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Title Author/Publisher Comments
Flexible Work Practices
Corporate Women, Children, Careers and Workplace Culture: The Integration of Flexible Work Practices into the Legal and Finance Professions Juliet Bourke, 2000, Monograph 15, UNSW Studies in Organisational Analysis and Innovation. University of NSW: Industrial Relations Research Centre An excellent book providing both theory, practical solutions and the 'how to' element of such an important to pic.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Understanding Equal Employment Opportunity: a Guide for the Workplace  Joan Napoli, Prentice Hall, 1998  A practical handbook on Australian anti-discrimination law and companies' obligations to comply.
Advancing Women
Trials at the Top: Chief Executives Talk abut Men, Women and the Australian Executive Culture Amanda Sinclair, University of Melbourne, 1994  Excellent booklet describing outcomes of interviews with 12 CEOs of Australian companies on why women don't make it to senior roles. They started off asking what was wrong with women and came out talking about the corporate culture.
Advancing Women in Business - The Catalyst Guide. Best Practices from the Corporate Leaders Catalyst, Jossey-Bass, 1998  Excellent book summarising barriers that women face in being able to fully contribute. Also contains leading practice company case studies on what a number of US companies have done to improve the contribution of women.
Winning the Talent War for Women: Sometimes Takes a Revolution Douglas McCracken Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 2000 Deloitte's case study aimed at reducing the turnover of female employees. Written by the CEO.
A Modest Manifesto for Shattering the Glass Ceiling  Barbara E Meyerson and Joyce K Fletcher, Harvard Business Review, Jan/Feb 2000 Advocates eliminating discrimination through a 'small wins' approach. Gives examples of small wins which might be made in your own organisation.
The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why Deborah Tannen Harvard Business Review, Sept/Oct 1995 Discusses the importance of communication style to being 'heard' in the workplace.
Diversity Management
A Peacock in the Land of Penguins: A Tale of Diversity and Discovery Barbara "BJ" Hateley, Warren H Schmidt and Sam Weiss Second Edition Berrett-Koeller, 1996 Talking about diversity and discovery.
Clicks and Mortar: Passion Driven Growth in an Internet Driven World  D S Pottruck and Terrey Pearce Jossey-Bass, 2000 Inspiring case study written by CEO of Charles Schwab, describing how he drove diversity as part of his business strategy and achieved excellent outcomes for women.
Designing and Implementing Successful Diversity Programs Lawrence M Baytos Prentice Hall, 1995 Very practical toolkit book for human resources people to assist them to work out "how" to drive diversity in their own organisation.
Developing Competency to Manage Diversity - Readings, Cases and Activities  Taylor Cox Jr and Ruby L Beale Berrett-Koeller, 1997 Another practical toolkit book for human resource people which describes how to implement diversity within a total quality management framework.
Women's Career Development
Be Your Own Mentor - Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success Shelia Wellington Random House, 2001 This book acts as a stand-in mentor for today's working woman by providing the advice and real-life experiences of today's most successful working women.
The Gold Within - Creative Career Choices for Women Noel Waite Lothian Books, 2000  Excellent practical guide with exercises to complete to assist you to pursue your personal career journey. Contains inspirational stories of Australian women who have been successful.
The Women's Power Handbook - Get It, Keep It, Use It  Joan Kirner and Moira Rainer, Viking, 1999  Excellent practical guide on "how to" work out what you want, communicate it, and get others to work with you to achieve your desired outcome.
General
Damned Whores & God's Police  Anne Summers Penguin, March 2002 In this ground-breaking book, Anne Summers maintains that two ways of defining women quickly become entrenched in Australia. Anne Summers remains passionately engaged with the problem of whether women can break through the constraints of Australian society to lead independent and fulfilled lives.
Careers and Motherhood: Challenges and Choices

 Karen Mitchell
ISBN: 007 471382 5 paperback $29.95
February 2004
Careers and Motherhood is available at all good bookshops or by calling McGRaw-Hill Customer Service on (02) 9900 1888		 Careers and Motherhood: Challenges and Choices is a book for business/career women who are contemplating having children and are dealing with the consequences regarding their professional life — childcare, balancing the scale between family and profession, identity and all the associated challenges.

The book follows a chronological and accessible structure. Chapter headings include Making the Parenting Choice; Managing Pregnancy—Hot Tips from Busy Career Women; Resuming Your Career after Childbirth—Options, Issues and Challenges; From The Mouth of Babes—Children of Career Mums talk about The Impact on Them; Socio-cultural Issues—Female Life Cycle, Gender Equality and Lack of Senior Role Models. It also offers a For Further Research section which includes useful references to books, articles, websites and organisations.
 
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