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A Few Management Gurus
Toward the end of the XXth Century, business management studies came to consist of six separate branches,
namely: human resource management; operations (or production) management; strategic management;
marketing management; financial management; and information technology management.
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W. Edwards Deming [1900-93] Page
 | "The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles From The Father of Quality" [2012] Edited by Joyce Nilsson Orsini, PhD Kindle Edition from McGraw-Hill [11/2012] for $19.25 McGraw-Hill 9x6 hardcover [11/2012] for $22.43 |
Peter F. Drucker [1909-2005]
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 | "Concept of The Corporation" [orig 1946] by Peter F. Drucker Transaction Publrs 9x6 pb [1993] for $17.96 John Day Co. hardcover [10/72] out of print/used |
 | "Post-Capitalist Society" [1993 bestseller]
Collins 8x5¼ pb [4/94] for $11.70 HarperCollins 9½x5½ hardcover [4/93] out of print/used |
 | "The Essential Drucker: In One Volume The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings On Management" [2001] Edited by Peter F. Drucker Kindle Edition from HarperCollins e-books [10/2009] for $12.99 HarperBusiness 8x5½ pb [7/2008] for $12.23 HarperBusiness 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/2001] for $19.62 |
Kaoru Ishikawa [1915-89] of Japan
entry at Wikipedia
 | "What Is Total Quality Control?: The Japanese Way" worldwide bestseller [Japan 1981, English 1985] by Kaoru Ishikawa Prentice Hall 9x6 pb [9/91] out of print/50+ used Prentice Hall 9½x7¼ hardcover [12/88] out of print/90+ used |
 | "Introduction To Quality Control" [Japan 1989, English 1990] by Kaoru Ishikawa, Translated by J.H. Loftus Springer 10x7 pb [4/2012] for $94.05 Productivity Press 10¼x7½ hardcover [1990] out of print/used |
Marcus Lemonis lives north of Chicago, Illinois
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"The Profit" TV series [CNBC-TV 2013-2018]
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Niccolò Machiavelli [1469-1527]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli
"Dell'Arte della Guerra (The Art of War)" [1519–20]
http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Of-War-ebook/dp/B003TXT06A/
his masterpiece "The Prince (Il Principe)" [ms 1513, book 1532]
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Frederick Winslow Taylor [1856-1915]
"The Principles of Scientific Management" [1911]
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Sun Tzu & "The Art of War" Page
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Books On Business Management
{ since 1957 }
 | "Working Minds: A Philosophy of Empowerment - Source Document" [12/1998] by G.E. Nordell Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2011] for $3.00 lots more on the Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment official website |
 | "The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting The Future of Your Organization and Your Life" [2009] by Steve Zaffron & Dave Logan "This book - filled with insights, real-life encounters and experiences - shows us how we may do the work of transformation. Steve and David have written an inspiring, practical book, applicable in the corporate, labour, political and civil society sectors, that will assist all who seek to rewrite the future of our world." — Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate Kindle Edition from Jossey-Bass [2/2009] for $10.16 Jossey-Bass 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $11.29 Jossey-Bass 9x6½ hardcover [2/2009] for $15.21 official book site • official Landmark Worldwide website |
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 | "Parkinson's Law and Other Studies In Administration" [1957 classic] by C. Northcote Parkinson [1909-93] Ballantine 8x5 pb [4/87] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [1957] out of print/used John Murray Publrs Ltd. hardcover [1958] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Up The Organization: How To Stop The Organization From Stifling People & Strangling Profits" [1970 & 1984] by Robert Townsend
Jossey-Bass hardcover [5/2007] for $17.90 self-published hardcover [1/70] out of print/used "Further Up The Organization: How Groups of People Working Together For A Common Purpose Ought To Conduct Themselves For Fun & Profit" [1988] by Robert Townsend HarperCollins 8½x5¼ pb [1/88] out of print/used Knopf hardcover [1/88] out of print/used |
 | "The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution In American Business" [1977 classic] by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Harvard/Belknap Press 9x6¼ pb [1993] for $23.50 Harvard/Belknap Press hardcover [1977] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "In Search of Excellence: Lessons From America's Best-Run Companies" [1982 bestseller & classic] by Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman, Jr. HarperBusinrss Essentials 8x5¼ bargain pb [2/2004] for $5.98 HarperCollins 8½x5½ hardcover [11/82] out of print/hundreds used book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Mind of The Strategist: The Art of Japanese Business" [1983] by Kenichi Ohmae McGraw-Hill 8x5½ pb [8/91] for $10.17 |
 | "The Classic Touch: Lessons In Leadership From Homer To Hemingway" [1987] by John K. Clemens & Douglas F. Mayer
McGraw-Hill 8x5½ pb [10/99] for $10.17 Business One Irwin pb [12/91] out of print/used McGraw-Hill 9x6 hardcover [4/87] out of print/many, many used |
 | "Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun" [1989 N.Y. Times bestseller] by Wess Roberts, PhD Business Plus 8x5 pb [2/90] for $10.97 Grand Central Publng 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/89] for $25.73 Hachette Audio UNABR audio CD [10/2009] for $15.58 author's official homepage: Attila's Camp |
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"Barbarians To Bureaucrats: Corporate Life Cycle Strategies" [1989] by Lawrence M. Miller Ballantine Books 9x6 pb [1/90] for $12.00 Clarkson Potter 9x6¼ hardcover [4/89] out of print/used |
 | "Winnie-the-Pooh On Management: In Which A Very Important Bear and His Friends Are Introduced To A Very Important Subject" [1992] by Roger E. Allen Penguin Books 7x5 pb [5/2011] for $11.93 Dutton Adult 7½x5½ hardcover [11/94] out of print/100+ used |
 | "Victory Secrets of Attila The Hun" [1992 national bestseller] by Wess Roberts, PhD Dell 7¾x5¼ pb [2/94] for $11.56 Doubleday 8¼x5½ hardcover [12/92] out of print/used author's official homepage: Attila's Camp |
 | "The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability" [1994] by Roger Connors, Tom Smith & Craig Hickman
Prentice Hall Press 8¾x6 pb [10/98] out of print/used Portfolio 9x6 hardcover [4/2004] for $15.57 "Journey To The Emerald City: Implementing The Oz Principle To Create A Culture of Accountability" [2002] by Roger Connors & Tom Smith Prentice Hall Press 7¾x6 pb [6/2002] for $10.88 |
 | "The Last Word On Power" [1995] by Tracy Goss Currency 9½x6½ hardcover [12/95] for $19.77 Center for Executive Re-Invention |
 | "The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change The Way You Do Business" [1997] by Clayton M. Christensen
Collins 8x5¼ pb [1/2003] for $12.21 Harvard Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/97] for $19.77 Highbridge audio CD [9/2000] for $16.47 |
 | "Guts: The Seven Laws of Business That Made Chrysler The World's Hottest Car Company" [1998 & 2003] by Robert A. Lutz
Wiley & Sons rev & updated 9x6½ hardcover [9/2003] for $23.93 Wiley & Sons 8¾x6 pb [10/99] out of print/many used Wiley & Sons 9¼x6 hardcover [9/98] out of print/dozens used |
 | "First, Break All The Rules: What The World's Greatest Managers Do Differently" [1999 bestseller] by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman Gardners Books pb [9/2001] out of print/used S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [5/99] for $18.90 S&S ABR audio CD [11/2000] for $15.60 |
 | "Movies To Manage By: Lessons In Leadership From Great Films" [1999] by John K. Clemens, with Melora Wolff McGraw-Hill 8¼x5½ pb [10/2000] for $10.17 Contemporary Books 8½x5½ hardcover [9/99] out of print/used |
 | "The Warren Buffett C.E.O.: Secrets From The Berkshire Hathaway Managers" [2001] by Robert P. Miles Kindle Edition from Wiley & Sons [2001 edition] for $21.46 Wiley & Sons 9½x6 pb [4/2003] for $23.85 Wiley & Sons 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2001] for $34.65 |
 | "Proverbs for Business (Kodansha Bilingual Books)" [2002] by Satoshi Sugita Kodansha 7¼x4½ bilingual pb [2/2002] import/overpriced Kodansha 7¼x4½ bilingual pb [2/2002] import/overpriced |
 | "The Value of A Good Idea: Developing and Protecting Intellectual Property In An Information Age" [2002] by Jeffrey A. Barker
Kindle Edition from Silver Lake Publng [5/2009] for $9.95 Silver Lake Publng 10x8 pb [4/2002] for $24.95 |
 | "Everything I Know About Business I Learned From Monopoly™: Successful Executives Reveal Strategic Lessons From The World's Greatest Board Game" [2002] by Alan Axelrod Running Press 8½x6 pb [3/2004] out of print/50+ used Running Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2002] out of print/60+ used |
 | "The Power of We: Succeeding Through Partnerships" [2004] by Jonathan M. Tisch (chair/CEO of Loew's Hotels), with Karl Weber Wiley 9x5¾ pb [9/2005] for $10.17 Wiley hardcover [8/2004] for $23.96 |
 | "Managing With Aloha: Bringing Hawaii's Universal Values To The Art of Business" [2004] by Rosa Say, Foreword by Nainoa Thompson
Kindle Edition from Ho'ohana Publng [2004 edition] for $9.99 Ho'ohana Publng 9x6¼ hardcover [11/2004] for $24.99 official book blog • Rosa's blog |
 | "Ethics At Work: Creating Virtue At An American Corporation" [2005] by Daniel Terris Brandeis 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $12.21 Brandeis 9¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2005] for $14.97 |
 | "Winning" bestseller [2005] by Jack Welch, with Suzy Welch "No other management book will ever be needed." — Warren E. Buffett 2005 bestseller at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal HarperBusiness 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2005] for $19.56 HarperAudio UNABR audio CD [4/2005] 10 disks for $26.37 official booksite |
 | "Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big" [2005] by Bo Burlingham Portfolio pb [3/2007] for $10.17 Portfolio 9x6 hardcover [12/2005] for $15.72 |
 | "The Culture of The New Capitalism" [2006] by Prof. Richard Sennett Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [1/2007] for $9.59 Yale Univ Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1/2006] for $25.47 |
 | "The Accidental C.E.O.: A Leader's Journey From Ego To Purpose" [2006] by Tom Voccola Lulu pb [4/2006] for $19.95 Tom's CEOing blog [est. 12/2007] |
 | "Reel Lessons In Leadership" [2006] by Ralph R. DiSibio "A unique study of leadership as portrayed in some of Hollywood's memorable movies"; chapters/subjects include "Apollo 13", "The Contender", "Erin Brockovich", "Gandhi", "Glory", "The Godfather", "High Noon", "Lawrence of Arabia", "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", "Patton", "Seabiscuit", and "12 Angry Men" Paladin Group 9x6 pb [4/2006] for $10.85 Paladin Group hardcover [4/2006] for $17.21 |
 | "Snakes In Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work" [2006] by Paul Babiak, PhD & Robert D. Hare, PhD Kindle Edition from HarperCollins Publrs [10/2009] for $10.67 HarperBusiness 9x6 pb [5/2007] for $12.23 HarperBusiness 9x6 hardcover [5/2006] out of print/many used |
 | "Rules For Renegades: How To Make More Money, Rock Your Career & Revel In Your Individuality" [2007 bestseller] by Christine Comaford-Lynch
McGraw-Hill 8x5½ hardcover [8/2007] for $16.47 author's official website |
 | "The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers" [2008] by Keith R. McFarland
Crown Business 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] for $18.15 |
 | "The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors & Policy Makers Live By" [2008] by Scott Shane
Yale Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [1/2010] for $12.24 Yale Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [1/2008] for $14.47 |
 | "George Washington and The Art of Business: The Leadership Principles of America's First Commander-in-Chief" [2008] by Mark R. McNeilly
Oxford Univ Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2008] for $11.03 |
 | "50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know" [2008] by Edward Russell-Walling Amazon reviews describe series as superficial but thorough, and clearly written Kindle Edition from Quercus [2008 edition] for $4.76 Quercus 8½x5¼ pb [4/2008] out of prodn/used Quercus 8x6¾ hardcover [4/2008] for $15.61 |
 | "Great Business Teams: Cracking The Code For Standout Performance" [2008] by Howard M. Guttman Author reports after in-depth interviews with thirty-nine senior executives of twenty-five standout companies – including Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Mars Candy, and L'Oréal – and tracking the experiences of those executives over time. Wiley & Sons 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2008] for $19.15 |
 | "Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths For Winning At Business Without Losing Your Self" [2009] by Alan M. Webber Kindle Edition from HarperCollins e-books [4/2009] for $9.78 HarperBusiness 8x5¼ pb [6/2010] for $13.97 HarperBusiness 8¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2009] for $22.49 |
 | "The Google Way: How One Company Is Revolutionizing Management As We Know It" [2009] by Bernard Girard
No Starch Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2009] for $16.38 see also the Google, Inc. Page at Spirit of America Bookstore |
 | "The Management Myth: Why The Experts Keep Getting It Wrong" [2009] by Matthew Stewart W.W. Norton & Co. 8¼x5½ pb [8/2010] for $11.53 W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2009] for $18.45 |
 | "How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model For Work and Life" [2009] by Joanna Barsh & Susie Cranston
Kindle Edition from Crown Business [9/2009] for $11.99 Crown Business 8x5¼ pb [12/2011] for $10.20 Crown Business 9½x6½hardcover [9/2009] for $17.80 |
 | "The Big Picture: Essential Business Lessons From The Movies" [2010] by Kevin Coupe & Michael Sansolo Raphel Marketing 9x6 pb [1/2010] for $14.95 chapters/subjects include "A League of Their Own", "All About Eve", "All The President's Men", "Amadeus", "American Gangster", "Babe", "Big", James Bond films, "The Bridge On The River Kwai", "Bull Durham", "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid", "The Caine Mutiny", "Casablanca", "Citizen Kane", "Gandhi", "The Godfather", "The Guns of Navarone", "Guys & Dolls", "High Noon", "Hoosiers", "In The Heat of The Night", "Jaws", "Mister Roberts", "Network", "Pirates of The Caribbean", "The Producers", "Pumping Iron", "The Right Stuff", "Rocky", "Schindler's List", "Selena", "Star Trek V & VI", "Stranger Than Fiction", "That Thing You Do!", "Tootsie", "Tucker: The Man and His Dream", "When Harry Met Sally", "Working Girl", "Young Frankenstein", and many others |
 | "Switch: How To Change Things When Change Is Hard" New York Times bestseller [2010] by Chip & Dan Heath Broadway Business 8¼x6 hardcover [2/2010] for $12.99 |
 | "Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations To Achieve The Extraordinary" [2010] by Joel Kurtzman
Jossey-Bass 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2010] for $18.45 |
 | "Different: Escaping The Competitive Herd" [2010] by Youngme Moon Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [4/2010] for $11.99 Crown Business 8x5¼ pb [9/2011] for $12.49 Crown Business 8¼x5½ hardcover [4/2010] out of print/many used |
 | "Well Being: The Five Essential Elements" [2010] by Tom Rath & James K. Harter, PhD Two bestselling authors team up to share the results of a landmark study of well-being and its implications for organizations and individuals, covering five dimensions of human experi-ence: Physical Well-Being, Career Well-Being, Financial Well-Being, Social Well-Being, and Community Well-Being Gallup Press 9x6¼ deckle-edge hardcover [5/2010] for $13.99 |
 | "Citizen You: Doing Your Part To Change The World" [2010] by Jonathan M. Tisch (chair/CEO of Loew's Hotels), with Karl Weber Crown hardcover [5/2010] for $15.91 |
 | "Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business In A Fast-Changing World" [2010] by Aron Cramer & Zachary Karabell Rodale Books hardcover [10/2010] for $17.15 |
 | "Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle For The Soul of American Business" [2011] by Bob Lutz Portfolio 8¼x6 hardcover [6/2011] for $15.11 |
 | "The Transforming Leader: New Approaches To Leadership For The Twenty-First Century" [2012] Edited by Carol S. Pearson
Kindle Edition from Berrett-Koehler Publrs [6/2012] for $19.99 Berrett-Koehler Publrs 9¼x6 pb [6/2012] for $39.32 |
 | "The Next IQ: The Next Level of Intelligence For 21st Century Leaders" [2012] by Arin N. Reeves, Foreword by John W. Rowe Kindle Edition from American Bar Assn. [7/2012] for $14.99 American Bar Assn. 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2012] for $23.08 official book site |
 | "Language Intelligence: Lessons On Persuasion From Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Lady Gaga" [2012] by Joseph J. Romm
Kindle Edition from CreateSpace [7/2012] for $9.99 CreateSpace 8x5¼ pb [7/2012] for $14.99 |
 | "Lean In: Women, Work, and The Will To Lead" [2013] by Sheryl Sandberg Amazon Best Book of the Month, plus cover story on TIME Magazine (both March 2013) Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [3/2013] for $4.99 Knopf 9½x6 hardcover [3/2013] for $14.97 Random House Audio UNABR audio CD read by Elisa Donovan [3/2013] for $24.84 Sandberg is the longtime COO at Facebook, Inc. |
 | "The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How To Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, and Viral Marketing To Reach Buyers Directly" international bestseller [2013] by David Meerman Scott
Kindle Edition from Wiley [6th edition 7/2017] for $12.79 Kindle Edition from Wiley [5th edition 9/2015] for $12.01 Wiley 6th Edition 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2017] for $14.67 Wiley 5th Edition 9x6 pb [10/2015] for $12.64 Wiley 4th Edition 9x6 pb [7/2013] out of print/100+ used |
 | "Captains of Industry: In Their Own Words" [2014] Edited by Jack Donahue Ten essays from American & British leaders & critics: showman P.T. Barnum, John Graham Brooks, G.K. Chesterton, Henry Ford, Pulitzer Prize-winner Burton J. Hendrick, educator Willard Eugene Hotchkiss, Frederick L. Lipman (president Wells Fargo Bank), John D. Rockefeller, journalist Albert Shaw PhD, and Mark Twain Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2014] for $4.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [3/2014] for $9.99 |
 | "Zero To One: Notes On Startups, or How To Build The Future" [2014] New York Times bestseller by Peter Thiel, with Blake Masters Kindle Edition from Crown Business/Random House [9/2014] for $14.99 Virgin Books 7¾x5 pb [6/2015] out of print/many used Crown Business 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2014] for $19.57 |
 | "Game of Thrones On Business: Strategy, Morality, and Leadership Lessons From The World’s Most Talked About TV Show" [2015] by Tim Phillips & Rebecca Clare Kindle Edition from Infinite Ideas [4/2015] for 99¢ {sic} Infinite Ideas 7¾x5 pb [4/2015] for $14.95 see also Spirit of America Bookstore's "Game of Thrones" Novels & TV Page |
 | "More Important Than Money: An Entrepreneur’s Team" [2017] by Robert T. Kiyosaki & The Rich Dad Advisors seems to be a summary of the Rich Dad Advisors books: after biographies of Kiyosaki and the eight advisors, book reprints the 'best chapters' from 14 books by those advisors RDA Press 9x6 pb [7/2017] for $13.56 |
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