Maintenance of this listing of books not reviewed on the site has been discontinued. The books on the list were those noted but not reviewed as at 2005.
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The Societal Context of Business |
| Abbey, Deb et al |
Global Profit AND Global Justice: Using Your Money to Change the World |
| Atkinson, William |
Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming from the Inconceivably Small |
| Bell, S. & Morse, S |
Leading Change toward Sustainability: A Change-Management Guide for Business, Government and Civil Society |
| Bigg, T. (Ed) |
Survival For A Small Planet: The Sustainable Development Agenda |
| Bourg & Erkman (Eds) |
Perspectives on Industrial Ecology |
| Charter and Clark |
Sustainable Value: Creating it through Sustainable Business, Products, Services and Systems |
| Cohen-Rosenthal & Musnikow |
Eco-industrial Strategies: Unleashing Synergy between Economic Development and the Environment |
| Doppelt, Bob |
Leading Change toward Sustainability: A Change-Management Guide for Business, Government and Civil Society |
| Elkington J. et al. |
The Global Citizens' Guidebook |
| Erdmenger, C. (Ed) |
Buying into the Environment: Experiences, Opportunities and Potential for Eco-Procurement |
| Grayson, D. & Hodges A. |
Corporate Social Opportunity! Seven Steps to Make Corporate Social Responsibility Work for your Business.
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| Gribbin, John |
Deep Simplicity |
| Gunningham, N. & Sinclair D. |
Leaders and Laggards: Next Generation Environmental Regulation |
| Heinberg, R. |
The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies |
| Hertz, Noreena |
The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy |
| Hudson R.L. & Mandelbrot B.B. |
The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin, and Reward
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| James, S and Lahti, T |
The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices |
| Kelly E. et al |
What's Next: Exploring The New Terrain For Business |
| Lydenberg, Steven |
Corporations & the Public Interest
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| Meadows D. et al |
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
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| Morse, Stephen |
Indices and Indicators in Development: An Unhealthy Obsession with Numbers
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| Munshi & Abraham(Eds) |
Good Governance, Democratic Societies and Globalization |
| Perlas, Nicanor |
Shaping Globalization: Civil Society, Cultural Power, and Threefolding |
| Ruppert M.C. |
Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
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| Seiler-Hausmann et al (Eds) |
Eco-efficiency and Beyond: Towards the Sustainable Enterprise |
| Seiler-Hausmann, von Weizs |
Eco-efficiency and Beyond: Towards the Sustainable Enterprise
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| Speth, James G. |
Red Sky At Morning |
| UN Development Program. |
Making Global Trade Work For People |
| UNDP |
Ownership, Leadership and Transformation: Can We Do Better for Capacity Development? |
| Wolf, Martin |
Why Globalization Works
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| Worldwatch Institute, The |
State of the World 2004: Progress Towards a Sustainable Society |
| Young, D. and Scott, P. |
Having Their Cake: How the City and Big Bosses are Consuming UK Business |
Business Organisations in Relationship |
| Carleton and Lineberry |
Achieving Post-Merger Success: A Stakeholder's Guide to Cultural Due Diligence, Assessment, and Integration |
| Corbett, Michael |
Outsourcing Revolution: Why It Makes Sense & How to Do It Right
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| Krames, Jeffrey A. |
The Welch Way: 24 Lessons from the World's Greatest CEO |
| Logan & Stokes |
Collaborate to Compete: Driving Profitability in the Knowledge Economy |
| Owen, Jo |
Management Stripped Bare: Understanding Business as It Really Is |
| Roberts Joan M. |
Alliances, Coalitions and Partnerships: Building Collaborative Organizations.
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| Slowinski G. and Sagal, M. |
The Strongest Link: Forging a Profitable and Enduring Corporate Alliance |
| Windolf, Paul |
Corporate Networks in Europe and the United States |
Organisations as Entities |
| Abrahamson, Eric |
Change Without Pain: How Managers Can Overcome Initiative Overload, Organizational Chaos, and Employee Burnout |
| Andriof et al (Eds) |
Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking 2: Relationships, Communication, Reporting and Performance |
| Axelrod, R.H. et al. |
You Don't Have To Do It Alone: How to Involve Others to Get Things Done
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| Black, J. & Gregersen, H. |
Leading Strategic Change: Breaking Through the Brain Barrier |
| Bolman & Deal |
Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership |
| Carter and Lorsch |
Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World |
| Cook, S. et al. |
Change Management Excellence: Using the Four Intelligences for Sucessful Organizational Change.
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| Coulson-Thomas, Colin |
Transforming the Company: Manage Change, Compete and Win.
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| Denning, Stephen |
Squirrel Inc.: A Fable of Leadership through Storytelling |
| Dive, Brian |
The Healthy Organization: A Revolutionary Approach to People & Management
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| Green & Cameron |
Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizational Change |
| Gundling, Ernest |
Working GlobeSmart: Twelve People Skills For Doing Business Across Borders |
| Hannington, T. |
How to Measure and Manage Your Corporate Reputation |
| Hatcher, Tim |
Ethics And HRD: A New Approach To Leading Responsible Organizations |
| Honold, L. & Silverman, R. |
Organizational DNA: Diagnosing Your Organization for Increased Effectiveness |
| Hultman, Ken |
Balancing Individual and Organizational Values: Walking the Tightrope to Success |
| Huszczo, G.E. |
Tools for Team Leadership:Delivering the X-Factor in Team eXcellence.
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| Jacob, Nina |
Working GlobeSmart: Twelve People Skills For Doing Business Across Borders |
| Kaptein, Muel |
The Balanced Company - A Theory of Corporate Integrity |
| Kilmann, R.H. |
Quantum Organizations: A New Paradigm for Achieving Organizational Success and Personal Meaning |
| Klein, M. & Napier, R |
The Courage to Act: Five Factors of Courage to Transform Business |
| Nemiro, Jill |
Creativity in Virtual Teams: Key Components for Success |
| Pettigrew, A. et al. (Eds) |
Innovative Forms of Organizing: International Perspectives |
| Quinn, Robert |
Building the Bridge As You Walk On It: A Guide for Leading Change |
| Smith, Geoff |
Leading the Professionals: How to Inspire and Motivate Professional Service Teams |
| Sull, Donald |
Revival of the Fittest: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Managers Remake Them |
| Trompenaars, F. & Wooliams, P. |
Business Across Cultures |
Management Techniques and Disciplines |
| Ackermann et al |
Visible Thinking: Unlocking causal mapping for practical business results |
| Alsop, Ronald J. |
The 18 Immutable Laws of Corporate Reputation: Creating, Protecting & Repairing your Most Valuable Asset
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| Baum, Joel |
Business Strategy over the Industry Lifecycle.
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| Benko, C. & McFarlan, F. |
Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times |
| Benson et al. |
From Business Strategy to IT Action: Right Decisions for a Better Bottom Line |
| Bolstorff, P. and Rosenbaum, R. |
Supply Chain Excellence: A Handbook for Dramatic Improvement Using the SCOR Model |
| Buchanan, R. W. |
When Customers Think We Don't Care.
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| Carr, Nicholas |
Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage |
| Chaston, Ian |
Knowledge-Based Marketing: The 21st Century Competitive Edge |
| Chorn, Norman |
Strategic Alignment |
| Christensen, & Raynor |
The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth |
| Christensen, J.L. |
Product Innovation, Interactive Learning and Economic Performance.
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| Collison & Parcell |
Learning to Fly: Practical Lessons from Some of the World's Leading Knowledge Companies |
| Cooper, Robert G. |
Product Leadership
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| Coulson-Thomas, Colin |
The Knowledge Entrepreneur: How Your Business Can Create, Manage and Profit from Intellectual Capital |
| Cross & Parker |
The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations |
| Dalkir, Kimiz |
Knowledge Management: Converting Theory into Practice.
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| Davis, Stan et al |
Art of Business: Make All Your Work a Work of Art
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| De Graff, J. & Lawrence, K. |
Creativity at Work: Developing the Right Practices to Make Innovation Happen |
| Drucker, Peter |
The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done.
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| Evans, Gloria |
Implementing e-Government: An Executive Report for Civil Servants and their Advisors |
| Firestone, Joseph |
Enterprise Information Portals and Knowledge Management |
| Gilliam, Dean et al |
The Quantum Leap: the Next Generation.
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| Holbeche, Linda |
The High Performance Organization: Creating Dynamic Stability and Sustainable Success.
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| Holmes, Andrew |
Smart Risk |
| Huber, George |
The Necessary Nature of Future Firms: Attributes of Survivors in a Changing World |
| Jackson, Michael |
Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers |
| Jolly, A. & Philpott, J. |
A Handbook of Intellectual Property Management: Protecting, Developing and Exploiting your IP Assets.
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| Jolly, Adam (Ed) |
The Growing Business Handbook: Inspiration and Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs and Fast Growing UK Companies
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| Jolly, Adam (Ed.) |
Managing Business Risk: A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Business |
| Kelly & Booth |
Dictionary of Strategy: Strategic Management A-Z |
| Kenny, Graham |
Strategic Planning and Performance Management: Develop and Measure a Winning Strategy.
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| Koomey et al |
Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security
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| Lewis, Harold |
Consultants and Advisers: A Best Guide to Choosing, Using and Getting Good Value
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| Lilley, S. et al. |
Representing Organization - Knowledge, Management, and the Information Age.
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| Love, Peter |
Management of Knowledge in Project Environments.
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| Magretta, Joan |
What Management Is: How It Works and Why It's Everyone's Business |
| Mason, H. & Rohner, T. |
The Venture Imperative: A New Model for Corporate Innovation |
| Mel |
Trading in Knowledge: Development Perspectives on TRIPS, Trade and Sustainability |
| Mentzer, John |
Essentials of Supply Chain Management: Twelve Drivers of Competitive Advantage |
| Midgley, G. (Ed) |
Systems Thinking |
| Narayanan& Nanda |
Finance for Strategic Decision-Making: What Non-Financial Managers Need to Know |
| Noy, Eli |
Business Strategy: A concise guide to theory and application for managers |
| Oakland, John S. |
Total Organizational Excellence: Achieving World-class Performance.
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| Peppers & Rogers |
Managing Customer Relationships: A Strategic Framework |
| Pidd, Michael (Ed) |
Systems Modelling: Theory and Practice |
| Plowman, Brian |
Activity Based Management: Improving Processes and Profitability.
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| Rampersad, Hubert |
Total Performance Scorecard Redefining Management to Achieve Performance with Integrity |
| Rehm, R. et al. |
Futures That Work: Using Search Conferences to Revitalize Companies, Communities and Organizations |
| Robinson,Stewart |
Simulation: The Practice of Model Development and Use |
| Sadler, Philip |
Strategic Management |
| Stankosky, Michael |
Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management.
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| Stone, Florence |
The Manager's Question and Answer Book |
| Takeuchi, H. & Nonaka, I. |
Hitotsubashi on Knowledge Management |
| Trompenaars, F. & Wooliams, P. |
Marketing Across Cultures |
| Trotta, R. and Hudick, J. |
Translating Strategy into Shareholder Value: A Company-Wide Approach to Value Creation |
| Truch, Edward (Ed) |
Leveraging Corporate Knowledge.
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| Tushman, M. & O'Reilly, C. |
Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal |
| van Well-Stam, D. et al. |
Project Risk Management: An Essential Tool for Managing and Controlling Projects
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| Ward, K. et al. |
Designing World Class Corporate Strategies.
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| Weisbord, Marvin |
Productive Workplaces Revisited: Dignity, Meaning, and Community in the 21st Century |
| Zook, Chris |
Beyond the Core: Expand Your Market Without Abandoning Your Roots |
People and their Relationships within the Organization |
| Antonakis et al (Eds) |
The Nature of Leadership |
| Argyris, Chris |
Reasons and Rationalizations - The Limits to Organizational Knowledge
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| Avery, Gayle C |
Understanding Leadership: Paradigms and Cases |
| Barker, C. (Ed.) |
The Seven Heavenly Virtues Of Leadership |
| Barth, Roland |
Lessons Learned: Shaping Relationships and the Culture of the Workplace |
| Berger, Nancy et al |
HRD In The Age Of Globalization: A Practical Guide To Workplace Learning In The Third Millennium.
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| Bethanis, Susan J. |
Leadership Chronicles of a Corporate Sage: Five Keys to Becoming a More Effective Leader.
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| Beyerlein, Michael |
Complex Collaboration: Building the Capabilities for Working Across Boundaries.
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| Blackard, K. & Gibson, J. |
Capitalizing on Conflict: Strategies and Practices for Turning Conflict to Synergy in Organizations A Manager's Handbook |
| Burns, J.M. et al. (Eds) |
Encyclopedia of Leadership |
| Crosby, Faye J. |
Affirmative Action Is Dead; Long Live Affirmative Action.
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| de Graaf, John |
Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America |
| Dunning, Donna |
TLC at Work: Training, Leading, Coaching All Types for Star Performance.
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| Fitzgerald, C. & Berger, J. (Eds) |
Executive Coaching: Practices and Perspectives |
| Fuller, Robert W. |
Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank |
| Gilley, A. et al. |
Critical Issues In HRD: A New Agenda For The Twenty-First Century |
| Gilley, J. And A. |
Strategically Integrated HRD: A Six- Step Approach To Creating Results-Driven Programs Performance |
| Goldsmith et al (Eds) |
Leading Organizational Learning: Harnessing the Power of Knowledge |
| Goleman, D. et al. |
Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence |
| Grey, C. & Antonacopoulou, E. (Eds) |
Essential Readings in Management Learning.
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| Hallstein, Richard |
Memoirs of a Recovering Autocrat: Revealing Insights for Managing the Autocrat in All of Us |
| Harzing & Ruysseveldt (Eds) |
International Human Resource Management: Managing People Across Borders. (2nd Ed) |
| Jennings, Ken et al |
Serving Leader: 5 Powerful Actions Transform Your Team, Your Business & Your Community.
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| Kilduff, M. andTsai, W |
Social Networks and Organizations |
| Kirton, G. & Green, A. |
The Dynamics of Managing Diversity.
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| Mai, R. and Akerson, A. |
The Leader as Communicator: Strategies and Tactics to Build Loyalty, Focus Effort, and Spark Creativity |
| Manzoni, J-F, & Barsoux, J-L. |
The Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome: How Good Managers Cause Great People to Fail |
| Marquardt, Michael J. |
Building the Learning Organization: Mastering the Five Elements for Corporate Learning |
| Middleton, John |
The Ultimate Book of Human Resource Management |
| Nielsen, Jeffrey S. |
The Myth of Leadership: Creating Leaderless Organizations.
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| Paauwe, Jaap |
HRM and Performance - Achieving Long Term Viability.
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| Peiperl, M. et al. (Eds) |
Career Creativity - Explorations in the Remaking of Work |
| Purington, C. et al. |
Built to Learn: The Inside story of How Rockwell Collins Became a True Learning Organization |
| Reddington, M. et al. |
Transforming HR
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| Sartain, L, with Finney, M. |
HR from the Heart: Inspiring Stories and Strategies for Building the People Side of Great Business |
| Sashkin, M. & M. |
Leadership That Matters: The Critical Factors for Making a Difference in People's Lives and Organizations' Success
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| Trompenaars, Fons |
Managing People Across Cultures |
| Washburn, Jennifer |
University, Inc: The Corporate Corruption Of Higher Education.
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The Individual |
| Cochrane, Peter |
Uncommon Sense: Out of the box thinking for an in the box world |
| Mangieri & Block |
Power Thinking: How the Way You Think Can Change the Way You Lead |
| Nalebuff and Ayres |
Why Not?: How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small |
| Rivers, C. & Barnett, R. |
Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, And Our Jobs.
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Miscellaneous |
| Have, Steven Ten |
Key Management Models |