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AMA Business Boot Camp: Management and Leadership Fundamentals that Will See You Successfully Through Your Career by Edward T. Reilly, American Management Association
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780814420010
Publication Date: 2013
This authoritative guidebook serves as a comprehensive introduction or refresher to the wide variety of capabilities displayed by the most exceptional managers and leaders. From motivational techniques to strategic thinking, communication to hiring and firing, this book covers the core business fundamentals you must develop to thrive in any organization.
The AMA Handbook of Leadership by Marshall Goldsmith, John Baldoni, Sarah McArthur, James M. Kouzes
Call Number: HD57.7 .A44 2010
ISBN: 9780814415139
Publication Date: 2010
Effective leadership is more crucial than ever before. In fact, the link between effective leadership and corporate health is backed up by hard data, as best-selling author Judith M. Bardwick explains in her contributed article to The AMA Handbook of Leadership. Study after study shows that leadership quality directly impacts employee commitment and employee commitment predicts an organization's financial success. You'll learn about this and other important research, trends, and perspectives in this one-of-a-kind compendium of original writings from some of the leading thinkers and doers in the field. There's not a single "system" for sale here, but a gathering of twenty-three succinct, on-target articles on what it means to be an effective leader today, as well as proven strategies for leading people and organizations to success.
Redesigning Leadership by John Maeda, Becky Bermont
Call Number: HM1261 .M34 2011
ISBN: 9780262015882
Publication Date: 2011
Maeda’s Redesigning Leadership is an open, honest and inspiring book about lessons learned on his own journey of evolving from designer to leader. In his transition from MIT to RISD he finds that the most effective way to pull people together is not social networking but free food. Leading a team? The best way for a leader to leverage the collective power of a team is to reveal his or her own humanity.

Management Seminal Works

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Andrews, K. R. (1994). The concept of corporate strategy. McGraw Hill.

Argyris, C. & Schon, D. (1998). On organizational learning. Wiley-Blackwell.

Barnard, C. (1971). The functions of the executive. Harvard University Press.

Bennis, W. (2003). On becoming a leader. Basic Books.

Bennis, W. & Nanus, B. (1985). Leaders: Strategies for taking charge. Harper & Row.

Blanchard, K. & Johnson, S. (1982). The one minute manager. William Morrow & Co.

Buckingham, M. & Coffman, C. (1999). First, break all the rules. Pocket Books.

Burns, J. M. (1978). Leadership. Harper & Row.

Champy, J. & Hammer, M. (1993). Reengineering the corporation: A manifesto for business. Harper Collins.

Chandler, A. D. (1962). Strategy and structure: Chapters in the history of industrial enterprise. Beard Books.

Collins, J. (2001). Good to great: Why some companies make the leap… and others don’t . Harper Business.

Collins, J. & Porras, J. (1994). Built to last: Successful habits of visionary companies. Harper Business.

Cyert, R. M. & and March, J. G. (1992). A behavioral theory of the firm. Wiley-Blackwell.

Deming, W. E. (1982). Out of crisis. MIT Press.

Drucker, P. (1954). The practice of management. Harper & Row.

Drucker, P. (2001) The essential drucker. Harper Business.

Fayol, H. (1967) General and industrial management. Pitman Publishers.

Follett, M. P. (1940) Dynamic administration. Harper & Row.

Forrester, M. W. (1961). Industrial dynamics. Productivity Press Co.

Gerber, M. E. (1985). The e-myth revisited: Why most small businesses don’t work and what to do about it. Ballinger Publishing Co.

Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence. Bantam.

Goldratt, E. (1986). The goal: A process of ongoing improvement. North River Press.

Hamel, G. & Prahalad, C. K. (1996). Competing for the future. Harvard University Press.

Handy, C. (1989). The age of unreason. Harvard Business School Press.

Herzberg, F. (1964). The motivation to work. John Wiley & Sons.

Kanter, R. M. (1985) The change masters: Innovation for productivity. Free Press.

Kotter, J. (1996). Leading change. Harvard Business School Press.

Mayo, E. (1946). The human problems of an industrial civilization. Harvard University Press.

McGregor, D. (1960). The human side of enterprise. McGraw Hill.

Mintzberg, H. (1994) The rise and fall of strategic planning. Free Press.

Pande, P. S., Neuman, R. P., & Cavanagh, R. R. (2000). The Six Sigma way: How GE, Motorola and other top companies are honing their performance. McGraw-Hill.

Peters, T. & Waterman, R. (1982). In search of excellence. Warner Publishing.

Porter, M. (1998). Competitive strategy: Techniques for analyzing industries and competitors. Free Press.

Schein, E. (2004). Organizational culture and leadership. Jossey-Bass.

Senge, P. (1994). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. Doubleday & Co.

Simon, H. (1976). Administrative behavior. Free Press.

Sloan, A. P. (1964). My years with General Motors: A personal account by the former Chief Executive. Doubleday & Co.

Taylor, F. (1912). The principles of scientific management. Dover Publications.

Whyte, W. H. (1957). The organization man. Simon & Schuster.