BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Business Management: Board Membership Based On Gender Diversity
Nissan is a Japanese but now a global automaker company with nine directors. There are eight males and one female enlisted within the directors membership. This shows that Nissan has little endurance for including female members on board and little gender-based diversity. Nissan does not seem open to organizational change to include more women within its board members list as it turns out the company is a challenging place for womens advancement. It is corroborated with the Japanese culture itself that does not openly support gender-based diversity since the World Economic Forum ranked 110 out of 149 countries (Matsui, 2019). It shows that modernism and globalization have not helped Japan go high up the ranking when female labor participation is concerned.
Research has suggested that females should be given equal opportunities to progress as men, for instance, is leading a project, leveraging equal power, giving rewards for their encouragement, and facilitating them to put in their creativity, deeming it a lifelong investment (Saunderson, 2011). Such a culture should be brought into Nissan as an organizational change so that womens interpersonal fears could be minimized and team performance of the whole company could be maximized (Jamroz, 2019). Nissan should realize that being a global firm; it needs to bring a wholesale change as it could be easily conducted by board members, being the leader of the gigantic company (Gazley & Kissman, 2015, p.116). Team building and development are promptly initiated with this governance change, giving rise to a culture of shared governance. The concept of the companys less engagement of women in its board members should be changed to formulate a proactive understanding of collective teamwork and set an example for the entire Japanese culture. However, change might not be easy for each board member, but it should be comprehended that it would not change its policies and operations (Gazley & Kissman, 2015, p.76).
References
Gazley, B. & Kissman, K. (2015). Transformational Governance: How boards achieve extraordinary change. Wiley.
Jamroz, K. (2019, September 16). Four elements of guiding your organization through change. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/09/16/four-elements-of-guiding-your-organization-through-change/?sh=2a530b5364b8
Matsui, K. (2019, April 21). Why gender diversity really matters for the Japanese market. Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/e425060c-61c4-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e
Saunderson, R. (2011, May-June). Incentive online column: 10 tips to motivate women in your workforce. Business Insights, Essentials. Customer provided file.
