Recommended Reading

The following books are recommended reading for those interested in self-development or involved with management learning.

The books have been categorised as follows:

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Personal Change

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Author: Stephen Covey
ISBN: 0-67170-863-5

I'm OK, You're OK

Author: Thomas A. Harris
ISBN: 0-38000-772-X

Zapp!: The Lightning of Empowerment

Author: William C. Byham & Jeff Cox
ISBN: 0-71268-035-7

What is Transactional Analysis

Author: Eric Whitton
ISBN: 1-870258-436

Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type

Author: Isabel Briggs Myers & Peter B. Myers
ISBN: 0-89106-074-X

101 Ways to Develop Your People, Without Really Trying: A Manager's Guide to Work Based Learning

Author: Peter Honey
ISBN: 1-90289-922-9

Discover Your Hidden Talents: The Essential Guide to Lifelong Learning

Author: Bill Lucas
ISBN: 1-85539-104-X

Principals of NLP

Author: Joseph O'Connor & Ian McDermott
ISBN: 0-72253-195-8

Solving People Problems

Author: Peter Honey
ISBN: 0-07084-544-1

Mindmapping: Your Personal Guide to Exploring Creativity and Problem-Solving

Author: Joyce Wycoff
ISBN: 0-42512-780-X

Emotional Intelligence

Author: Daniel P. Goleman
ISBN: 0-55337-506-7


Leadership/Teams

50 Cautionary Tales for Managers: An Entertaining Collection of Enlightening Parables for Managers

Author: Peter Honey
ISBN: 1-84528-109-8

What Leaders Really Do

Author: John P. Kotter
ISBN: 0-87584-897-4

On Becoming A Leader

Author: Warren G. Bennis
ISBN: 0-20140-929-1

Authentic Leadership: Courage in Action

Author: Robert W. Terry
ISBN: 1-55542-547-X

Leading Change

Author: John P. Kotter
ISBN: 0-87584-747-1

Management Teams - Why They Succeed and Fail

Author: Meredith Belbin
ISBN: 0-75062-676-3

Coaching for Performance

Author: Sir John Whitmore
ISBN: 1-85788-303-9

Coaching for Performance

Author: Philip Hodgson & Randall P. White
ISBN: 0-27365-241-9


Management Philosophies

The Empty Raincoat: Making Sense of the Future

Author: Charles B. Handy
ISBN: 0-09930-125-3

Surfing the Edge of Chaos: The Laws of Nature and the New Laws of Business

Author: Richard Tanner Pascale, Mark Milleman, Linda Gioja
ISBN: 0-81293-316-8

Teaching the Elephant to Dance: The Manager's Guide to Empowering Change

Author: James A. Belasco
ISBN: 0-45226-629-7

Never Reorganise Again!

Author: Eddie Obeng
ISBN: 0-95348-691-5

The Age of Unreason

Author: Charles B. Handy
ISBN: 0-87584-301-8

The Consistent Consumer: Predicting Future Behavior Through Lasting Values

Author: Charles B. Handy
ISBN: 1-4195-0273-5

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