Gender Differences In Management

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affect the manager-employee relationship differently. While female managers relate to their employees with more sensitivity and understanding of their needs, men tend to govern their employees with a style similar to a dictator. Men rely on rules and quantifiable aspects of the business. Although men don’t form relationships well, they easily develop relationships at work because such relationships are formed in order to attain a goal. Characteristics of these relationships are teasing, humor, and verbal innuendoes. Women oftentimes find these jokes inappropriate for the workplace. This leads to animosity, and the labeling of female managers as wet-blankets.

Regardless of differing management styles, one key element that drives business is competition. Men and women view competition differently. Men approach every aspect of their lives, be it personal or work-related, as a "produce or perish" scenario. They, as individuals, need to be the backbone of the driving force ...

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