Week 9 Flashcards
Engineering professions are a CRITICAL case study for gender _______
Segregation
Engineering professions are described as a “_____ _____”
(And what type of reference is this)
Leaky pipeline
(Metaphor reference)
What does the “leaky pipeline” describe
The way in which women become minorities in STEM fields
Why is it called the “leaky pipeline”
Students “leak out” (and leave instead of persevere)
All of these cases are examples of what
“Leaky pipeline”
There is a concerted effort to attract and retain women in Engineering by who
(2 things)
Provincial regulators
Engineers, Canada
In 2017, how many newly licensed engineers in Canada were female
Less than 30%
(28%)
Describe the 30 x 30 initiative
Engineers Canada has the goal of raising the percentage of newly licensed engineers who are woman to 30% by the year 2030
Why has a 30 x 30 initiative picked 30%
30% is universally held is the tipping point for sustainable change
What will reaching 30 x 30 accomplish
Will help drive the shift in the overall membership of the Engineering profession is more and more women continue to enter
What two things does “ practice of engineering” mean
2) teaching engineering at a university
Define algorithmic management
Encoded, automatic decision, making, monitoring and matching systems that operate in real time
Algorithmic management is often ____
Remote
List the three ways, managers, exert control
Directing
Evaluating
Disciplining
Four characteristics of algorithmic control
Comprehensive
Instantaneous
Interactive
Opaque
