The Book Corner offers reviews by Graziadio School faculty and others for a variety of books on business topics.
The book is thorough, clearly written, and easily understood. It offers important lessons not only for economists, but especially for managers and for anyone who cares about the value of the decisions they make.
For students of business, the question revolves around who made the greatest contribution to the future of business and, by that, the greatest contribution to mankind, and to civilization’s progress.
The authors clearly identify the “what” and the “why” of the morphing of products and services and then provide direction for managers to understand actions necessary to remain competitive.
This book would best be utilized in a course on Finance for the Non-Financial Manager. Otherwise, there are better uses for your time.
What the reader gets in Fixing the Game is deeply thoughtful business commentary with an excellent marketing case study to boot, namely the NFL.
The 100 Best Business Books of All Time is crammed with book reviews and allows you to learn about all those books that you think you should have read or relearn the ones you did read but forgot the reason why it was so valuable at the time.
Many books on management act as if they have the best answer for everyone. Instead, to its credit, Being the Boss offers a coherent set of questions that make it possible for each manager to thoughtfully tailor his or her own answers.
The vast bulk of the book is a description of the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MTBI), and Bents and Blank specifically identify how each of the 16 personality types react to stress.
Montier provides an interesting and fact-supported look at how our emotions prevent many of us from being successful investors.
Kroijer elaborates on the state of the hedge fund industry, its overall usefulness, and the problem with fees and structure—all issues I mostly agree with.
Boudreau confronts the inherent uncertainty in challenging HR questions in a manner that does not dehumanize human capital.
A reader who is new to the employee learning and development training field will find value in this book—but the tools and tips offered are not trailblazing.
Breakthrough! is not a breakthrough book, but if you seek an easy-to-read, “how-to” book on logistics that foster innovation in your organization, then it may serve as your mug of java.
The strength of the book is that it provides an outline of what might be called “leverage points” for helping a client to be a more effective leader within the context of the corporation.
As with most of the Blanchard book series, this piece is written as a quick read for busy managers with practical, get-to-the-point objectives.