementcando.com

Corporate Versions of this Course
This course can be tailored for corporate requirements as an in-house course.