Where Are All the Good Management Books?

"Where have all the good managers gone? Everybody wants to be a leader, nobody aspires to being a good manager these days. The separation of management from leadership is dangerous. Leading without good management results in a failure to execute. Let’s get back to good, strong managing."

And so I began another business coaching article for my subscribers over at Customized Newsletters.  I want to share with you my list of resouces for writing this article about management, because it really is a short list of some of my favorite business books.

Then, you tell me if there are some I've missed that should be on the list of best management books. Here's my list:

Bossidy, L. & Charan, R. (2004) Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right. Crown Business Books.

Bruch, H. & Ghoshal, S. (2004) A Bias for Action: How Effective Managers Harness Their Willpower, Achieve Results, and Stop Wasting Time. Harvard Business School Press.

Buckingham, M. & Coffman, C. (1999) First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently. Simon & Schuster.

Collins, J. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t. (2002) Harper Collins.

Collins, J. & Porras, J. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. (2002) Harper Business Essentials.

Gardner, H. (2004) Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People’s Mind. Harvard Business School Press.

Gosling, J. & Mintzberg, H. (November 2003) “The Five Minds of a Manager.” Harvard Business Review.

Kouzes, J. & Posner, B. (2002) The Leadership Challenge. Jossey-Bass Wiley.

Mintzberg, H. (March-April 1990) “The Manager’s Job: Folklore and Fact.” Harvard Business Review.

Moss Kanter, R. (2003) Best Practice: Ideas and Insights from the World’s Foremost Business Thinkers. Perseus Publishing.

Pfeffer, J. & Sutton, R.I. (2000) The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action. Harvard Business School Press.

There are certainly many others, this is just a few I used in writing my article about management and how it is changing.

Comments and additions most welcome, just press the comment link below and nominate your favorite management book.

Patsi,
Your BizBook Worm

Comments

[Ketan]

Excellent Blog. I am a regular visitor.

Here is a list of some of the books people gave me.

http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/10.html

Thanks
Ketan