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CGO and
SOM faculty participated in Democracy in a Knowledge Economy, the 2003
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Seattle August 4-8. Evangelina
Holvino, CGO Director and Senior Research Faculty, presented a paper
entitled “The Practice of Diversity in US Organizations: One Step Forward
and Two Steps Back” as part of the symposium “Democracy, Diversity and
Dialogue: Contextualizing Difference.” Dr. Holvino was also a discussant
for “The Future of Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations” panel. SOM
Professor Diana Stork co-organized two professional development workshops
(PDW) on teaching, and presented “Building Your Intellectual Capital,”
in which she suggests teaching to be not only what students are learning,
but also what faculty members are learning from the courses and their
students. Stacy Blake-Beard, CGO Faculty Affiliate and SOM Associate
Professor, also presented her paper “We've Come A Long Way?: Benefits
and Costs of Having a Female Mentor,” co-authored by Jenny Korn. Blake-Beard
also was moderator for the session “From the Wings to Center-Stage: Enriching
Understanding of Relationships in Organizations, the winner of the OMT
Division Best Symposium Proposal Award.
SOM Professor Susan Hass co-authored an article in the July/August
issue of Internal Auditing. The article, “Recent Changes in
Internal Auditors’ Use of Technology,” was a collaboration with Dr. James
Bierstaker (University of Massachusetts-Boston) and Dr. Priscilla Burnaby
(Bentley College).
Hass also spoke at the National Investor Relations Institute’s Introduction
to Investor Relations Seminar on September 16 at the Fairmont Hotel,
Boston. Hass’s presentation was entitled “Introduction to Financial Statements
and Analysis for Investor Relations.”
Evangelina Holvino, Director of CGO, and Deborah Merrill-Sands, Associate
Dean at the SOM, co-authored a chapter entitled “Creating and Sustaining
Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations: Strategies and Approaches” that
was recently published in the edited volume The Psychology and Management
of Workplace Diversity.
Jill Kickul, Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor of Entrepreneurship,
presented a paper at the Internationalizing Entrepreneurship Education
and Training Conference in Grenoble, France, September 8-10. Her paper,
“Pathways to New Business Opportunities: Innovations and Strategies for
the Entrepreneurial Classroom,” was nominated for best conference paper.
SOM Professor Fiona Wilson was the speaker for the MassWIT Executive
Roundtable on September 19. Wilson presented “Teen Girls on Business:
Are They Being Empowered?,” the findings of the Teen Girls on Business
Study conducted by Simmons School of Management and The Committee of 200.
Ann Fudge, a former Executive-in-Residence at the Simmons School of
Management and a Simmons College alumna, was named one of Essence Magazine’s
“50 Women Who Are Shaping the World” in its October 2003 issue.
Toni Riccardi SOM ’87, partner and chief diversity officer for Pricewaterhouse
Coopers, was quoted in the article “Summer’s lazy lesson slowly sinks
in,” appearing in the August 13 Christian Science Monitor. In
the article, Riccardi warns of the imbalance of work in employees’ lives
and working longer hours without downtime. She said executives in her
company set examples by taking vacations themselves.
Fifi Ball SOM ’88 and her company Squared Away, Boston, are volunteering
their organizing services to Dress for Success: Boston to celebrate National
Get Organized Week, October 5-11. Squared Away provides businesspeople
with office organization services, from workspace redesign to clearing
desktop clutter. Dress for Success is a not-for-profit that helps low-income
women make transitions into the workforce by providing interview suits,
career development, and other services.
Nancy Bellantone SOM ’93, principal of Movidea, Boston, has completed
work on creating an identity campaign for North Cambridge Catholic High
School, recipient of a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Cassin Educational
Initiative grant. Movidea is a full-service creative agency, and worked
on all aspects of branding the school – naming, logo design, marketing
materials, and more - as it joins a nationally recognized corporate work
study program with the grant.
Maria Salomão SOM ’95, a volunteer for Citizen Schools (funded by AmeriCorps),
spoke before Congress on behalf of the Save AmeriCorps Coalition as part
of its 100 Hours of National Service Testimony in September. Salomão
testified on how teaching at the School has positively affected her and
the students.
Myrna Greenfield SOM ’99, Director of Communications and Education
for Oxfam America, was a panelist at the Boston Women Communicators Ninth
Anniversary Celebration on September 16 at the Lenox Hotel. The panel,
composed of charter BWC members with continuous membership, discussed
their education, career development, and personal life balance.
EVENTS
Gender
at Work: A Bold New Perspective
As we mark our fifth anniversary, the Center for Gender in Organizations
(CGO) at the Simmons School of Management continues to garner international
recognition as a source of innovative ideas, research, and practice on
cultural dynamics in organizations. We invite you to join us for an important
series of events highlighting CGO’s unique contributions and featuring
influential thinkers on gender, work, and organizations.
Rethinking Management: A Whole New World
October 8, 2003, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
How can CGO's gender lens revolutionize management? Come hear how CGO
redefines negotiation, diversity, merit, and globalization through its
concepts of collaborative inquiry, gender-in-all-its-complexities, and
the dual agenda. Robin Ely, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
and CGO Faculty Affiliate Evangelina Holvino, CGO Director and Senior
Research Faculty Deborah Kolb, Professor, Simmons School of Management
and CGO Faculty Affiliate Maureen Scully, Research Associate for the Aspen
Institute’s Initiative for Social Innovation Through Business and CGO
Faculty Affiliate
Beyond Diversity: Working Across Differences for What?
November 4, 2003, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Is “diversity” just another buzzword? Discover how new perspectives and
strategies about working across social identities can make diversity and
organizational change efforts successful.
Evangelina Holvino, CGO Director and Senior Research Faculty
Bridgette Sheridan, CGO Associate Director and Research Faculty
Gelaye Debebe, Assistant Professor, George Washington University and CGO
Faculty Affiliate
From Talk to Walk: Gender Equity & Gender Mainstreaming
February 10, 2004, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Struggling with how to move gender equity from idea to reality? Presenters
will discuss gender equity in organizations by exploring efforts to effectively
incorporate women into defense policymaking, and the United Nations institutional
commitment to “mainstream gender” into peace and security policy.
Carol Cohn, Joint Senior Fellow, CGO and Wellesley College
Laura Roskos, Former CGO Postdoctoral Fellow
New Leadership Models: Are They Really Helping Women?
March 25, 2004, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Does the “female advantage” exist or is it a myth? Join us to explore
new leadership models and why they aren’t delivering the expected results
for women. Stacy Blake-Beard, Associate Professor, Simmons School of Management
and CGO Research Faculty Joyce K. Fletcher, Professor, Simmons School
of Management and CGO Faculty Affiliate Deborah Merrill-Sands, Associate
Dean, Simmons School of Management and CGO Faculty Affiliate Karen Proudford,
Associate Professor, Morgan State University and CGO Faculty Affiliate
All CGO events will be held at Simmons SOM, 409 Commonwealth Avenue. Schedule
subject to change. To reserve space or for more information please email
cgo@simmons.edu or call 617-521-3824.
www.simmons.edu/som/cgo
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