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
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
The 6 Types of Working Genius
Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less (Revised and Updated)
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
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
When McKinsey Comes to Town
My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
Surrounded by Narcissists: How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People (and Not Lose Your Mind)
Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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
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Homeland Security
125 books — 10 voters
Never Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyExplosive Growth by Cliff Lerner
Best Business and Technology Books
118 books — 141 voters

House Broken by Sonja YoergExplorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures by J.Z. HuntEyes Like a Hurricane by Taryn NikolicThe Other End of the Leash by Patricia B. McConnellCall the Vet by Anna Birch
Books for Veterinarians
105 books — 39 voters
The Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro CremadesThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyFree by Chris AndersonThe Advantage by Patrick LencioniYour Leadership Edge by Dr. Ravinder Tulsiani
Heroku Recommended Reads for Managers
44 books — 19 voters

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Product books by product people
10 books — 2 voters
Early Warning Signals by G. Scott GrahamNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyPMO Governance by Eugen SpivakCulture Is The Bass by Gerald J. LeonardMoving Beyond Compromise by Kevin C. Smith
Corporate Governance
8 books — 18 voters


Scott Adams
You can change only what people know, not what they do.
Scott Adams, God's Debris: A Thought Experiment

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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