Women In Business - Navigating Career Success

Much has been written about equal opportunity issues but little has been published about how organisations might provide more structure and support to ensure women's progress to the most senior business levels. This book looks at the career experiences of a group of women managers and consider what helps, and what still hinders their progress.

List of contents

Overview What are the Early Career Issues? Career Promoters - What Will Help Your Career? Career Hindrances - What Will Block Your Career? Women in Leadership - Looking at the Key Issues The Organizational Landscape - What's New and What Needs to Change Advise and What I Wish I'd Known Earlier in My Career Career Plan The Historical Perspective - Women and Their Careers: How Did We Get Here? Appendix - A Timeline of Women's Achievements, 1903 - 2011 Epilogue

Report

'...company culture and stereotyping still needs to change significantly in order for women to reach the top. Those who take the time to read Women in Business will find it a useful tool in tackling this issue.' - The Financial Times

Product details

• Authors: F. Dent, V. Holton
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349328604
• ISBN: 978-1-349-32860-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 11 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 330 g
• Illustrations: VII, 200 p.
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management