Ženy v manažerských pozicích

This master´s thesis explore topic of women in managerial positions. The aim of this thesis is to identify characteristics and abilities which are used in their positions and which contributed to women´s promotion, to define problems connected to issue of women in managerial position. Secondary aims of this thesis are identifying of perception women-managers by their subordinates, the identification of company attitude toward work-life balance women-managers and the identification of the utility and effectiveness of corporate benefits determined to work-life balance. Interviews and questionnaires research were used as the methods of research. As the results of the research are that women-managers use characteristics connected to leading and working with people in their work. The most common problems of women-managers are lack of time because of taking care about family, a delay of women career because of maternity, prejudice about women´s abilities and lack of help and support in their families. On the other hand, the company in which research took place, is as open to the matter of work-life balance women as possible. Subordinates perceive women as same successful and competent as men. They do not prefer any gender for the position for their superior.The contribution of this thesis is the formulation of recommendation towards companies and government that can help women-managers to better work-life balance.