Executive coaching : a tool for advancing blacks into senior management positions

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dc.contributor.advisor Beaty, David en
dc.contributor.postgraduate Motloung, Thabang en
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-06T15:25:25Z
dc.date.available 2010-06-17 en
dc.date.available 2013-09-06T15:25:25Z
dc.date.created 2008-04-03 en
dc.date.issued 2007 en
dc.date.submitted 2010-03-25 en
dc.description Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2007. en
dc.description.abstract The shortage of blacks in senior management and executive positions is a South African phenomena. Following decades of academic and economic segregation by the apartheid regime, many black individuals find themselves lacking the necessary technical and soft skills to operate effectively in organisations. This study explores whether executive coaching can be used to bridge the soft skill gap. The study further explores the characteristics of the coachee, the coach and the coaching relationship required for a successful intervention. A qualitative exploratory research was undertaken with fifteen one-on-one interviews conducted with qualifying black managers to capture their perceptions about the use of executive coaching as a developmental tool. This research has shown that executive coaching can be used as a viable developmental tool to prepare black managers for senior positions. A profile of an ideal candidate, an ideal coach, and an ideal coaching environment has been put together in a proposed framework that will hopefully facilitate the achievement of the goal. en
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dc.description.department Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) en
dc.identifier.citation Motloung, T 2007, Executive coaching : a tool for advancing blacks into senior management positions, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23468 > en
dc.identifier.other G10/173/ag en
dc.identifier.upetdurl http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03252010-145502/ en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23468
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
dc.rights © 2007 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 en
dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.subject Executive coaching en
dc.title Executive coaching : a tool for advancing blacks into senior management positions en
dc.type Dissertation en


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