Patricia M. Flynn

Actionable knowledge: consulting to promote women on boards

Purpose – Describes how actionable knowledge is created to successfully initiate consulting relationships designed to promote changes in the composition of corporate boards and, ultimately, social change to eliminate exclusionary practices that are keeping women from consideration for board seats.Design/methodology/approach – Examines the work of The Boston Club in promoting women on corporate boards to build needed theory to guide change efforts.Findings – Concludes that no one theoretical perspective supplies the necessary guidance. Presents a model that combines psychodynamic, organizational learning, open systems, and critical management studies views.Originality/value – Presents the push/pull approach taken by The Boston Club that addresses perceived social constraints and psychological needs involved in changing behavior to create commitment to adding women to boards. Suggests that the sequencing of push and pull techniques may be an important consideration in designing change efforts.

Turbulence in the American Workplace.

This book deals with critical issues resulting from the impact of corporate restructuring on workers. U.S. industry has undergone a shakeout resulting from increasing competitive pressures and the globalization of production. As a result, some two million workers have been laid-off from their employers. Individual chapters have been drafted by an interdisciplinary group of academics who explore seven key areas: demographic changes of younger and older workers, workforce displacement from lay-offs, human resources planning for downsizing and mergers, technological change, changes in the roles of unions, changes in managerial and professional work, and `contingent and flexible employment. The drafts of the chapters have been extensively edited and, in some cases, rewritten so that the book will read more like a series of chapters than a group of papers. The work was commissioned by the National Planning Association who will be a party to the contract.

Orchestrating the Demise of All-Male Boards

A framework is presented for analyzing how best to bring about meaningful change in gender diversity on corporate boards. Examining whether board searches are inclusive and whether the directors take an active role in the search produces a typology to guide change efforts. Suggested actions are discussed.

Integrating gender equality into business and management education : lessons learned and challenges remaining

Acknowledgements The Womens Empowerment Principles The Six Principles of PRME Introduction: Identifying the key issues underlying genderinequality in management education and ways to reduce gender gaps Kathryn Haynes, Patricia M. Flynn, Maureen Kilgour Part 1: Trends and challenges in management education 1. Gender inequality in management education: Past, present and future Maureen Kilgour 2. Gender equality in business schools Patricia M. Flynn, Kevin V. Cavanagh and Diana Bilimoria 3. Sustainability as a lens to explore gender equality: A missed opportunity for responsible management Kathryn Haynes, Alan Murray 4. Cleaning our houses: Gender equity in business Amy Klemm Verbos, Deanna Kennedy Part 2: Disciplinary perspectives 5. Defining the terrain for responsible management education: Gender, gender equality and the case of marketing Wendy Hein 6. Business education for nurse leaders: A case study of leadership development in a vital, highly gendered industry Teresa J. Rothausen, Dawn M. Bazarko 7. Legal education and gender equality Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio 8. Are we still telling female students they cant lead? A content analysis of leadership writings and representations in organizational behaviour texts Rhonda L. Dever, Albert J. Mills Part 3: Institutional perspectives 9. It can be done! Organizational interventions that can reduce the influence of gender prejudice on perceptions, performance and aspirations Mary Godwyn and Nan S. Langowitz 10. From theory to practice: A university promoting gender equality in business Susan M. Adams 11. Gender and diversity in management education at Europes largest university of economics and business: An evaluation of 12 years of teaching diversity management Regine Bendl, Helga Eberherr, Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Anett Hermann, Thomas Kollen, Gloria Kutscher, Heike Mensi-Klarbach, Gloria Warmuth 12. Integrating gender and diversity in management education: Finding the right balance between integration and marginalization Julia C. Nentwich, Gudrun Sander Part 4: International 13. Gender equality in MBA programs in Latin America Sandra Idrovo Carlier 14. Persistent labour market inequalities: What do the French management schools do for their female students? Krista Finstad-Milion and Christine Morin-Esteves 15. Still too soon to forget women? Making the case for the importance of gender diversity in management education: a study of India and the United States Lynda Moore, Ujvala Rajadhyaksha and Stacy Blake-Beard 16. The role of business school education for Japanese and non-Japanese women in Japan Mari Kondo Part 5: Pedagogical Approaches 17. The gender equality index and reflective role-plays: Introducing gender in management education Anna Wahl 18. Gender and pedagogy: A business school case study Julie Hall and Jo Peat 19. Integrating gender equality into management education: An MBA course on women in organizations Diana Bilimoria 20. Teaching gender issues in management education: The role of experiential approaches Kara A. Arnold, Dale Foster 21. From teaching ethics to ethical teaching: Feminist interventions in management education Michelle Ann Kweder, Banu Ozkazanc-Pan 22. The Eighth Summit: Womens ascent of organizations Dianne Lynne Bevelander, Michael John Page Concluding comments: Going forward Maureen Kilgour, Patricia M. Flynn and Kathryn Haynes About the contributors