European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Eer or a family. Joking with a career she j to fight Lor a certain be it Olen Means going f Osband. It sometimes be continued want More vant to be engaged in ant it to have meaning for career minded women Las held by their own sex. Omen in business lose Geipel when i entered my Lound myself sometimes Wishion playing Lille girl. A aware o what was. Old a vory unhappy Wilh ask myself Why i acted As irs to overcome this or male applicants said Nash a manager at the Challah in Frankfurt. I working women in or of women working is Alo Ymell Rale of women i. Ley hold though arc main positions teaching  is party Wilh a Plato pm j social a Jalily Points Oul thai women remain on the Bollom of the financial ladder. In Frankfurt Margarethe Nimsch a greens parly member of the municipal Council pointed out that the average monthly income of women in a Cross Section of positions is 40 percent less than thai earned by men. German government figures show that on the average women earn less Money Lor the same Job no matter what the category c work. On every level women complain hat the men have the Edge no regardless How Well women Are represented. For example according to government statistics 40 percent of the country s univ Cisily students Are women bul 95 percent of the professors Are men. What arc women doing about the St Lvalion women s networks and resource centers did t come into the picture Here until four or five years ago said Krebsbach Gnath who has been Active in women s altars in Germany for years and has written several articles on women in management. Now they Are Blooming but compared to the networks and resource centers in the oiled slates particularly on the West and East coasts we Are just  she said that Progress is Stow but men Are beginning to listen to Irma la complaints about Lack of professional opportunities. Afler All she noted Many Are married to working  she said however thai there has been lilt a Progress in gaining male support in the Home. People lend to believe that German husbands of this generation Are More helpful than their fathers were. Time budget studies Don Back this up. Among dual career couples inc woman generally has the double triple Burden of Job household and  Krebsbach Gnath Iho Mother of a seven year old daughter has firsthand knowledge of the ditto bullies of being a working Parent. Though she gives her husband credit for sharing Mutual responsibilities she said that Short store hours and the Gorman school schedule make coping difficult. The school Day Lor most Gorman Cli Ildren ends by t . By Law stores must close by 6 30 . On weekdays and 2 pm on saturdays Wilh the exception of Iho first saturday of the month when they can slay open until 6 . All stores Are closed on sundays. This does t leave much shopping Lime Tor those who work. Krebsbach gnash is encouraged that West German in Lilica parties have started taking interest in seeing women move ahead the greens were the first to establish quotas by sex Lor party management positions said Krebsback Honath now the social democrats have followed suit and other parties Are promising More women in top party  she does t exp Cal thai inc move will Havo any Impact on the business world. Industry is sir Lilly against any Type of quota system. Here and there Liberal personnel directors make an Effort to see Hal women Are considered when there Are positions to be filled bul the Overall picture has not  at times Matz finds the sudden political awareness annoying. She is particularly Imon cd by comments that indicate women Are got lint their big Chance now. The truth is Hal women always have by Well qualified Lor professional positions " before taking her present Job As a . Consultant to Gorman firms mate worked 5vj years As a business analyst and marketing con Rollor or a Largo Mullin Lional corporation Tho Iran planned californian whose falter u German and Mol Hor american goes to Iho it Jos Al least once every two years and always i i a wish now Hopes and expectations upon her Clum to Frankfurt. It Only lakes a couple of weeks Lor  Tilo Sel in she noted. Krebsbach gnash believes Gorman a. N do however have one advantage Over ii. R Sisters in  have a social welfare system Hij i to care of us in Case of illness thai you Don t  in the United slates women Are allowed  f maternity leave Al around a year Lor or a ? women Here also Don t lace the Provci. American women sometimes do follow in i divorce. Under the German system the cd Tum i ind has to Payne can t escape to anole or a a of. And  bul Lor German professional women i he climb up the career ladder remains sleep Inyol those in non professional jobs is ill Are r,-.i earning on a Par with their male count ii Iris Equality of Opportunity May be  under West German Law for Many Tomci i however in remains elusive. What makes group effective by Larry Rosenthal Asso elate Pressa group in t just the sum of its parts says a researcher. In new Haven Conn who. Was driven by his own experiences to study Why Bright people sometimes founder when they put their Heads together. Robert j. Lernberg. A professor of Pyse ology and education found that the Success or failure of a group Effort is. Determined in Large Parl by the blew a of the members attributes and skills. When business government or other organizations form committees or problem solving groups Loo much " attention is Given to who the individuals arc and instead of How they work. Together Lernberg said. The key question that should a asked he said is v will these people be smart As a group there Are Bright people who Are not Good in groups because they Lack social. Skills you could be Bright but obnoxious and then people Are going to try to show you a thing or two and not listen he said one bore in a group can destroy the group. One Jerk can really in Row a successful group meetings depend on the blend of participants. Meeting oil.". In a study of 95 volunteers aged 14 to 70, working alone and , Lernberg and a Graduato stud Cal found. The effectiveness of any group can be predicted by knowing the in of us smartest member. Maximum 10 made More of a difference than average to according to the study which will be published in the december Issue of Iho journal intelligence. In every group you want to have one very smart  said Lernberg. But there can be too much of a Good thing it one group member is too much smarter than his or her fellow probe err solvers the in predictor is no longer.  the other persons Are Loo mediocre they May not recognize or accept what the brightest member has to say Sternberg said a vastly smarter. Person May also hinder group Success by appearing threatening to other members. An even better predictor of group. Success or failure is maximum creativity said Sternberg. The Yale researchers measured creativity by having two raters evaluate the performance of study participants As recorded on videotapes of group. Session. The groups were asked to develop a marketing plan Lor an imaginary new. Sugar substitute or to solve an economic problem that threatened a Community s Rural lifestyle. The researchers also looked Al How social skills Allenl a group s Success. They found an effective group will have a High average social competence in areas of persuasiveness expressive news and assertiveness. Social skills were measured by a combination of written tests such As the Eysenck personally Fuesl Connaire and evaluations of Iho videotaped ducting in the area of social ski Lin As or fjord to incl licence it s More Impi let to Havo parity  social skills in does t work As Well to have one person in Rcd socially skilled. The problem r in you. Have others who Arent Hoy m Cicro with that person s ability to lae Minto the group process Sternburg sail As Wilh intelligence when it Cums to social compete once there can in Loo much of a Good thing the re civic hrs called this Polo Lial problem Lite eager. Beaver phenomenon which Hoy said happens often enough to have a powerful effect statistically if you  person who is Loo much of an eager Beaver it Quiris the group product. The eager Beaver Iris to take Over the group bul Genethy in t the Best person the  weight than they deserve Sternberg said. Alter having been Pieson led Wilh a task study participants were allowed to work alone twice alone Lisl and Ihen in a group in a group first and then alone or both limes in a group the results demons rated the value of. Diversity said Sternberg group products were Superior to the Effort s of those working atone Wilh the Host. Results achieved by those who worked in . -.,. The results not Only Demon Hale the importance of diversity,-.lhoy also Point to a shortcoming in the educational system Sternberg said. In terms of. Education almost All the training children receive is individual. Doing Homework is individual. Everything is supposed Lobo individual but when you Are an adult almost everything you do is As a group or you need group approval so i think we need. To pay More  teaching people How to work in a group iember6,i1s8b. The stars and stripes page.15