This study attempts to examine women’s career development programs of the heavy industry
companies in order to draw implications to strengthen the effectiveness of the Affirmative Action(AA).
Using a 2016 implementation report submitted by the companies falling short of 70% of the industry
average by workplace size in the female managers rate, this study explores main problems of those
companies in the field of women’s career development. Especially, this study analyzes the programs for
securing and training female workers, supporting family and work life reconciliation, and constructing
gender equality organizational culture. The analysis indicates that the companies falling short in the
female managers rate in the heavy industry have poorly performed institutional improvements in the
women’s careers development as a whole. In particular, the companies of this study lack programs for
the creating gender equality organizational culture. Based on the discussion, this study suggests that
more systematic implementation of the programs is required for enhancing the quality of the female
employment. In addition, this study concludes that the heavy industry companies should take an action
for improving organizational culture toward gender equality.