Current research indicates that the

Current research indicates that the widely accepted traditional model for executive career paths, originally identified in 1956 by William H. whyte in organization man , is changing whyte’s model suggested that top leader have a university education (ideally frow an lvy league school) and internal training as they climbed to the top executive level as a lifelong employee of their company . cappelli and hamori , however , recently completed a study that compares fortune 100 executives from 1980 with their counterparts in 2001 the researchers determined that today ‘s top executives are younger and more gender diverse. They generally were promoted faster, worked in the multiple companies , and were less likely to have worked in the manufacturing industry . degree (primarily in business or low ) but fewer of these degrees come fron lvy league schools. Talent acquisition , promotion , and executive development in this context require a fresh look at the traditional human resource processes