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Management
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The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause
Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen
Harvard Business School Publishing, 1997
A radical book that explains why companies fail even
though they do everything right when confronted with
disruptive changes in technology
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Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and
Organizations
Robert K. Cooper, Ayman Sawaf
Perigee Trade, 1998
A method to implement emotional intelligence for
management
Also in Hebrew
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving
In
Roger Fisher and William Ury
Penguin Book, second edition, 1991
A useful guide for negotiations
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Marketing |
Kotler on Marketing
Philip Kotler
Simon and Schuster, 1999
Essential book about marketing for managers
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Organizational Development |
How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis
Ichak Adizes
The Adizes Institute, 1979
A method to diagnose an organization according to
its growth phase and different characteristics of managers
Also in Hebrew
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porass
Harper Business, 1994
Explains what differentiates the leading companies
from the other companies
Also in Hebrew
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Good to Great
Jim Collins
HarperCollins, 2001
A wonderful strategy for a company that wants to
lead its domain
Also in Hebrew
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Peter Drucker
Harper Business, 1985
A masterpiece; a must for every MBA student
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The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning
Organization
Peter M. Senge
Doubleday, 1994
A guide for establishing a learning organization
with system thinking
Also in Hebrew
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The Fifth Discipline: Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools
for Building a Learning Organization
Peter M. Senge
Doubleday, 1994
A comprehensive book with tools and methods for learning
organizations and organizational development
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Organization Development: Strategies for Changing Environment
Robert D. Smither,John M. Houston, Sandra D. Mclntire
Harper Collins, 1996
A comprehensive reference book for organizational
development methods and techniques
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Change Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution
Paul Watzlawick, John H. Weakland, Richard Fisch
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc., 1974
The source of the" first order" and "second order"
change theory
Also in Hebrew
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Jack:
Straight from the Gut
Jack Welch
Warner Books, 2001
A real world-class example for how to successfully
lead changes within large organizations
Also in Hebrew
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Process Improvement |
CMMI Guidelines for Process Integration and Product
Improvement
Mary Beth Chrissis, Mike Konrad, Sandy Shrum
Addison Wesley, 2003
A book that includes both representations of the CMMI
in a very useful way
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The People Capability Maturity Model Guidelines for
Improving the Workforce
Bill Curtis, William E. Hefley, Sally A. Miller
Addison Wesley, 2002
The people capability model
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The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management
Tom De Marco
Dorset House Publishing, 1997
A novel that demonstrates a roll-up of process improvement
for project management
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Reengineering the Corporation
Michael Hammer and James Champy
HarperCollins, 1993
The first book for re-engineering (also in Hebrew)
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Six Sigma: The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing
the World's Top Corporations
Mikel Harry and Richard Schroeder
Doubleday, 2000
An overview of the six sigma method by the method
architect
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Understanding Variation, The Key to Managing Chaos
Donald J. Wheeler
SPC Press, Second Edition, 2000
Highly recommended book for anyone who deals with measuring processes and systems
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Quality
Software Management, Vol. 4: Anticipating Change
Gerald Weinberg
Dorset House Publishing, 1997
A must for every change agent in SW and system engineering
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Project Management |
Critical Chain
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
The North River Press, 1997
A novel that explains basic concepts of the theory
of constraints and essential scheduling concepts
Also in Hebrew
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Self-Improvement |
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 1990
The essential book for self-improvement with wonderful
tools for time management
Also in Hebrew
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Software Engineering |
Extreme
Programming
Kent Beck
Addison Wesley, 2000
An overview of the extreme programming method
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
Tom Demarco, Timothy Lister
Dorset House Publishing, 1987
A demonstration that the major problems of software
development are human and not technical
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The Unified Software Development Process
Ivar Jacobson, Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh
Addison-Wesley, 1998
A detailed book that describes the RUP process
that uses case studies and software architecture as
main concepts
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Rapid Development
Steve McConnell
Microsoft Press, 1996
A comprehensive book with best practices for SW engineering
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