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THIS IS AN INTERNET COURSE –
TAUGHT ENTIRELY ONLINE
 ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
1. You Must:
Be registered
Know how to write an essay for the test
Participate in the online Discussion Group
Work on the Team Final Exam Substitute
Project - electronically

2. Read the online course syllabus:

See Moodle for this course for the Course
Outline link
 ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
3. Course Kit and Readings are Online
4. Purchase Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In
in the bookstore or from Amazon
5. The course is women-centered
6. Evaluation:
Individual Assignment re: Discussion Group
40%
Individual Open-Book Essay Test on all
materials 40%
Final Exam Substitute Group Project
20%
SOME POINTS
ABOUT
WRITING WELL

1. WRITE SIMPLY,
NOT LIKE CALVIN -
2. REMEMBER THIS TRIO
Tell me what you’re
going to tell me

Tell it to
me
Tell me what you
told me
3. dian
marinoEPISTEMOLOGICAL
SHOWDOWN

“I” STATEMENTS

Read about these important

elements in an essay in the course
syllabus
4. KEEP YOUR WRITING TIGHT AND CONCISE
Don’t say, “Our group decided to choose
the topic of sexual harassment because
all of us feel it is a common regular
occurrence in business and one that is is
frequently a problem for women in
management level jobs”.

Say instead, “Sexual harassment is a

common problem for women in
management”.
5. Use terms and theory from:
Online course readings
Book – Lean In
Moodle discussions

6. Make specific reference to

gender and management
– it’s what the course is all about
 THE WAVING HAND EXERCISES
-- BASIS FOR THE DISCUSSION GROUP

All course instructions

including these
are also in the Course
Syllabus
 THE WAVING HAND EXERCISES
-- BASIS FOR THE DISCUSSION GROUP

1. Go to Course Syllabus, Learning Unit 1

2. Click on “Early Women in Business”
and read it
3. Find the first Waving Hand – “dian marino”
4. Read it along with the two links about
writing
5. Think about your answer
6. Click on “Moodle” link and log in
7. Go to Moodle site for this course
8. Find “Socialization” heading
 THE WAVING HAND EXERCISES
-- BASIS FOR THE DISCUSSION GROUP
9. Find “Early Women in Business” Topic
10. Write your response:
No one else has posted? Click on “Add a
new discussion topic”; label it “Early Women in
Business”
Someone’s already posted? Post yours
as response
11. Decide whether to send now or have it wait
12. Post your answer
 THE WAVING HAND EXERCISES
-- BASIS FOR THE DISCUSSION GROUP

Find out about the Waving Hand Exercises in

the Course Syllabus. There are no deadlines
or post-before dates for these. Try to do them
all before the end of the course for the best
learning opportunities.
 THE FINAL EXAM SUBSTITUTE GROUP PROJECT
Substitute for FINAL EXAM, not for TEST
Based on Online Readings and Book
Ten groups, each assigned a chapter of 2-11 of Lean In
after “last day to enrol without permission of professor”
(Everyone reads studies and uses Intro and Chapter 1)
4-page Group Essay on your chapter and its relation to the
course
Each member, 2 pages about their own learning and “I”
stmts

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ARE ONLINE, LINKED FROM SYLLABUS

TOPICS AND SUB-TOPICS IN THE COURSE
A. Socialization
1.Early Women in Business
2.Feminism
3.Language
4.The Media
5.Sports
6.The Military
SOCIALIZATION – EARLY WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Read in Unit 1 about a woman in

1207 who owned her own brewery
SOCIALIZATION – FEMINISM

Louise’s Definition of Feminism

A belief that women’s ways of

knowing and doing are just as
valuable as men’s and that
women are to be valued just as
highly as men
 SOCIALIZATION – LANGUAGE
“That’s an excellent suggestion, Miss Smith.
Perhaps one of the men would like to make it”

From a Punch
SOCIALIZATION – THE MEDIA
SOCIALIZATION - SPORTS
SOCIALIZATION – THE MILITARY

Tell it to the Marines

TOPICS AND SUB-TOPICS IN THE COURSE
B. Power
1.Types of Power
2.Anger
3.Sexual Harassment
4.Affirmative Action
5.Assertiveness
 POWER – TYPES OF POWER

Legitimate (by contract)  

Coercive (by force)
Reward (by giving something for doing it)
Expert (by having more experience)
Referent (noting an interest both share)
Information (because you know things)

And others
POWER – ANGER: CHOOSE YOUR HILL TO DIE ON
POWER – SEXUAL HARASSMENT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Remember this above all

else :

Sexual Harassment:
It’s not about Sex
It’s about Power
POWER – AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Affirmative Action, with two EQUALLY
candidates, choose a QUALIFIED
member of one of 4
groups:
Women
Minorities
People with Disabilities
Aboriginal People
POWER - ASSERTIVENESS
In a downtown Toronto office, the boss,
Mr. Hugo, asks his assistant,
POWER - ASSERTIVENESS

"On your lunch hour today, would

you please return this watch? I
bought it for my spouse's birthday
but it’s not right. And get back
early, please; Campbell is coming
at 2:00 to go over his account,
and I have some calculations that
have to be done first." 
You are his assistant and
you have a lunch date
with an old friend who
will only be in town today.
Think about your answer
to Mr. Hugo acting as the
following three women:
POWER - ASSERTIVENESS

What will Doris Doormat say?

POWER - ASSERTIVENESS

What will Agatha Aggressive say?

POWER - ASSERTIVENESS

What will April Assertive say?

TOPICS AND SUB-TOPICS IN THE COURSE
C. Discrimination
1.Stereotypes
2.Diversity
3.Pay Equity
4.The Glass Ceiling
5.Networking
6.Mentoring

All submissions will cover: BALANCE

DISCRIMINATION – STEREOTYPES
MY STUDENT DARLENE BELLEFEUILLE PRODUCED
THIS PAMPHLET FOR THE FINAL PROJECT
DISCRIMINATION – DIVERSITY
READ IN THE COURSE MATERIALS ABOUT FORMER
STUDENT SANDI WARREN AND HER VIEWS ON DIVERSITY
DISCRIMINATION - PAY EQUITY
LOUISE’S STORY

$866.67
- 575.00
___________
50% LESS/month
TRUE STORY
DISCRIMINATION – THE GLASS CEILING

Yes, it’s
still
there
How do we
fight all
these
battles?
DISCRIMINATION –
NETWORKING/MENTORING/LEADERSHIP

Networking
Mentoring
Leadership
BALANCE
We will consider this issue throughout the
course
Each group will address it at least briefly
in the
Final Exam Substitute Project
YOUR PROFESSOR
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
M Louise Ripley
B.A. Shimer College – Four Years Undergraduate
M.B.A. Loyola University of Chicago – Five Years
Ph.D. University of Toronto – Eight Years
Tenured Full Professor
Cross-appointed to Business and Women’s
Studies
At York for more than 30 years

MBA and PhD while working full time

TEACHING
Gender Issues in Management
(Hybrid and Internet)
Introductory Marketing (Internet)
Consumer Behaviour
Taught and Supervised Masters
students in Environmental
Studies , Education, and
Interdisciplinary Studies
Supervised a doctoral student at Receiving award for
Trent University my online teaching
materials
I also have taught at York:
Marketing Channels, Marketing for Competitive
Advantage, Contemporary Issues in Marketing,
Marketing Research, Social Marketing,
Philosophical and Ethical Issues in the Mass
Media, Introductory Finance, Financial
 MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
Students are my top priority
Education ought to be enjoyable and humour is crucial
Theory and Practice are equally important
I don’t know all there is to know; if I don’t know, I’ll
ask you
There is no such thing as a stupid question
What you get out of any course depends on what you
put into it
Students earn the grades; I record them (i.e.:Don’t
ask for 2 marks)
Ethics and a respect for Diversity are crucial in
business and must govern any examination of
gender issues
RESEARCH – I LOOK AT ETHICS IN
ADVERTISING
PERSONAL INFORMATION

House–Husband, retired
29-year old son
Journeyman Carpenter &
Foreman
Two step sons, wives, 4
grandchildren
Here’s
a
pictur
e of
our
son
Erik at
work
at the
Trump
Tower
PERSONAL INFORMATION

2 cats
2 dogs: a greyhound
and a pug
 MY PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE
From Zen: No job is ever menial if it needs to be
done and you do it well,
No experience is ever wasted,
Live in the present; it’s all we’ll ever get, and:
Whatever befalls you, act as if you chose it.
From the Military: Choose your hill to die on
My number-one life-long philosophy:
Some you win, some you lose, some get rained out,
but you suit up for every game.
 LAST SLIDE – THE KIND OF TEST I WON’T GIVE
1. How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2. Which country makes Panama hats?
3. From which animal do we get catgut?
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October
Revolution?
5. What is a camel’s hair brush made of?
6. The Canary Islands are named after what animal?
7. What was King George the Sixth’s first name?
8. What colour is a purple finch?
9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
 ANSWERS
1. How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years
2. Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador
3. From which animal do we get catgut? Sheep
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October
Revolution? November
5. What is a camel’s hair brush made of? Squirrel fur
6. The Canary Islands are named after what animal? Dog
7. What was King George the Sixth’s first name? Albert
8. What colour is a purple finch? Crimson
9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand
I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE
COURSE AS MUCH AS I
ENJOY TEACHING IT!