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Leadership and the New
Science by Margaret
Wheatley
A
classic introduction to an entirely different way at looking at the
world. When I first began my explorations of the how chaos theory
could be used in project management this book was at the top of my list.
Recommended by Donna Fitzgerald [dfitz-nimblepm.com]
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Give and Take : The Complete
Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics
by Chester L. Karrass
A guide
to negotiation in business and personal transactions shows readers how
to zero in on what a buyer or seller wants, break a deadlock, handle
objections, and ask the right questions. Recommended by Dean Webb |
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CRITICAL CHAIN, by Eliyahu
M. Goldratt
| Read it for an
appreciation of how human behavior, and the measurements, policies
and assumptions that affects it has impact on project commitments
and performance. |
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| Recommended
by Francis S. (Frank) Patrick
[fpatrick-focusedperformance.com] |
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Strategies for Change:
Logical Incrementalism by James Brian Quinn.
This is not a book about PM, it is a book
about organizational politics. On the first reading this book will seem
to say "it all depends," but on re-reading it will say "it depends on .
. ."
Recommended by Victor Rosenberg [vrosenberg-rcn.com] |
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Managing Management Time
by Oncken, William
One of the best books ever on management,
but not widely known. Wonderfully entertaining and very insightful on
how to manage up, down, and sideways in the organization (recommended by
Bill Duncan wrd-pmpartners.com)
I was first introduced to this book back when I worked at Intel.
Twenty years later my copy is still in my bookcase and "sideways leaping
gorillas" is a permanent part of my lexicon. Well worth
tracking down in order to understand what management is really all
about. (recommended by Donna Fitzgerald dfitz-nimblepm.com)
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