Published in 1999
272 pages
Su Maddock is Senior Research Fellow at Manchester Business School. She has worked as an organizational design consultant in the public sector.
What is this book about?
This book offers a radical reassessment of organizational forces for change and barriers encountered by the “challenging women” – senior women managers faced with the task of transforming their organizations. Much has been written about women at work, the “glass ceiling” and “discriminatory employment practices”. This study is seminal in the linkage it makes between gender, innovation and organizational transformation. The book highlights the implications of this for all types of organizations and women managers everywhere.
“The book provides a fascinating profile of the public sector, the recent structural changes and the difficulties faced by women managers because of the intransigence of a male culture. It is of interest to academics, human resources personnel, and consultants alike.” — Sarah Rutherford
