Bookshelf

Our Favorite Bookshelf
The following list of books presents a selection of our favorite "standards" in various managerial disciplines:
Reinventing Management
	G. Hamel, B. Breen, The Future of Management, 2007, HBS Press. The concept that helps rethink managerial principles and systems for the 21st century.
	Hans A. Wüthrich, Dirk Osmetz, Stefan Kaduk, Musterbrecher, Führung neu leben, Gabler, 2006. A refreshingly new look at leadership and its paradoxies.
	J. Hope, R. Frazer Beyond Budgeting, How Managers Can Break Free from the Annual Performance Trap, 2003, HBS Press. An alternative and coherent management model that enables companies to manage performance through processes specificaly tailored to today's volatile marketplace.
Strategy Implementation
	L. Bossidy, R. Charan, Execution, The Discipline of Getting Things Done, 2002, Crown Business. The practices on how to get things done and perform.
	D. Ulrich, N. Smallwood, Why the Bottom Line Isn't, How to Build Value Through People and Organization, 2003, Wiley. The standard on building intangible value in organizations.
	J. C. Collins, J. I. Porras, Built to Last, Successful habits of visionary leaders, Harper Business, 1994.
	L., Bossody, R. Charan, Confronting Reality, Doing what matters to get things right, Crown Business, 2004.
	Jim Colling, Good to Great, Why some companies make the leap ... and others don't. Harper Business, 2001.
	John P. Kotter, Leading Change. HBS Press, 1996.
	D. Ulrich, N. Smallwood, Results Based Leadership, How leaders build the business and improve the bottom line. HBS Press, 1999.
Strategy Development
	M. Porter, Competitive Strategy, Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, 1980, Free Press. The landmark publication on strategic analysis.
	M. Porter, Competitive Advantage, Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, 1985, Free Press. The landmark publication on strategy.
	A.C. Hax, D.L. Wilde, The Delta Project, Discovering New Sources of Profitability in a Networked Economy, 2001, Palgrave. The landmark publication on strategic positioning.
	H. Mintzberg, B.Ahlstrand, J.Lampel, Strategy Safary, A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Strategic Management, 1998, Prentice Hall Europe. The landmark publication on strategy formation.
Strategic Planning
	A.C.Hax, N.S.Majluf, The Strategy Concept and Process, A Pragmatic Approach, 1996, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall. The landmark publication on strategic planning.
Organization Design
	P. Simons, Levers of Organization Design, How Managers Use Accountability Systems For Greater Performance And Commitment, 2005, HBS Press. The landmark publication on designing organizations to maximize performance.
Leadership
	N. M. Tichy, The Cycle of Leadership, How Great Leaders Teach their Companies to Win, 2002, Harper Business. The standard on communicating strategy and the learning of organizations.
	J.M. Kouzes, B.Z. Posner The Leadership Challenge, 2002. 3rd Edition, Jossey-Bass. The standard on leadership issues.
	S. Chowdhury, et.al. Organization 21C, Someday all organizations will lead this way, 203, FT Prentice Hall. A collection of landmark articles on building tomorrow's organization: Breakthrough ideas, practical solutions.
Translating Strategy into Action
	R.S. Kaplan, D.P.Norton, The Balanced Scorecard, Translating Strategy into Action, 1996, HBS Press. How scorecards help businesses translate their strategies into action. The standard on the blanced scorecard!
	R.S. Kaplan, D.P.Norton, The Strategy Focused Organization, How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment, 2001, HBS Press. The use of scorecards to focus organizations on strategy.
	R.S. Kaplan, D.P.Norton, Strategy Maps, Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes, 2004, HBS Press. The use of strategy maps to communicate strategy, identify key processes, align investments, and expose gaps in the strategy.
	R.S. Kaplan, D.P. Norton Alignment, Using the Balanced Scorecard to Create Corporate Synergies, 2006, HBS Press. The guideline on how to engage the corporate center to coordinate and align delegated responsibilities.
Managerial Control
	P. Simons, Levers of Control, How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Change, 1995, HBS Press. The landmark publication on the use and design of control systems in organizations.
Cost Management
	R.Cooper, When Lean Entreprises Collide, Competing Through Confrontation, 1995, HBS Press. The landmark publication on lean manufacturing to create competitive advantage.
	R. C. Kaplam R. Cooper, Cost&Effect, Using Integrated Cost Systems to Drive Profitability and Performance, HBS Press, 1998.
Measurement
	A. Neely, C. Adams, M. Kennerly, The Performance Prism, The Scorecard for Measuring and Managing Business Success, 2002, FT / Prentive Hall. A radical new way to look at performance measurement and management. The landmark publication on measurement in organizations.
Leadership Effectiveness
	Peter F. Drucker, The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done. Harperbusiness Essentials, 2006.
	G. Klein, Intuition at Work, Why Developing Your Gut Instincts Will Make You Better at What You Do, 2003, Doubleday. Decision making based on intuition.
	R. Galford, A.S. Drapeau The Trusted Leader, Bringing the Best in Your People and Your Company, 2002, Free Press. An in-depth view on trust as the connector between investors, leaders, employees and clients.
	J.M. Kouzes, B.Z. Posner Credibility, How Leaders Gain and Lose it, Why People Demand it, 2003, Wiley. The master piece on how leaders earn the trust and confidence from their constituents.
	R. M. Kanter, Confidence, How Winning Streaks & Losing Streaks Begin & End, 2004, Crown Business. The masterpiece on how winners become winners - and stay that way.
	John K. Clemens and Scott Dalrymple, Time Mastery: How Temporal Intelligence Will Make You A Stronger, More Effective Leader. Amacom, 2005.
Governance and Risk
	J.C. Shaw, Corporate Governance & Risk, A Systems Approach, Wiley, 2003. The importance of corporate governance, decision making and management of risk in organizations.
Decision Making
	John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa, Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions. HBS Press, 2002.
	Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis, Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls. Penguin Group, 2007.
Inner Game
	W. Timothy Gallwey, The Inner Game of Work: Focus, Learning, Pleasure, and Mobility in the Workplace. Random House, 2000.
	W. Timothy Gallwey, Inner Skiing: Revised Edition. Random House,1997.
Coaching
	Mary Beth A. O'Neill, Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart: A Systems Approach to Engaging Leaders with Their Challenges,
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