RESOURCES: BOOKS 

All available books are listed below.  You can also download the list in Microsoft Word format.

To borrow a book, please contact the BWC library at Library@BWC.state.oh.us.  Also, if you are interested in purchasing any of the materials listed, click on the title and you will be redirected to another site where you may buy it.

 

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Title:	7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The
Author:	Covey, Stephen R.
Description:	(2 copies) Powerful lessons in Personal change

Title:	Age of Participation, The
Author:	McLagan, Patricia and Nel, Christo
Description:	The authors make a case for why participative governance is the only viable means for companies to compete effectively in an information-based global economy

Title:	Aiming Higher
Author:	Bollier, David
Description:	25 Stories of how companies prosper by combining sound management and social vision

Title:	Balanced Scorecard, The
Author:	Kaplan, Robert S. and Norton, David P.
Description:	Measuring and managing business strategy

Title:	Busting Bureaucracy
Author:	Johnston, Kenneth
Description:	How to conquer an organization’s worst enemy

Title:	Capitalist Philosophers, The
Author:	Gabor, Andrea
Description:	(5 copies) The geniuses of Modern business – their lives, times, and ideas

Title:	Deming Management at Work
Author:	Walton, Mary
Description:	Six successful companies that use the quality principles of the world-famous W. Edwards Deming

Title:	Deming Management Method, The
Author:	Walton, Mary
Description:	W. Edwards Deming offers his unorthodox system to make “Made in America” a guarantee of quality – again

Title:	Democratic Corporation, The
Author:	Ackoff, Russell L.
Description:	A radical prescription for recreating corporate America and rediscovering success

Title:	Deregulating the Public Service; Can Government be Improved?
Author:	DiIulio, Jr., John J. (Editor)
Description:	A collection of essays on the deregulation of public service agencies

Title:	Dinosaur Strain, The
Author:	Brown, Marc
Description:	The survivor’s guide to personal and business success

Title:	Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work, The
Author:	Block, Peter
Description:	Politics in the workplace and positive political skills at work

Title:	Enlightened Leadership; Getting to the Heart of Change
Author:	Oakley, Ed and Krug, Doug
Description:	A tool for shifting a reactive mindset to a proactive mindset; an aid to becoming a principle-centered leader

Title:	Flawless Consulting
Author:	Block, Peter
Description:	An introductory guide to consulting

Title:	Growing Prosperity
Author:	Bluestone, Barry and Harrison, Bennett
Description:	The authors discuss the battle for growth with equity in the 21st Century

Title:	Heroz
Author:	Byham, William C., Ph.D. and Cox, Jeff
Description:	Empowering yourself, your co-workers and your company

Title:	Idea Edge, The
Author:	King, Bob and Dr. Schlicksupp, Helmut
Description:	Transforming Creative Thought into Organizational Excellence

Title:	Leader’s Handbook, The
Author:	Scholtes, Peter R.
Description:	A guide to inspiring your people and managing the daily workflow

Title:	Leadership and the New Science
Author:	Wheatley, Margaret J.
Description:	Learning about organization from an orderly universe

Title:	Leadership Counts
Author:	Behn, Bobert D.
Description:	Lessons for public managers regarding employment, training, and the marketing of social programs

Title:	Leadership Trapeze
Author:	Wilson, Jeanne M. et al.
Description:	Strategies for leadership in team-based organizations

Title:	Leading Systems
Author:	Oshry, Barry
Description:	How systems work and how you can exert enlightened system leadership

Title:	Manufacturing Advantage
Author:	Appelbaum, Eileen et al
Description:	Why high-performance work systems pay off

Title:	Mining Group Gold
Author:	Kayser, Thomas A.
Description:	How to cash in on the collaborative brain power of a group

Title:	Mutual Gains Enterprise, The
Author:	Kochan, Thomas A. and Osterman, Paul
Description:	Creating a winning partnership among labor, management, and government

Title:	Practicing Organization Development – A Guide for Consultants
Author:	Rothwell, William J. et al
Description:	Defines organization development, action research, required competencies, and intervention as it is used in the organization development field

Title:	Seeing Systems: Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational Life
Author:	Oshry, Barry
Description:	(2 copies) The author discusses seeing the big picture; seeing patterns of relationship; and seeing patterns of process

Title:	Simplicity; The New Competitive Advantage in a World of More, Better, Faster
Author:	Jensen, Bill
Description:	(2 copies) A tool for figuring out what to do in a world of infinite choices and leading and working smarter

Title:	Stewardship
Author:	Block, Peter
Description:	(5 copies) Choosing service over self-interest

Title:	Strategic Management of Public and Third Sector Organizations
Author:	Nutt, Paul C. and Backoff, Robert W.
Description:	A handbook of the importance and use of strategy management in public and non-profit sectors

Title:	Strategy-Focused Organization, The
Author:	Kaplan, Robert S. and Norton, David P.
Description:	How balanced scorecard companies thrive in the new business environment

Title:	Systems Thinking Basics – From Concepts to Causal Loops
Author:	Anderson, Virginia and Johnson, Lauren
Description:	An introduction to systems, systems thinking, systemic structures, complex systems, and applying and practicing systems thinking

Title:	Team Handbook, The
Author:	Scholtes, Peter R. et al
Description:	How to use teams to improve quality

Title:	TQE, Technology, and Teaching (Volume 9 in a series of 12)
Author:	Hertzke, Eugene R. and Olson, Warren E.
Description:	A planning and implementation guide for school administrators

Title:	Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment
Author:	Byham, William C., Ph.D.
Description:	How to improve quality, productivity, and employee satisfaction

Title:	Applying Systems Archetypes
Author:	Kim, Daniel H. and Lannon, Colleen P.
Series:	Innovations in Management
Description:	(none)

Title:	Designing a systems Thinking Intervention
Author:	Goodman, Michael et al
Series:	Innovations in Management
Description:	(none)

Title:	From Mechanistic to Social Systemic Thinking
Author:	Ackoff, Russel L.
Series:	Innovations in Management
Description:	A digest of a talk by Russel L. Ackoff

Title:	Natural Step, The
Author:	Robèrt, Karl-Henrik
Series:	Innovations in Management
Description:	A framework for achieving sustainability in our organizations

Title:	Toward Learning Organizations
Author:	Kim, Daniel H.
Series:	Innovations in Management
Description:	Integrating total quality control and systems thinking

Title:	In the Middle
Author:	Oshry, Barry
Series:	Power & Systems Laboratory
Description:	The author discusses the condition of managers - a class of persons he defines as “Middles” who are torn between the needs, demands, pressures and priorities of those above them (the Elites or “Tops”) and below them (the Immigrants or “Bottoms”)

Title:	Possibilities of Organization, The
Author:	Oshry, Barry
Series:	Power & Systems Laboratory
Description:	The author discusses organization as he has seen it; what it is; its possibilities; as it is experienced by players on the top, in the middle and at the bottom of organizations and by the customers of organizations

Title:	Space Work
Author:	Oshry, Barry
Series:	Power & Systems Laboratory
Description:	The author contends that many issues within a system appear to be personal where they are actually systemic in nature