The taboo subject of working relationships between men and women is published in this business book. Again the first I have come to read and enjoyed its pages regarding the dynamics of office life.

I especially liked the fact CEOs of Fortune 500 companies have raised their own points of view and participated in this book. Also the CEO of a major company who says he "....has nothing to do with these kinds of issues, these issues have nothing to do with their company...." (page 27-28).

Yet as Hite states employees depend on them for employment, goods and services. They organise life. Their views on these matters are important, since the corporations they run affect so many peoples lives - thus their policies on "the family" (male and female identity) continue to shape the world.

For further information visit www.sexandbusiness.com

Sex & Business
by Shere Hite
published by: Financial Times Prentice Hall

   Utilising Shakespeare's works to penetrate a path to business topics such as power, trust, decisions and action including the play "As You Like It" for women in management is to gleen an understanding of corporate issues is an approach which can be instructive to professionals.  As William Shakespeare was from a business family, a businessman himself and major shareholder in a theater company and one of the wealthiest men in his hometown of Stratford-on-Avon and his business knowledge in evident in his plays.  His background regarding management can assist an employee in regard to their own careers and power games that occur in a modern company just as they did in the Elizabethan times.

Power Plays by John O. Whitney and Tina Packer Published by Simon & Schuster

Shakespeare in Charge by Norman Augustine and Kenneth Adelman Published by Hyperion Books

   Organizational Failures and Breakdowns occur for many reasons.  The concept of the death of a company is not as straightforward as one might think.  It could be said that a business is dead when it ceases operation, loses its corporate identity, loses the capacity to govern itself or experiences any combination of these circumstances.  The frequent reasons given is the size of the company, how long its been functioning, instability as to personnel turnover, managerial expertise such as power struggles, conflict among staff and financial difficulties.   This book assess the concept between failure as a process and failure as an outcome.

When Things Go Wrong
by Helmut K. Anheier
Published by: Sage Publications, London

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