Books: Business

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Some fans of Rand have said that if _Atlas Shrugged_ is ever made into a movie that it should be "updated"--i.e., the passenger train industry should be replaced by passenger airplanes. I think it would quite foolish to tamper with _Atlas_ in such a way. It could also be said that the story of "Atlas Shrugged with Airplanes" has already been writte... (See the whole review)

In Serious Play, Michael Schrage shows how rapid prototypes and models affect innovation within companies. Schrage introduces the concept of shared space. He maintains that the areas of interaction in a company are extremely important in determing a company's success.

Thomas W. Malone shows how today's companies must decentralize, loosen up corporate hierarchies and set up market mechanisms within the company to stay competitive. There's also a neat case study of  how Wikipedia was started by Larry Sanger and Objectivist entrepreneur Jimmy Wales.

This sweeping text opens with the author recounting how human civilization and its economies have progressed through a series of ages: ... (See the whole review)

Roger Dawson delineates the attributes of a successful negotiation and explains in detail how to make the people with whom you negotiate feel good about the deal you want to make.  When he overhears a person accuse him of wanting to snatch the gold fillings from people's teeth, he explains that such an action would amount to stealing, not power neg... (See the whole review)

Objectivists all too often allow themselves to become mired in arguments over who has the "right" position rather than simply asserting themselves and then acting by right.  Their mistake draws from the hidden assumption that one must necessarily seek "permission" from peers to engage in activities that have nothing to do with those peers.  This au... (See the whole review)

Objectivism holds the individual as the highest value.  From this core value flows a sense of benevolence toward one's fellow human beings in the quest for productive relationships of value exchange.  An Objectivist will thus have a natural motivation to develop skill at cultivating these relationships for his own benefit. ... (See the whole review)

This book is a model of what good 'industry biography' should be. The author of 'The Commanding Heights' outlines the story of oil - black gold - and how it became the commodity that moves the world. The story Yergin tells is colourful, authoritative and - quite literally - earth-shaking; it is the story of the rise and development of capitalism an... (See the whole review)

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity -- principles that give... (See the whole review)