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That can't be done, however, until attitudes are changed at senior management levels and more transformational leadership styles are adopted.

Not everyone agrees that sex makes a difference in a manager's effectiveness. John Challenger, a U.S. executive at an international outplacement consulting firm, said the best managers can be women or men and one sex in not necessarily better than the other.

"Good managers have to create a good group of people who are committed to their work, who support each other, achieve the objectives and create great results for the company," he said.

Catherine Lemire, a manager at Bain & Company in Toronto disagrees."I am convinced there is a significant gap in management capabilities between men and women," she said. "What is key to being a good manager in business includes the ability to prioritize work, taking an objective and logical approach to solving issues or problems, facilitating teamwork and using leadership skills to get the very best out of the people in your organization."

In the Brutal World of 'Oz,' A Rare Place for Women

Excerpt from NY Times

Sunday Arts and Leisure Section

January 5, 2003

It is about the acclaimed HBO program about prison life.