Management

Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it be a business, a not-for-profit organization, or government body. Management includes the activities of setting the strategy of an organization and coordinating the efforts of its employees or volunteers to accomplish its objectives through the application of available resources, such as financial, natural, technological, and human resources. The term "management" may also refer to the people who manage an organization.

Management is also an academic discipline, a social science whose objective is to study social orga
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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better
Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
The 6 Types of Working Genius
Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
Underskud
Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less (Revised and Updated)
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
When McKinsey Comes to Town
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
High Output Management
Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
The One Minute Manager
The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
Measure What Matters
How Women Rise by Sally HelgesenLean In by Sheryl SandbergZero-Sum Mindset by Rainer ZitelmannThe CodeBreaker Mindset by Chitra NawbattMindset by Carol S. Dweck
Required Reading for Success
572 books — 721 voters
7 Dumb Things We All Say by Greg AlcornThe Gap by Sriram SaravananThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillThe Effortless Investor by Sriram SaravananEVOLVE or Be Slaughtered by Derrick Chevalier
Most valuable business related books
277 books — 380 voters

Don’t Sleep on It by Kavit HariaSimply Effective by Ron AshkenasThe Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggExplosive Growth by Cliff LernerCreativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
Work Rebooted
144 books — 122 voters
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyHow Women Rise by Sally HelgesenRight-Sizing Strategic Financial Management for Small Business by Michael Stephen BorishLean In by Sheryl SandbergThe CodeBreaker Mindset by Chitra Nawbatt
The People's Library for Success
569 books — 885 voters

The Philanthropist Handbook by Clay M. GraysonDeep Listening by Emily KasrielVisible OPS Cybersecurity by Scott AlldridgeStart with Why by Simon SinekMean Girls at Work by Katherine Crowley
How to succeed in your first job
29 books — 29 voters
Lead by Legendary Example by Jay JacobsonThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyEVOLVE or Be Slaughtered by Derrick ChevalierWords That Change Minds by Shelle Rose CharvetCrucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson
Top Management Books
261 books — 338 voters


Robert Conquest
“ The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies. ”
― Robert Conquest

John C. Maxwell
“ Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. ”
― John C. Maxwell

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