Download or read book Challenging Women written by Su Maddock and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-06-29 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.