 | The Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor
Buy used from: $9.69 One of the earliest business books it is a great introduction to the science
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 | Concept of the Corporation by Peter Drucker
Buy new: $22.45 / Used from: $11.07 Peter Drucker is "The Master". This is his first book. In it he sees the future of the corporation. Other Drucker's: "Adventures of a Bystander" & "The Unseen Revolution"
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 | My Years with General Motors by Alfred Sloan
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $3.94 Sloan was the first person to apply management accounting to running a large company. It is a difficult read but tells an incredible story in a very understated manner.
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 | Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy
Buy used from: $128.00 This is the cassette but the book is available used. Oglivy is the father of modern advertising and this extremenly readable book is full of usable hints on how to suceed in business.
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| Managing by Harold Geneen
Buy used from: $8.39 Geneen taught me how to manage by the numbers. A quote: "The drugery of the numbers will make you free."
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 | How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life (Signet) by Alan Lakein
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 This book gave me the discipline to get focused on my goals. I still reread chapter 5 and do the exercise every year.
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