Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Must-reads to prepare you for a career in business

I recently listened to a podcast from MBA Podcaster titled MBA Must Reads: Experts Share Their Top Recommendations on the Books that will Prepare You for Your Application, Business School and Your Career Beyond School. Following are the books cited in the podcast:
  1. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
  2. Costing the Earth: The Challenge for Governments, the Opportunities for Business by Frances Cairncross
  3. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Freidman
  4. The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success - A Practical Guide To The Fulfillment Of Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra
  5. How to Become CEO: The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization by Jeffrey J. Fox
  6. Winning by Jack Welch, Suzy Welch
  7. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  8. The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson
  9. The Brand You 50 : Or : Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself from an 'Employee' into a Brand That Shouts Distinction, Commitment, and Passion! by Tom Peters
  10. The Trusted Advisor, by David Maister, Charles Green, and Robert Galford
  11. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey
  12. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
  13. Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
  14. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman

  15. The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and Cultures by Frans Johansson
  16. Songbook by Nick Hornby

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