Managers as change agents: the glass ceiling in British business
Název práce: | Managers as change agents: the glass ceiling in British business |
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Autor(ka) práce: | De Ruiter, Maya |
Typ práce: | Diploma thesis |
Vedoucí práce: | Ryška, Tomáš |
Oponenti práce: | Martínez, Felipe |
Jazyk práce: | English |
Abstrakt: | The glass ceiling continues to negatively impact minorities in business in the UK, 40 years after the term was coined. It is fair and there is value in working towards eliminating the impact the glass ceiling continues to have. Managers are identified as viable candidates to act as change agents regarding the change surrounding the elimination of the glass ceiling. Therefore, this research investigates how managers, as change agents, can aid the elimination of the glass ceiling in British business. This investigation is done through a thorough review of literature, followed by exploratory, ethnographically inclined collection of expert perspectives on the glass ceiling, change agents, managers, and the combination of those concepts to eliminate the glass ceiling. The result was a conceptual model of how managers could employ certain practices and change management strategies to help eliminate the glass ceiling at their company. |
Klíčová slova: | Glass ceiling; Change agent; Managerial practices; Managers; Change management |
Název práce: | Managers as change agents: the glass ceiling in British business |
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Autor(ka) práce: | De Ruiter, Maya |
Typ práce: | Diplomová práce |
Vedoucí práce: | Ryška, Tomáš |
Oponenti práce: | Martínez, Felipe |
Jazyk práce: | English |
Abstrakt: | The glass ceiling continues to negatively impact minorities in business in the UK, 40 years after the term was coined. It is fair and there is value in working towards eliminating the impact the glass ceiling continues to have. Managers are identified as viable candidates to act as change agents regarding the change surrounding the elimination of the glass ceiling. Therefore, this research investigates how managers, as change agents, can aid the elimination of the glass ceiling in British business. This investigation is done through a thorough review of literature, followed by exploratory, ethnographically inclined collection of expert perspectives on the glass ceiling, change agents, managers, and the combination of those concepts to eliminate the glass ceiling. The result was a conceptual model of how managers could employ certain practices and change management strategies to help eliminate the glass ceiling at their company. |
Klíčová slova: | Glass ceiling; Change agent; Managers; Managerial practices; Change management |
Informace o studiu
Studijní program / obor: | Ekonomika a management/Management |
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Typ studijního programu: | Magisterský studijní program |
Přidělovaná hodnost: | Ing. |
Instituce přidělující hodnost: | Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze |
Fakulta: | Fakulta podnikohospodářská |
Katedra: | Katedra strategie |
Informace o odevzdání a obhajobě
Datum zadání práce: | 6. 1. 2020 |
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Datum podání práce: | 26. 8. 2020 |
Datum obhajoby: | 17. 9. 2020 |
Identifikátor v systému InSIS: | https://insis.vse.cz/zp/72092/podrobnosti |