Synthesized answer
The key concepts revolve around how power and powerlessness within a corporation shape the careers and self-images of various individuals. This includes managers, professionals, executives, secretaries, wives of managers, and women seeking advancement [Passage 1, Passage 2].
Rosabeth Moss Kanter's work highlights that the distribution of power within the corporate structure is the determining factor for these individuals' experiences [Passage 1, Passage 2]. The provided passages do not offer further details on how to explain these key concepts in my own words beyond this central idea.
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From the book
Title: Men and women of the corporation by Rosabeth Moss Kanter Description: "In this landmark work on corporate power, especially as it relates to women, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the distinguished Harvard management thinker and consultant, shows how the careers and self-images of the managers, professionals, and executives, and also those of the secretaries, wives of managers, and women looking for a way up, are determined by the distribution of power and powerlessness within the corporation. This new edition of her award-winning book has a major new afterward in which the author reviews and…
and also those of the secretaries, wives of managers, and women looking for a way up, are determined by the distribution of power and powerlessness within the corporation. This new edition of her award-winning book has a major new afterward in which the author reviews and analyzes how attitudes and practices within the corporate power structure have changed in the 1990s. Categories: Business & Economics Pages: 410 Snippet: In this landmark work on corporate power, especially as it relates to women, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the distinguished Harvard management thinker and consultant, shows how…