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The books that shaped business 2002
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A survey carried out by "Bloomsbury Publishing", to find the single book that has had the most profound influence on business. The survey asked 3000 international business people.
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By Peters, Tom
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An American business management "bible" since 1982, In Search of Excellence presents eight specific management principles common to successful companies.
Ranking at Amazon 506553
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Warner Books
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August 1988 - Paperback
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Corporate Strategy
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By Drucker, Peter
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The first book to depict management as a distinct function and to recognize managing as a separate responsibility, this classic work by Peter Drucker is the fundamental and basic book for...
Ranking at Amazon 316885
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HarperCollins
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May 1993 - Paperback
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General Management
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By Carnegie, Dale
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You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you! For over 50 years
Ranking at Amazon 1382
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Pocket Books
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February 1990 - Mass Market Pap
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Personal Success
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By Hamel, Gary
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Hamel and Prahalad offer a masterful blueprint for what a company must be doing today if it is to occupy the competitive high ground of tomorrow. By showing that the key to future industry leadership...
Ranking at Amazon 73431
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Harvard Business School Press
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April 1996 - Paperback
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Competition
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By Smith, Adam
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Political economy had been studied long before Adam Smith. But "Wealth of Nations" (1776) established it for the first time as a separate science. Smith based his arguments on vast historical...
Ranking at Amazon 368539
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Prometheus Books
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December 1991 - Paperback
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Macroeconomics
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By Authors, Various
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Unique among pew Bibles, this editions's bold black typeface redefines the meaning of "easy-to-read." Senior citizens, people with vision difficulties, and beginning readers alike will appreciate the...
Ranking at Amazon 195693
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National Pub Co
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January 2000 - Hardcover
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Religion & Spirituality in Management
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By Schumacher, E.F.
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The classic of common-sense economics. "Enormously broad in scope, pithily weaving together threads from Galbraith and Gandhi, capitalism and Buddhism, science and psychology."-- The New...
Ranking at Amazon 10629
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Perennial
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September 1989 - Paperback
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Economics
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By Senge, Peter
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Finally in paperback, Senge's national bestseller The Fifth Discipline, which has turned the principles of the learning organization into a movement of snowballing size and strength. The ability to...
Ranking at Amazon 14151
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Currency
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October 1994 - Paperback
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Organizational Learning
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By Johnson, Spencer
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The blockbuster #1 national bestselling phenomenon is back... not that it ever really went away. An easily-read story which quickly demonstrates three very practical management techniques, it also...
Ranking at Amazon 10411
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Penguin Books
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January 1983 - Paperback
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Management Skills
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By Taylor, Frederick
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The basis of modern organization and decision theory, this influential essay has motivated administrators and students of managerial technique for more than 80 years. The author discusses eliminating...
Ranking at Amazon 297396
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Dover Pubns
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July 1997 - Paperback
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General Management
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By Nordstrom, Kjell A.
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Provides a unique, informed, and defiantly funky perspective on the new world order. Suggests that successful companies are so because they inspire and promote talent, inspirational thinking and...
Ranking at Amazon 1019996
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Financial Times Prentice Hall
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March 2000 - Paperback
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Innovation & Creativity
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By Goldratt, Eliyahu
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Over 2 million copies sold! Used by thousands of companies and hundreds of business schools! Required reading for anyone interested in the Theory of Constraints. This book, which introduces the...
Ranking at Amazon 21237
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North River Press
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May 1992 - Paperback
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Operations
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By Deming, W. Edwards
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"Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation. The timid and the fainthearted, and the people that expect quick results, are...
Ranking at Amazon 38563
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MIT Press
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August 2000 - Paperback
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Quality & Six Sigma
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