Suggested Books

While I can't afford to read them during the year, this is a valuable list for future reference:

1. "Outliers", Malcolm Gladwell
2. Thinking Fast and Slow
3. Art of Choosing - Sheena Iyengar
4.Good to Great
5. Build to Last
6. Working Identity

OB: From Luis Martin

Organizational Behavior Book List – 2014
Luis L. Martins
General Interest:
• What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful, by
Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter.
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck.
• Give and Take, by Adam M. Grant.
• The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, by Jonathan Haidt.
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, by Charles Duhigg.
• Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense, by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton.
By OB Topic:
1. Understanding Organizations as Complex Systems
Do Nothing!: How to Stop Overmanaging and Become a Great Leader, by J. Keith Murnighan
2. Structuring Organizations for Optimal Performance
Designing Dynamic Organizations: A Hands-on Guide for Leaders at All Levels, by Jay Galbraith, Diane Downey, and
Amy Kates.
3. Creating an Engaging Organizational Culture
Organizational Culture and Leadership, by Edgar H. Schein.
4. Strategically Aligning Human Resources
Jack: Straight from the Gut, by Jack Welch.
5. Motivating Employees
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, by Dan Pink.
6. Designing and Leading High Performance Teams
Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances, by J. Richard Hackman.
7. Working Effectively in Teams
Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy, by Amy C. Edmondson.
8. Managing Team Conflict
Building Conflict Competent Teams, by Craig E. Runde and Tim A. Flanagan.
9. Enhancing Individual and Team Decision Making
Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman.
10. Leading Effectively
The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership, by David
Caruso and Peter Salovey.
11. Managing Power Dynamics and Work Relationships
Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don’t, by Jeffrey Pfeffer.
12. Developing and Utilizing Networks Effectively
The 29% Solution: 52 Weekly Networking Success Strategies, by Ivan Misner and Michelle R. Donovan
13. Leading Change
Leading Change, by John Kotter.
14. Achieving Results Through Others

Influence: Science and Practice, by Robert B. Cialdini.

1.       B*-Start with the why

2.       V*-The golden circle

3.       B*- In the sphere of silence

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Suggested Books - NEGA

1. Influence: Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini
2. Influence and Persuasion  in small groups - Nemeth C.J. and Goncalo
 Persuasion: Psychological Insights and Perspectives - London sage publications
3. Brett J.M.: Negotiating Globally: How to Negotiate deals, Resolve Disputes and Make Decisions across cultural boundaries.
4. Ury. W. - Getting Past No: Negotiating with Difficult People; Bantam Books
5. The Brave New World
6. The Empowered Manager: positive Political Skills at work
7. The Wisdom of Crowds

MISC

1. Barbarians at the gate
2. Swaminathan Aiyyar: Democracy & Capitalism
3. Saving Capitalism from capitalists

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