Supporting Humanism in the Development of Globally Oriented Managers

  • Susan Swayze
  • James R. Calvin
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Part of the Humanism in Business Series book series (HUBUS)

Abstract

For more than two decades the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Leadership Development Program for Minority Managers (hereafter referred to as “LDP”) served as both a professional and personal development opportunity for more than 600 early to mid-level managers who are either members of U.S. minority groups or are born outside of the United States. LDP is powered by dynamic faculty members, an exemplary board of innovative business leaders and routine participant feedback during the program, at exit, and post-program as well as faculty and employer feedback measures. The inception of the program as well as the evaluative studies and breadth of feedback distinguish LDP from other programs that are developed and evaluated within the walls of academe alone. Further, the LDP curriculum sets the program apart from other executive programs; seminars on the topics of integrity, negotiation and communication as well as the applied cohort project complement the skill-based, traditional business courses. Humanism is the underlying core of LDP — it is what the program was founded on in 1990.

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Corporate Social Responsibility Transformational Leadership Program Participant Leadership Development Minority Manager 
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