Managerial and Professional Work

Class 1

Administrative

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Service Work Has significant differences from industrial work but

also significant similarities Some service work quite similar to industrial work

and some quite different Any questions about Pierce “Rambo

Litigators” or Jackall “The Social Structure of Managerial Work?”

Today

I. Professional Work

II. Managerial Work

III. Line v. Staff

I. Professional Work

Can you name some professions? What makes work professional? What does it mean to call someone a lawn

care professional? How about a professional waiter or waitress? Is this what we are talking about here? Do they do professional work? In what sense do they or don’t they?

II. Managerial Work

What makes work managerial? What do managers do? Is there any particular training or preparation

that goes into making someone a manager?

II. Managerial Work

What are professional organizations? Examples? Law firms Accounting firms Medical practices and hospitals Colleges

How are they managed? What particular issues arise in managing professional organizations?

III. Line v. Staff

What are line managers? What are staff? What is their relationship in the organization? What is different in this relationship in

professional organizations?

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Managerial and Professional Work

Class 2

Administrative

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Professional work characterized by specialized training, control over the work and professional ethics

No particular training necessary to be a manager

Line versus staff

Today

I. Emotional laborII. Gender-stereotyped professionsIII. Women and discrimination in the

professionsIV. Gender-stereotypes in managementV. Women and discrimination in managementVI. Professional and Managerial Work and

Identity

I. Emotional Labor

What does it mean to do “emotional labor” on your job?

What is the principal kind of emotional labor that Pierce says attorneys do?

What kinds of emotional labor might other professionals do?

How about managers?

II. Gender-stereotyped professions Are there stereotypically male professions? How about female? What social purpose do those stereotypes

serve? What are the sources of those stereotypes?

III. Women and Discrimination in the Professions How have women been discriminated against

in the professions? What forms has such discrimination taken?

How has this changed in the last 50 years? The last 10 years?

Would professions be a better place for women (given the fact of discrimination) than other occupations? Why or why not?

IV. Gender-stereotypes in Management Are there stereotypically male management

positions? How about female? What social function do those stereotypes

serve? What are the sources of those stereotypes?

V. Women and Discrimination in Management Have women been discriminated against in

the occupation of management? What forms has such discrimination taken?

How has this changed in the last 50 years? The last 10 years?

Would management be a better or worse place for women than the professions (given the fact of discrimination)?

VI. Professional and Managerial Work and Identity How does professional work relate to a

person’s identity? How does managerial work relate to a

person’s identity? How are they similar and how are they

different?

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