Laut einer Befragung von 3.600 weiblichen und männlichen Führungskräften mittlerer und grö-ßerer Unternehmen in 18 Ländern sind es insbesondere Frauen, die bereit sind, sich für ihre Kar-riere stärker einzusetzen. Die Studie „Untapped Potential: Stretching Toward the Future“ von Accenture geht den Motivationen und Hürden im Arbeitsalltag nach. 80 Prozent der Frauen sind bereit, anspruchsvollere Aufgaben […]
New numbers show that the percentage of females within top management levels of major German companies has reach a low plateau. From a Hoppenstedt corporate data base analysis, women in German top management sank from 7.46 percent in 2006 to 5.65 percent in 2007. By the end of 2008, the percentage had barely risen to […]
Pepsi Bottling has created one of the most diverse boards, in terms of gender and ethnicity, of any company in the Fortune 500 with four women, one of them Hispanic; one African-American man; and one Mexican man among its 10 members. Eric J. Foss, chairman and chief executive of the Pepsi Bottling Group, sat down […]
In lieu of the UN’s Native Language Day, UNESCO has released a new “Atlas of the Languages of the World.” This compilation not only provides information on some 2500 languages, out of the more than 6,000 most linguists say exist, but also classifies those in terms of the risk they face over the next century.
Aktuelle Ergebnisse eines Gender-Rankings zeigen: Je wichtiger Ämter in der Kommunalpolitik werden, desto weniger Frauen sind darin vertreten. Unterschiede zwischen Großstädten sind eklatant.Ein Forschungsteam der Fernuniversität Hagen entwickelt ein Gender-Ranking deutscher Großstädte. Erste Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Frauen gemessen an ihrem Bevölkerungsanteil in allen Positionen unterrepräsentiert sind. Je wichtiger diese Ämter in der Kommunalpolitik werden, desto […]
Diversity present in an impressive 94% of Stoxx50 CSR reports Last month’s report on Diversity in Corporate Annual Reporting has now been expanded. An analysis of CSR and Annual Reports of all Stoxx 50 companies revealed that 94 percent of all Stoxx 50 CSR Reports mention ‘Diversity’ along with 76 percent of all Annual Reports […]
Hochschulen sollen Führungs- und Fachkräfte auf ihre künftigen Aufgaben vorbereiten. Angesichts der wachsenden Vielfalt in den Belegschaften darf daher auch der Umgang mit Vielfalt – Diversity Management – nicht zu kurz kommen.Eine Studie der European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) untersuchte daher, welche Rolle Diversity Management in den Lehrplänen europäischer Business Schools spielt. Dazu […]
To address some unanswered questions from McKinsey’s first ‘Women Matter’ report, Women Matter 2 has been released to delve further into the subject of women in leadership roles. Through surveying over 1,000 managers from a wide range of companies and comparing responses against financial performance, nine leadership behaviours which increase organizational performance were identified. This […]
Inspired by the election of U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled plans to open up France’s political and business elite to black and Arab minorities through a major national push on equal opportunities. Despite being home to one of Europe’s biggest black communities and its largest Arab-Muslim minority, France is
The European Commission has launched a call on companies and organizations to nominate their employees for the Muslim Women Power List of 2009 to celebrate the achievements of professional Muslim women. There are currently over 100,000 Muslim women working in Britain. Recent research conducted by the Commission revealed that
