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The Future of Management 32 reviews
Bill Breen, Gary Hamel
Harvard Business School Press, 2007
Absolultely Inspiring
+ Six Elements Review - 7.3/10
+ Philosophical. Inspiring. Great for top management who think they dont need it
+ There is a problem in Management!
+ The Future is What You Will Make It
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Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought 6 reviews
Michael Handel
Frank Cass, 2000
Ideal for the academic,
+ Comparative study
+ Comprehensive
+ An Accessible Analysis of the Art of War
+ Essential reference.
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Value Drivers: The Manager's Guide for Driving Corporate Value Creation9 reviews
Mark C. Scott
Wiley, 2000
Finally, the whole picture.
+ Clear, Concise, and Comprehensive
+ Keeping it simple
+ Very helpful for first year business estudent
+ a wonderfully useful new book
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The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning9 reviews
Henry Mintzberg
Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2000
The Other View
+ strategic planning
+ Profoundly Insightful
+ "Must" Reading for Executives
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The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management45 reviews
Peter F. Drucker
Collins Business, 2003
Managment for people who can think outside the box
+ Drucker is a legend who provides historical insights to major management issues
+ It's 1 of the best
+ Outstanding
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Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management36 reviews
Henry Mintzberg, Joseph Lampel, ...
Free Press, 2005
Brilliant book on strategic management perspectives
+ Great overview book on strategic management
+ Mintzberg v. Porter, et.al. but especially Porter
+ Strategy review
+ Strategy Safari for management Student
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Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud17 reviews
Peter Watson
Harper Perennial, 2006
Best book I have ever read
+ Excellent overview of the ideas that has shaped our world.
+ I think my brain actually grew bigger
+ Flawed but interesting
+ Exceptionally good of its kind
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The Future of Everything: The Science of Prediction11 reviews
David Orrell
Basic Books, 2008
Great Book
+ Essential reading
+ Entertaining Science
+ Excellent! A must-read for those with a genuine scientific interest in Global Warming
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The 33 Strategies of War (Joost Elffers Books)50 reviews
Robert Greene
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Excellent Book, Author!
+ An Excellent Primer for Daily Warfare
+ Very entretaining - if you love history or great stories...
+ Excellent Strategy Book
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A Handbook of Management Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide to Achieving Managerial Excellence and Improved ...1 review
Michael Armstrong
Kogan Page, 2006
My Personal "Manager's Bible"
I've spent 2 weeks in Tulsa's main library browsing (all !) books on the subject just to choose one to go buy for a refference on, well... everything. Nothing came close to that on packing so much on-the-point info with brevity. It's an outline of everything, going just as deep as needed for a ...
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Harvard Business Review on Corporate Strategy (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series) 3 reviews
David J. Collis, Cynthia A. Montgomery, ...
Harvard Business School Press, 1999
Theories on Strategy backed by real life examples.
+ Good for corporations, too heavy for small business
This is another excellent collection of essays from Harvard Business Review and the topic is Corporate Strategy. 8 essays in a little less than 250 pages address various corporate strategies that can be useful if you are in a similar situation. These are very interesting theories and it is ...
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The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism16 reviews
David C Korten
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1999
Capitalism Is Cancer
+ Incredible. A must read.
+ He's right, now what?
Many people have winced at Korton's now ecological turn. They would rather he simply kept to pure economics, facts and theories, and dump the New Age spin he picked up from biologist Mae-Wan Ho. They were hoping that "The Post-Corporate World" would simply be Part II of his last sizzler, "When ...
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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe160 reviews
Roger Penrose
Vintage, 2007
Not the usual watered down pop physics book.
+ a natural wonder
+ The Road To Reality
+ Perfect for where I'm at right now, but...
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When Corporations Rule the World72 reviews
David C Korten
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2001
Yet Another Timely Review
+ Globalism and the Growth of Greed.
+ Books that can change your life and change the world
+ Good thoughts, weak solution
+ Chronicling the rise of a new world order
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Harvard Business Review on Advances in Strategy1 review
Robert Kaplan, Kathy Eisenhardt, ...
Harvard Business School Press, 2002
Some dated contextual material but rock-solid core concepts
Much of the contextual material in this volume is out-of-date, given the fact that the articles originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review years ago (2000-2001). However, I think the core concepts remain sound and provide a valuable frame-of-reference for understanding the advances in ...
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Self Organizing Universe: Scientific and Human Implications (Systems Science and World Order Library. ...7 reviews
Erich Jantsch
Pergamon Pr, 1980
One of the most important achievements of 20th century..
+ Darwinism (nor Creationism) will Ever be the Same after this Book
+ Genuine Wonderment
+ Erich Jantsch, The Self-Organizing Universe
+ The self-organizing reviewer
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A Handbook of Management Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide to Achieving Managerial Excellence and Improved ...1 review
Michael Armstrong
Kogan Page, 2006
My Personal "Manager's Bible"
I've spent 2 weeks in Tulsa's main library browsing (all !) books on the subject just to choose one to go buy for a refference on, well... everything. Nothing came close to that on packing so much on-the-point info with brevity. It's an outline of everything, going just as deep as needed for a ...
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Harvard Business Review on Advances in Strategy1 review
Robert Kaplan, Kathy Eisenhardt, ...
Harvard Business School Press, 2002
Some dated contextual material but rock-solid core concepts
Much of the contextual material in this volume is out-of-date, given the fact that the articles originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review years ago (2000-2001). However, I think the core concepts remain sound and provide a valuable frame-of-reference for understanding the advances in ...
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Self Organizing Universe: Scientific and Human Implications (Systems Science and World Order Library. ...7 reviews
Erich Jantsch
Pergamon Pr, 1980
One of the most important achievements of 20th century..
+ Darwinism (nor Creationism) will Ever be the Same after this Book
+ Genuine Wonderment
+ Erich Jantsch, The Self-Organizing Universe
+ The self-organizing reviewer
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The Future of Everything: The Science of Prediction11 reviews
David Orrell
Basic Books, 2008
Great Book
+ Essential reading
+ Entertaining Science
+ Excellent! A must-read for those with a genuine scientific interest in Global Warming
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