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  Sunday, October 10, 2004


Business Book List 1.  ( on reviews)

 

Following is a list of some of the best business sellers book in the last 10 years, my short comments, and the link to amazon.com.  I will be presenting more lists and for some books, longer reviews in the coming posts. 

 

 

1.) Gerstner, Louis ( 2002), Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance, New York: Harper Business

- óóóó Gerstner, IBM’s CEO from 1992 to 2002 shares the insights on how he was able to get things moving and thereby saved IBM.

 

 

2.) Bossidy, Larry with Ram Charam ( 2002) , Execution - The Discipline of Getting Things Done, New York:Crown Business

- óóóó  Bossidy was chairman of Honeywell, and Ram shares insights on how to get the job done, and thereby define the true meaning of leadership in terms of ability to execute.

 

 

3.) Welch, Jack (2001) , Straight from the Gut, New York: Warner Books

- óóóóó Welch, voted most influential CEO of the 20th century, shares his experiences of over 20 years in leading GE to become the world’s most valuable company.  Excellent book in how to focus, provide vision, encourage teamwork, train and reward performance.

 

 

4.) Goldratt, Eliyahu ( 1992), The Goal, A process of ongoing Improvement, 2nd edition, MA:North River Press

- óóóóó  Dr. Goldratt’s book which introduced the Theory of Constraints, and change the way on how to look at productivity.  A must read on improving everyday operations processes.

 

 


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