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“Discuss the extent to which the formalisation of procedures can deliver equality of outcome”

Define – used or done or held in accordance with rules, convention or ceremony



Precisely what is meant by this term may vary from one writer to another, but includes reference to the formal design of an organisation, perhaps conceptualised as a chart showing job titles, with specific responsibilities arranged into hierarchies of accountability and command. Reference will also be made to the formal. Documented rules and procedures that are understood to govern organisational practice within these hierarchies. We know that women and men tend to occupy different positions within organisational hierarchies. On explanation for the persistence of this is that once segregation has been established it becomes very difficult to the break the pattern. This argument is made by Kanter, a US business consultant and academic, in her book Men and Women of the Corporation (1977), which was one of the first detailed empirical studies of gender and organisation and remains widely cited tod...

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