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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't 705 reviews
Jim Collins
Collins Business, 2001
For hiring managers, and those looking for leaders
+ "Good to Great" an exceptional leadership reference
+ A good look at what companies can do to manage talent
+ Good to Great
+ Good to Great review
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PHP in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) 22 reviews
Paul Hudson
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
A must have for the webmster
+ PHP in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))
It's not only a quite good reference book, but for the people with a good programming skill it's actually anything you need to learn PHP.
Definitely a must in the bookshelf of everybody involved in working with the WWW. from webmasters to developers and support workers, but also for the geek who ...
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The Timeless Way of Building26 reviews
Christopher Alexander
Oxford University Press, 1979
Tao Te Ching of Architecture
+ Great review here!
+ Great information
+ The Mystical Architect
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The Effective Executive in Action: A Journal for Getting the Right Things Done (Journal) 4 reviews
Peter F. Drucker, Joseph A. Maciariello
Collins Business, 2005
The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker et.
+ Drucker lives on
+ The Effective Executive In Action
+ For the Reflective Practicioner
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SQL Pocket Guide (Pocket References)17 reviews
Jonathan Gennick
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008
Great reference
+ SQL
+ sq reference
+ Great for quick answers to common questions
+ Very nice for remember details
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Search Engine Optimization For Dummies, Second Edition (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))112 reviews
Peter Kent
For Dummies, 2006
Review by Holly Crosgrey of Peter Ken'ts SEO for Dummies
+ Every website owner must buy this book!
+ Understandable, basic, doable for the novice
+ This is a great book on this topic
+ It's most complete book on topic till now
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Designing Interactions14 reviews
Bill Moggridge
The MIT Press, 2007
Must read for any designer, IA, usability professional
+ Great overview of interactions
+ Marcos Chilet .......Diseño de interacción.
Outstanding read about the history of how some of the things we use daily were conceptualized and designed.
Moggridge interviews some of the coolest and relevant inventors of the modern (technology) era.
The book hit a dry spell toward the end but finished strong.
As a usability and design ...
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PHP Hacks: Tips & Tools For Creating Dynamic Websites (Hacks)12 reviews
Jack Herrington
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
Solid, Quality Reference For Many Possible Uses
+ A Must Have!
+ Nice broad book
+ quick "How to's ..."
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Organizational Culture and Leadership (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series)16 reviews
Edgar H. Schein
Jossey-Bass, 2004
How to get leadership in proper alignment with organizational development
+ Schein does a fabuolous job on this topic!
+ Organizational Culture and Leadership
+ Great Service
+ Really a lesson about organization culture
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Images of Organization16 reviews
Gareth Morgan
Sage Publications, Inc, 2006
This book can profoundly change your thinking about orgs
+ Single Best MPA Book
+ Morgan Images of Organization
+ Most valuable read of my MBA
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Leading Geeks: How to Manage and Lead the People Who Deliver Technology23 reviews
Paul Glen, David H. Maister, ...
Jossey-Bass, 2002
Great for helping non-technical managers understand technical teams
+ Great addition for your inbox.
+ A New IT Workforce?
If you're an IT manager, you should definitely have (and read!) a copy of the excellent book "Leading Geeks" by Paul Glen. It talks a lot about "common traits" of folks who are drawn to technology work, and what they mean from a management point of view, including how to leverage those traits to ...
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies149 reviews
Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras
Collins Business, 2004
The "Core Values" of Corporate Business of the Yesterday and Today
+ Amazing Book!!
+ Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
+ Built to Last
+ A Must Read Together With Good To Great
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Requirements Analysis: From Business Views to Architecture9 reviews
David C. Hay
Prentice Hall PTR, 2002
aggreed there is no OOA
+ Excellent textbook
+ It will broaden your horizons, but it is not a cookbook.
OOA is some "super magic" that uml people found it for commercial reasons.As Mr.Hay mentions there is no OOA.there is only "analysis" of the bussiness.
I am a bussiness owner and a coder for a long long time.The concept that david hay is talking about will take developers life time period to ...
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TRUE PROFESSIONALISM : The Courage to Care About Your People, Your Clients, and Your Career15 reviews
David H. Maister
Free Press, 2000
Essentials Needed To Become a Successful Leader
+ True Professionalism
+ Maister Raises The Bar....Again!
David Maister does a great job of explaining the fundamentals essential to anyone that has a job or is looking for a job in consulting. Splitting the book into three sections made it flow well and easy to follow and comprehend. Furthermore, Maister really focuses on the things that you should ...
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Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership26 reviews
Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal
Jossey-Bass, 2003
super fast shipping
+ Good book
+ Excellent read
+ Valuable book, also for social sector administrators
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The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions102 reviews
Scott Adams
Collins Business, 1997
I almost died laughing whilst reading this book
+ Current financial crisis explained
+ How to survive in corporate industry
+ Hysterically Funny
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Managing in the Next Society16 reviews
Peter F. Drucker
St. Martin's Griffin, 2003
The book is about our future, as it is clearly seen by a brilliant visionary
+ The grimm perspectives for Latin America
In this book, Peter F. Drucker provided his assessment of social, economic, and organizational developments of the near future. It might be tempting to discount this important work as just another set of predictions. Yet, coming from Drucker, the insights contained in this book are realities rather ...
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The Soul Of A New Machine56 reviews
Tracy Kidder
Back Bay Books, 2000
Start-up culture
+ Engineers are people, too!
+ Excellent View on an Old Topic
+ Good read
+ Tremendous piece of writing.
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The Geek Gap: Why Business And Technology Professionals Don't Understand Each Other And Why They Need Each ...11 reviews
Bill Pfleging, Minda Zetlin
Prometheus Books, 2006
Insightful, timely, important in other contexts too
+ Great book, good read!
+ A good Read
+ This Book Promotes Understanding and Improved Communication
+ Suits and Geeks should read
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Extreme Programming Pocket Guide6 reviews
chromatic
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2003
Concise Intro to XP
+ XP Programming Starts Here!
+ Quick and dirty review
+ great summary, ties together complex topics from best sources
+ Very good concise guide...
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