Almost perfect: the rise and fall of WordPerfect Corporation (1993)
One of my favourite passages discusses what they tried to discourage in the office (from Chapter 11 – <a href="http://www.wordplace.com/ap/ap_chap11.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.wordplace.com/ap/ap_chap11.shtml</a> )<p>> Things like celebrating birthdays, throwing baby showers, collecting for gifts, selling Tupperware or Avon, managing sports tournaments, running betting pools, calling home to keep a romance alive or hand out chores to the children, gossiping or flirting with co-workers, getting a haircut, going to a medical or dental appointment, running to the cafeteria for a snack, coming in a little late or leaving a little early, taking Friday afternoon off, and griping about working conditions were all inappropriate when done on company time.<p>This stands really in stark contrast to companies today. Can anyone who has been in the industry long enough chime in on how they feel changes like these have affected things like morale, productivity, etc?<p>Edit: grammar.