Eve on Top

Informationen zum Autor David Baker is Principal of University College Plymouth St Mark & St John and Professor of Strategic Information Management there. He has published widely in the fields of strategic management. Bernadette Casey left school at 16 and was married with a child by the age of 19. Balancing the domestic with a desire for knowledge! she went on to further and higher education as a mature student! gaining an Honours degree in Sociology and Politics from Plymouth Polytechnic in 1978! an MA from the University of Manchester in 1979 and a PhD! also from Manchester in 1987. She has taught in a dult and Higher Education since 1980. Bernadette Casey is now Dean of the School of Culture! Communication and Society at University College Plymouth St Mark & St John. Klappentext Eve on Top takes an in-depth look at the position of women in senior positions in the public sector using a case-study approach! based on ten 'successful' women and their background! upbringing! career progression! successes and failures! challenges and experiences. Zusammenfassung Eve on Top takes an in-depth look at the position of women in senior positions in the public sector using a case-study approach! based on ten 'successful' women and their background! upbringing! career progression! successes and failures! challenges and experiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Women at the top (or not): history! background! issues! themes; The case study approach: an explanation and a critique; The literature; Case study 1: CEO of a national body 1; Case study 2: CEO of a national body 2; Case study 3: CEO of a public service organization 1; Case study 4: CEO of a public service organization 2; Case study 5: CEO of an educational institution 1; Case study 6: CEO of an educational institution 2; Case study 7: CEO of a private sector organization; Case study 8: Success redefined 1; Case study 9: Success redefined 2; Case study 10: Group case study; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index. ...

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David Baker is Principal of University College Plymouth St Mark & St John and Professor of Strategic Information Management there. He has published widely in the fields of strategic management. Bernadette Casey left school at 16 and was married with a child by the age of 19. Balancing the domestic with a desire for knowledge, she went on to further and higher education as a mature student, gaining an Honours degree in Sociology and Politics from Plymouth Polytechnic in 1978, an MA from the University of Manchester in 1979 and a PhD, also from Manchester in 1987. She has taught in a dult and Higher Education since 1980. Bernadette Casey is now Dean of the School of Culture, Communication and Society at University College Plymouth St Mark & St John.

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Eve on Top takes an in-depth look at the position of women in senior positions in the public sector using a case-study approach, based on ten 'successful' women and their background, upbringing, career progression, successes and failures, challenges and experiences.

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Women at the top (or not): history, background, issues, themes; The case study approach: an explanation and a critique; The literature; Case study 1: CEO of a national body 1; Case study 2: CEO of a national body 2; Case study 3: CEO of a public service organization 1; Case study 4: CEO of a public service organization 2; Case study 5: CEO of an educational institution 1; Case study 6: CEO of an educational institution 2; Case study 7: CEO of a private sector organization; Case study 8: Success redefined 1; Case study 9: Success redefined 2; Case study 10: Group case study; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.