Successful executive woman trying to integrate women in the construction trade to Chicago. Julia Stasch rose from the post of assistant to the president and chief operating officer of a major Chicago real estate firm, Stein & Co. This case describes his campaign to create expanded opportunities for women and minority-owned businesses as suppliers of building projects for women and minority workers at construction sites. It examines the entrenched discrimination in a particular industry and creative change strategies implemented by one executive. The case can be used in the field of human resources, organizational behavior, ethics, and diversity courses. "Hide
by Kirk O. Hanson, Jonathan Eisenberg Source: Business Enterprise Trust 5 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 1993. Prod. #: 993015-PDF-ENG
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