Summary Exercise



Summary Exercise

Introduction

The source that I chose to use for this assignment is the famous business and management magazine Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Review is the termed as the original magazine based on extensive research that focuses primarily on the new and contemporary management techniques and practices and breakthrough ideas. The major focus of this magazine is on the people such as experienced leaders, emerging leaders and managers. Many management thinkers and scholars frequently publish their insights and findings in this magazine. The mission of Harvard Business Review is to improve the methods and enhance the practice of management in the changing world. Through the flagship magazine, books, websites and licensed editions the aim of HBR is to give the professionals all around the world with thorough insights and best practices to lead the organizations as well as themselves more effectively and efficiently so as to make a positive impact (hbr.org).

My thesis related to the Pay Parity among Working Men and Women. The article that I selected in the HBR also relates to that. The title of the article was Ending the Wage Gap. The authors in this article state that the recent researches in the trends of women's and men's compensation show a wage gap. The authors specifically studied the newly hired chief financial officers in the United States. The study found that the female CFO's were paid almost five percent less than their male counterparts over the two years of the study. The supposition that women want family friendly working environment and the fact that they are less likely to leave the firm are quoted in the article. A plan for avoiding these label from impacting compensation are also noted in the article (IWPR, n.d, p.1).

Discussion

The article starts off saying that if a female executive ...