Books you're currently reading???

[elSicomoro]

Books for my first graduate class...I start in 2 weeks:

--Management Mistakes and Successes
--The Time Trap
--Effective Teamwork
--a management textbook published by Houghton Mifflin

[Cyclefrance]

Originally Posted by sycamore

Books for my first graduate class...I start in 2 weeks:

--Management Mistakes and Successes
--The Time Trap
--Effective Teamwork
--a management textbook published by Houghton Mifflin

Get yourself a copy of Goldratt's 'The Goal' - it won't cost you much second-hand but it will be one of the most useful management books you read, being the entry novel to a management and business process concept that stands up to scrutiny and that really does work and deliver. I'll be surprised if you don't get hooked.

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Get yourself a copy of Goldratt's 'The Goal' - it won't cost you much second-hand but it will be one of the most useful management books you read, being the entry novel to a management and business process concept that stands up to scrutiny and that really does work and deliver. I'll be surprised if you don't get hooked.

Thanks for the tip...I'll have to check it out!

[Cyclefrance]

Originally Posted by sycamore

Thanks for the tip...I'll have to check it out!

One of his books, 'Critical Chain', deals with MBAs and takes the line you do. It's essentially about Project Management and solving the bottlenecks that you get which cause delays to completion of projects, but there is a parallel 'plot' that deals with the issues and potential solutions to the way MBAs are constructed and taught. If you end up liking 'The Goal' then the next obvious ones are 'It's Not Luck' (deals with sales and marketing) and then 'Critical Chain'.

I took a TOC course when I was working on a project for the fish and fruit markets, and the process identified some real problems plus helped create and evaluate possible solutions. I use their basic problem analysis tool (generally referred to as the Evaporating Cloud or Conflict Resolution Diagram) quite regularly as a means to condense and resolve issues, but the full programme approach is really for large tasks and projects.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by sycamore

Books for my first graduate class...I start in 2 weeks:

--Management Mistakes and Successes
--The Time Trap
--Effective Teamwork
--a management textbook published by Houghton Mifflin

Dude, are you that pissed at tw?

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by Griff

Dude, are you that pissed at tw?

Fontbonne (the school I'm attending) has a 24-month MBA program that I considered...and every time I thought about it, I kept thinking of tw.

MBAs are overrated, IMO. The Management program I'm in is good, and only takes 18 months. That'll work for me.