Management Book Review

Select a Management book from the list of recommended books

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MANAGEMENT BOOK LIST AND BOOK REVIEW ASSIGNMENTS

Below is a partial list of recommended books for your Book Review assignment.You may select from this list, or propose your own.If you select your own you must have your selection approved by the professor.

• Bass, Bernard M. and Riggio, Ronald E. (2005).Transformational Leadership.
• Bennis, Warren G. (2003).On Becoming a Leader.
• Bennis, Warren G. (2000).Managing the Dream.

• Buckingham, Marcus and Coffman, Curt (1999).First Break All the Rules.

• Blanchard, Ken and Bowles, Sheldon (1997).Gung Ho!
• Blanchard, Ken and O’Connor, Michael (2003).Managing by Values.

• Carnegie, Dale (1981).How to Win Friends and Influence People.

• Collins, Jim and Porras, Jerry I. (2002).Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.

• Covey, Stephen R. (1992).Principle-Centered Leadership.
• Covey, Stephen R. (2000).7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

• Harmon, Frederick G. (1996).Playing For Keeps.

• Hesselbein, Frances; Goldsmith, Marshall; and Beckhard, Richard (1996).The Leader of the Future.

• Kotter, John (1996).Leading Change.

• Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z. (1993).Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It.
• Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z. (1998).Encouraging the Heart: A Leader’s Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others.

• Kuczmarski, Susan Smith and Kuczmarski, Thomas D. (1995).Values-Based Leadership.

• Lencioni, Patrick (1998).The 5 Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable

• Muirhead, Bryan K., and Simon, William L. (2004).High Velocity Leadership: The Mars Pathfinder Approach to Faster, Better, Cheaper.

• Perkins, Dennis (2000).Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition.

• Slater, Robert (1999).Jack Welch and the GE Way: Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO.

• Useem, Michael (1998).The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All.

Read the book completely, and write a 3 – 4 page

paper, discussing the following.

1. The core premise and concepts from this book

2. How do the core concepts from this book tie into what

you’ve learned in this class? Be certain to cite relevant

theories, and class discussion from any topic studied in

this course.

3. What are the three most important ideas you personally

learned from this reading?

4. Why were these three ideas so important to you

personally, and how do you intend to use what you’ve

learned in real-life? Be specific.

5. Your overall assessment and rating of this book and why.

Grading Criteria

1. Captured the core premise and key concepts of this

book concisely and provided a solid foundation for

understanding the key principles of the book.

2. Integrated the content with other course material,

citing a variety of relevant theories.

3. Discussion quality of the three most important

ideas you learned from this book.

4. Discussion quality on application of these principles

in real life situations.

5. Overall Quality

Written Quality

Comprehension

Cohesiveness

Comprehensiveness

Information flow

Overall assessment

Tips for Success

 Double Space

 Use sub-headings for each section

(helps identify and clarify

details)

 Use

paragraph breaks to distinguish

your distinct thoughts

 Be precise and concise

 Be certain to cover all questions

completely

 Be certain to cite relevant theories, and

exhibit evidence of your

comprehension of those theories

 Grammar and syntax matter

Relevant Theories

 Show evidence that you have read

the materials for this course

 Show evidence that you understand

the materials from this course

 Show evidence that you can apply

course materials to other contexts.

Use readable font style and size