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The seven must-read management books

by Personnel Today 11 Apr 2006
by Personnel Today 11 Apr 2006

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

 

To read why, go to www.personneltoday.com/34872.article

 

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