WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLE INTECHNOLOGY RELATED

PROFESSIONS

Presentation by Group IV

HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE FORWOMEN LEDERSHIP ROLES IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 5 September 2012

Background of Team Members

Construction & Engineering - Minconsult, Malaysia - UEM Group Bhd, Malaysia - PLUS, Malaysia - OPUS

Nuclear Energy Sector - Pakistan Atomic Energy Commssion - National Nuclear Energy Agency of ,& WIN Indonesia - Nuclear Malaysia

National & International Government Ministries & Agencies

Telecommunications (ICT) - Maxis - Madcat World Sdn BHd

Electric Utility- TNB

Healthcare- KJP Healthcare Bhd

Contents

• Background of Team Members

• Introduction of Value-Chain

• UKRC Guidelines as Reference

• Proposed Structure to serve as effective Platform

• National Gameplan for Women

Graduates EntryLevel

MidManagement

LeadershipPosition

ISSUES

Proposed Solutions

UKRC Guide on Encouraging Womenin Leadership

• 1. Improve Workplace Culture• 2. Manage Talent• 3. Introduce Effective Mentoring• 4. Provide Networking Opportunities• 5. Highlight Female Role Models• 6. Train Women in Leadership Skills• 7. Encourage Women onto Public Boards

Graduates EntryLevel

MidManagement

LeadershipPosition

ISSUES

Proposed Solutions

- Family commiitments etcposes Challenges

Policy, strategies toincrease female studentsTaking science & |engineeringCourses

1) Create Workplace culture \-Create creche-Introduce flexi

hours-)-Offer leadership

& managementcourses to women

- Introduce exit & re-entryprogramme

1) Career progression2) National &Organizational

Policy Mandate3) Family friendly or Work Life Balance Policy4) Work style/work

culture5) Mentoring Programe6) Create Leadership Academy/Associatio7) Gender and Development

(GAD)8) Millenium Development

Goals Recoomenations

NATIONAL WOMEN LEADERSHIP STI Academy

Innovative Family Friendly Policies:

Flexi work practices

embedded in HR policies

Conducive work cultures-

meetings within work hours

DATABASE WOMEN IN in STI

Structured Mentoring

Leadership Skills:Coping and being executive savvy

Technology Management

R&D Management

Role Models

Networking opps

1. To Improve Workplace Culture toinclude family friendly policies

• Introduce flexi working time time & embed into Organization’s HR Policies .

• Job Role sharing • Conducive work practices /style eg DISCOURAGE

meetings after working hours/week-ends• Introduce day care/creche (on site if possible , for

certain size, small companies get tax incentives for crech allowance)

- Set up a committee to review & propose & implement the above

2. MANAGE TALENT

Need for data and statistics on women in STI:

- Identify relevant organization that collect and publish data and statistics on women”s participation & consolidate these into a comprehensive guide/publication collating as annual report for input to policy makers- Identify one organization to collate these into a one-stop women information statistics

Refer to Europen’s Experience ( see Figure below )-

5. Introduce Role Models of Women in STI

1.Use media to profile women icon in STI & their - highlight achievments, & their success stories, - share the challenges their face

Engage mass media companies eg English & local TV programmes & newspapers

2) Invite Women leaders in STI (presently working and those retired )to give lectures at schools, univesities & public

ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME (ETP)

WomenEconomic

TransformationProgramme

BiotechnologyEconomic

TransformationProgramme

-POLICIES-STRATEGIES-PLANS

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NEXT STEPS

• Ownership – Economic Transformation Programme (ETP)

• Stakeholders– Government, Industry, Academia & NGO, International Partners

• Sustainability- Business Model

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