The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Management Books You'll Never Have Time To Read

by Basic Books

Given the urgency and immediacy of so many business problems and challenges, a solid grounding in the history and evolution of business thinking will help managers separate fad from fact and apply the cumulative wisdom of the writers whose ideas have demonstrated profound and lasting impact. From Sun Tzu's timeless Art of War to the inventors of modern management in the 1920s-'40s to the books that have the captured the New Economy Zeitgeist, The Best Business Books Ever illuminates the key ideas and contributions of the 100 books that should form the basis of any manager's, business student's, or entrepreneur's library. The Best Business Books Ever places both historical and contemporary works in context and draws fascinating parallels and points of connection between books from different places and times, all of which have contributed to our collective understanding and practice of the art of management.

Genres: Business, Management

280 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2011

Reviews

[Leah Hortin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've found myself in a somewhat-key role for a growing business without any formal education or training in business so I've made it my personal mission to work on professional growth and development in my own time. This book is a compilation of 2-page summaries of over 100 of the "best" business books/most influential "management" books of all time. I personally found only a handful of the books mentioned to be worth a follow-up for my own goals but that doesn't mean the book is bad... it just isn't geared to my own interests. The chunk that I wasn't particularly interested in were globalization, technology, corporate business, and the numerous books that discussed Japan. What I was interested in was management, leadership, and motivation. I'd love to see this same book targeted for small business. The other thing I'd like to note is that I'd have preferred to see some more recent works included. There were a lot of "classics" and a lot written in the 1900's, some updated in the 2000's but not much that I would consider "new" and time-relevant material.

[Rajesh Arumugam · Rating 3 out of 5]

i won't recommend this book to anyone. one might find 30-40% of the book to be useful or appealing to him. many of the books might not be relevant to that person.

[Ateeq Ahmad · Rating 1 out of 5]

not really worth it.