{"product_id":"black-manager","title":"Black Manager","description":"How can black men and women get ahead in the \"white\" corporate world? Must they \"blend in?\" The Black Manager, based on a study of successful black manager, reveals how blacks can nurture the attitudes and skills necessary to excel in the workplace - and still maintain their personal values. At the heart of the book is developmental model that guides readers through four career phases: Entry, Adjusting, Planned Growth, and Success. The model helps readers improve personal, professional, and political skills; understand their own and others' insecurities; and asses their organization's culture and learn to operate in it successfully.\n\nThis revised edition has been thoroughly updated and features a new section on job mastery that lays out strategies for breaking through the \"glass ceiling\" that continues to thwart advancement. The Black Manager will help all readers - black and nonblack - to be more effective in today's increasingly diverse workplace.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0814475647\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0814475647.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jacqueline B. Dickens|Floyd Dickens Jr.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43713668513853,"sku":"BVV.0814475647.A","price":49.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0814475647-0.jpg?v=1790284687","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/black-manager","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}