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Career advancement of senior women through executive leadership development programmes
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/22838 Career advancement of senior women through executive leadership development programmes Clark, Desray ichelp@gibs.co.za Surajlall, Prisha UCTD Leadership development programmes Women Career advancement Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. Despite government polices and organisational practices intended to redress this imbalance, women in business continue to face what they have faced for many years already: under-representation. More specifically, under-representation in the upper echelons of higher management, under-representation on company boards, under-representation in senior positions within firms. Despite more years in the workforce, more woman systematically entering previously labelled “male” fields, despite more years receiving higher education, women still don’t often find the road to senior positions a road easily travelled.This research seeks to explore one very specific approach to advancing women’s careers—women’s leadership development programmes designed for women identified as potential senior managers, leaders and board members. As a number of these programmes exist, this research sought to explore the programmes’ strengths and weaknesses, to explore ways to improve such programmes to the increased benefit of women in business, and finally, to investigate ways that businesses themselves can support such programmes to the benefit of their female employees: more representation in higher positions.Findings showed that women’s leadership development programmes do in fact provide a safe and supportive environment for nurturing confidence, acquiring new business skills, and learning from the experiences of successful women role models. They are a useful addition to other strategies designed to increase the number of women in senior positions, as factors such as organisational culture and commitment from CEOs also impact on a woman’s career progression. This research proposes a model to organisations that can be used to design and position future women’s development programmes. For maximum benefit, programmes should be strategically positioned, taking into account the environmental context and should help women identify and tap into existing networks and access suitable mentors. Further, elements unique to women must be inherent in the design of these programmes in order to facilitate career advancement, with the goal at hand: equal representation in senior positions Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T13:49:04Z 2013-04-29 2013-09-06T13:49:04Z 2013-04-25 2012 2013-02-24 Dissertation Surajlall, P 2012, Career advancement of senior women through executive leadership development programmes, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22838 > F13/4/272/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22838 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242013-135736/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Leadership development programmes Women Career advancement Career advancement of senior women through executive leadership development programmes |
| title | Career advancement of senior women through executive leadership development programmes |
| title_full | Career advancement of senior women through executive leadership development programmes |
| title_fullStr | Career advancement of senior women through executive leadership development programmes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Career advancement of senior women through executive leadership development programmes |
| title_short | Career advancement of senior women through executive leadership development programmes |
| title_sort | career advancement of senior women through executive leadership development programmes |
| topic | UCTD Leadership development programmes Women Career advancement |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22838 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242013-135736/ |