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... “Accountants and Business Advisors, Inc., City Office.” Harvard Business School Review.
The Circumstances
Accountants and Business Advisors, Inc. ... One such sizeable office is the City Office site where William Shaughnessy serves as the office managing partner (OMP). Those staffed in the audit and tax divisions report to the OMP, who is responsible for the office’s operations, including the hiring, retention, and firing of personnel. ... While he had been aware of the high turnover within the business in general, Shaughnessy was concerned that the number of females leaving ABA City Office continued to rise in comparison with the number of male departures. ... In City Office there were 48 audit partners, with women accounting for only five (four at the time of the report 1989), a drastic decline from the 50% of new hires being female just ten years ago.
The Problem
Is the low retention rate of female accountants, in comparison to males, a business problem for ABA’s City Office, and if so, what can William Shaughnessy, the office managing partner, do to ascertain the root of and remedy the problem? ... One partner, Cynthia, is single with no children and expressed feeling very little pressure or bias as a woman in the business. ... It is unclear how many of the men in ABA City Office are married or have children, or how many have the support of a significant other to assist in their personal or home life.
Approximate Word count = 1159
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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