Suggested Reading
In addition to the readings required for class, the EGMT Faculty recommend an array of texts to enrich your educational experience. Below are some specific faculty recommendations, but feel free to ask for more resources from your professors and the department.
Additionally, if you come across material that is particularly interesting or relevant for our curriculum, please send us an email!
- “Managing”
Henry Mintzberg
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009
- “Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development”
Henry Mintzberg
Berrett Koehler, 2004
- “Execution”
Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
Crown Business, 2002
- “Confronting Reality”
Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
Crown Business 2004
- “Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense”
Profiting from evidence-based management
Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton
Harvard Business School Press 2006
- “Why Most Things Fail”
Paul Ormerod
Pantheon Books 2005
- “The Power of Impossible Thinking”
Yoram Wind and Colin Crook
Wharton School Publishing 2005
- “Beyond Reengineering”- How the Process-Centered Enterprise Is Changing Our Work and Our Lives
Michael Hammer
Harper Business, 1996
- “Trout on Strategy”- Capturing Mindshare, Conquering Markets
Jack Trout
McGraw-Hill, 2004
- “Plain Talk” – Lessons from a Business Maverick
Ken Iverson
John Wiley and Sons, 1998
- “Total Creativity” – Road Map To Building a More Innovative Organization
David Tanner
APPT, 1997
- “Creativity In Business” – Based on the Famed Stanford University Course That Has Revolutionized the Art of Success
Michael Ray
Doubleday, 1989
- “Flash of Brilliance” – Inspiring Creativity Where You Work
William C. Miller
Perseus Books, 1999
- “99% Inspiration – Tips, Tales, and Techniques for Liberating Your Business Creativity.”
Bryan W. Mattimore
Amacon, 1994
- “Rules for Revolutionaries – The Capitalist Manifesto for Creating and Marketing New Products and Services.”
Guy Kawasaki
Harper Business, 1998
- “The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us”
Robyn Meredith
Publisher - Norton
- “The Existential Pleasures of Engineering”
Samuel C. Florman
St. Martin's Griffin, 1996