Females' Social Status

As time flies, females' social status has been promoted and gradually gender difference no longer a big issue at workplace. Planning, organizing, leading and controlling are usually described as four basic job of a manager ( Carisen, 2008 ). According to the research I have done, most of them show both male and female provide different strength and weakness in terms of managing styles, leadership, professionalism, productivity and etc. Therefore, the aim of this study will look into different factors influence both genders in managing organization context.

Before exploring the advantages and disadvantages of male and female, it is necessary to be aware of what contribute to a good manager. In order to run the company in a rational way, a clear and feasible vision, mission and value need to settle up as guidelines of one organization or company. Moreover, managers must design proper business models and strategies so that the firm will keep generating revenue and making profits. In addition, an efficient incentive system and monitory system in the organization are other essential works for managers. Therefore, the next part of this research study will compare some points of the work performance by male and female managers and then give a conclusion at the end of the essay.

First of all, male show stronger cognitive skills in leadership and has rated as "skillful in business and better decision maker". However, females are often classified to be more expressive and sensitive, in which females have rated as "more aware of feelings" (Powell and Graves, 2003: 45). One of an importance of personality traits to be a good manager is leadership and this character can be divided into two categories--Masculine leadership and feminine leadership. Masculine leadership tends to be more task-oriented and take risks than females. (Eagly and Karau, 2002)

In the past, there are some misunderstanding and stereotypes situation among the many issues managers should navigate when working with different genders group such as men being paid more than women for the same job, certain company-sponsored activities like golf outings are not inclusive of females and females being expected to organise events like parties and more welcomed in traditional duties or activities (Joan Runnheim, n.d.). From the above three examples we can tell females faced different treatments at workplace, such differences were caused by the traditional views. In the studies shows, it is always not a bright idea to assume all females are the same and more opportunities should be opened and shared to females especially at workplace and some positions to allowing them to have a higher status or same treatment like men.

In order to find whether people preferred a male or a female manager, Powell and his colleagues conducted a research then come to a conclusion that "twice as many American men and women preferred

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