Lotte Bailyn to speak on Women in the Work Place IF YOU GO TO ONE MASS AWIS EVENT THIS YEAR--MAKE THIS THE ONE!! Membership open house: members and non-members welcome, bring a friend. Light dinner will be served. Co-sponsored by AWIS (Association for Women in Science) and GWIS (Graduate Women in Science)
Lotte Bailyn is a Professor of Management (in the Organization Studies Group) at MIT's Sloan School of Management and Co-Director of the MIT Workplace Center. In her work she has set out the hypothesis that by challenging the assumptions in which current work practices are embedded, it is possible to meet the goals of both business productivity and employees' family and community concerns, and to do so in ways that are equitable for men and women. Her most recent book, Beyond Work-Family Balance: Advancing Gender Equity and Workplace Performance with Rhona Rapoport, Joyce K. Fletcher, and Bettye H. Pruitt(Jossey Bass, 2002) chronicles a decade of experience working with organizations that supports this hypothesis, while also showing how difficult it is to challenge workplace assumptions.
Babysitting assistance may be available--contact Joanne Kamens if interested (joanne.niewood@abbott.com)
