Sample annotated bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Turnock, Judith, and Cobbs, Price. Cracking the corporate code: the revealing success stories of 32 African American executives. New York: AMACOM publishers, 2003.

Turnock and Cobbs take a unique approach in the analysis of the roles of minority leaders in the corporate environment. This book assesses 32 corporate minority leaders (mostly African Americans) through interviews and research and compiles a set of their qualities, ambitions, personal life, challenges and experiences. It further explores their ability to overcome the challenge of race through building of strong working relations in their organizations. Moreover, Turnock and Cobbs examine the influence of factors such as psychological upbringing, individual personality, cultural background and level of motivation to the development of leadership skills. Therefore, through recounting of previous personal experiences of corporate minority leaders; the authors have managed to change the corporate leadership mentality and hence motivated the aspiring leaders.

Gabarro, John, and Thomas, David. Breaking through, the making of minority executives in corporate America. Boston: Harvard business review press, 1999.

In this book, the authors analyze the ability of people from the minority groups to be successful in the corporate environment. Gabarro and David argue that even though the American society boosts of being indiscriminate in the employment opportunities, only a handful of minority group leaders make it to the top. In this regard, the book focuses on the extra-ordinary qualities, leadership skills and the educational qualifications of such minority leaders. Additionally, Gabarro and David assess both the corporate and the societal effect of having a person from the minority groups in the top management of an organization. Therefore, this book is not only motivational to young minority intellectuals, but outlines the required resilience and determination for minority leaders to be successful in an unfavorable environment.