Ebook: Ensuring Minority Success in Corporate Management

To be a corporate executive in America is to achieve a universally recognized measure of personal and professional success. The high income, privilege, prestige, and authority enjoyed by most corporate executives all attest to "making it." That is why the advancement of racial and ethnic minorities into the executive suite is one of the key barometers of the nation's progress toward full equality of opportunity. But the quest for equal opportunity in corporate management has been difficult and frustrating. Black, Hispanic, and Asian men and women are rarely found among those who run or significantly influence the direction of American corporations. The wide gap between the expectation and the reality is a continuing topic of interest to business leaders and racial and ethnic minorities, as well as to scholars of the business scene. This book edited by Thompson and DiTomaso contributes significantly to our understanding of this problem, and, most importantly, provides useful guidelines on what to do about it. Interest in the diversity of corporate management comes at a time of unprecendented challenge to United States success in the world economy. American business must now compete against aggressive producers and fi­ nanciers in Western Europe and Japan. More competition also has emerged from some of the rapidly developing countries in Latin America and the Pacific Rim. Our ability to design, manufacture, sell, and export goods and services in a global marketplace will increasingly determine our standard of living and prominence on the world stage.

---

---

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Minority Success in Corporate Management....Pages 3-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-24
Sources of Minority Underrepresentation in Corporate Employment....Pages 25-35
Employment Prospects for Minority Women....Pages 37-55
Minority and Nonminority MBA Progress in Business....Pages 57-69
Racism and Sexism in Corporate America....Pages 71-99
The Changing Agenda....Pages 101-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-118
Corporate Perspectives on the Advancement of Minority Managers....Pages 119-136
A Summary of Small-Group Discussions on the Advancement of Minority Managers....Pages 137-147
Perspectives of Current and Recent Minority MBA Students on Advancement in Management Careers....Pages 149-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-172
Making It in the Corporation....Pages 173-233
Corporate Programs for Ensuring Minority Advancement....Pages 235-301
An Overview of Corporate Policies and Practices....Pages 303-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-324
The Corporate Challenge....Pages 325-330
Ensuring Minority Achievement in Corporations....Pages 331-346
Action Steps for Corporations and Graduate Schools of Business....Pages 347-362
Toward the Benefits of Multicultural Management....Pages 363-378
Back Matter....Pages 379-387

---

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Minority Success in Corporate Management....Pages 3-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-24
Sources of Minority Underrepresentation in Corporate Employment....Pages 25-35
Employment Prospects for Minority Women....Pages 37-55
Minority and Nonminority MBA Progress in Business....Pages 57-69
Racism and Sexism in Corporate America....Pages 71-99
The Changing Agenda....Pages 101-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-118
Corporate Perspectives on the Advancement of Minority Managers....Pages 119-136
A Summary of Small-Group Discussions on the Advancement of Minority Managers....Pages 137-147
Perspectives of Current and Recent Minority MBA Students on Advancement in Management Careers....Pages 149-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-172
Making It in the Corporation....Pages 173-233
Corporate Programs for Ensuring Minority Advancement....Pages 235-301
An Overview of Corporate Policies and Practices....Pages 303-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-324
The Corporate Challenge....Pages 325-330
Ensuring Minority Achievement in Corporations....Pages 331-346
Action Steps for Corporations and Graduate Schools of Business....Pages 347-362
Toward the Benefits of Multicultural Management....Pages 363-378
Back Matter....Pages 379-387
....