The seven must-read management books

We asked seven HR directors and consultants which books they always go back to. Their choices were:

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• Delivering Results: A New Mandate for Human Resource Professionals, by Dave Ulrich.
  Published by Harvard Business School Press
  ISBN 0875848699 Buy this book on Amazon

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• Dealing with the employee from hell: A guide to coaching and motivation, by Shaun Belding.
  Published by Kogan Page
  ISBN 0749444533  Buy this book on Amazon

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• Karaoke Capitalism: Managing for Mankind, by Jonas Ridderstrale and Kjell Nordstrom.
  Published by Financial Times Prentice Hall
  ISBN 0273687476 Buy this book on Amazon
  

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• The Employer Brand: Bringing the Best of Brand Management to People at Work, by Simon Barrow and Richard Mosley.
  Published by John Wiley & Sons
  ISBN 0470012730  Buy this book on Amazon

• Managerial Competence: The Key to Excellence, by Harold Schroder.
  Published by Kendall Hunt Publishing Company
  ISBN 0840355408

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• Funky Business., by Jonas Ridderstrale and Kjell Nordstrom.
  Published by Financial Times Prentice Hall
  ISBN 0273659073  Buy this book on Amazon 

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• Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World’s Most Unusual Workplace, by Ricardo Semler.
  Published by Warner
  ISBN 0446670553  Buy this book on Amazon

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