37 Best Selling Management Books Of All Time

Management is not about managing things around us but it also involves to manage the people we are surrounded by. There are several books written on management. But some were being famous to the audience.

Today we are going to tell about those 37 best-selling management books of all times.
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ON BECOMING A LEADER

• by Warren G. Bennis

This book is deemed as the dean of the leadership by the Forbes magazine which tells the qualities of a good leader, quality’s and strategies that are needed to be a good leader is given in this book. This book helped many leaders to find out their weakness and becoming the stronger ones.

Dubbed the “dean of leadership gurus” by Forbes magazine, Bennis remains the final word in modern leadership. This seminal work is a must-read for anyone who aspires to leadership excellence.

FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

• by Karen Berman and Joe Knight

This book is meant for the financial manager as it is a very important aspect of a manager to have a good command over financial transactions and the ways to find out financial leverage which is not known by every manager. So this book can be of great help to those managers.

SWIM WITH THE SHARKS WITHOUT BEING EATEN ALIVE

• by Harvey B. Mackay

This book shows the path of success for its readers. This book tells the reader how to outsell them. Also, learn to manage the competitors and the customer perfectly. This teaches us when to say yes and when to say no and how to say it.
This one-of-a-kind book by a businessman who’s seen it all and done it all has sold almost 2 million copies, and is the essential roadmap for everyone on the path to success

WHEN GENIUS FAILED

• by Roger Lowenstein

This writer has discussed Long-Term Capital Management In this business classic. It contains interviews with various persons, he shows not only the fund managers but also the personalities of Long-Term’s partners, and the contribution of Wall Street in both the increase and decrease.

The dramatic story of Long-Term’s fall is now a chilling harbinger of the crisis that would strike all of Wall Street, from Lehman Brothers to AIG, a decade later. 

PURPLE COW

• by Seth Godin

You’re either a Purple Cow or you’re not. You’re either remarkable or invisible. Make your choice. What do Apple, Starbucks, Dyson and Pret a Manger have in common? How do they achieve spectacular growth, leaving behind former tried-and-true brands to gasp their last?  The basic thing about this book is telling you that there is no middle position for you. Whether you remain noticeable or you remain invisible.

GROWING A BUSINESS

• by Paul Hawken

Paul Hawken demonstrates that the answers to small business problems today cannot be solved by college degrees, training or money—but only by you. Every person has a secret dream to become a businessman. This business book is meant for making the dreams of anyone into reality for which he made himself as the example of being a successful businessman. He mentioned taking the risk to achieve something.

THE FIRST 90 DAYS

• by Michael Watkins

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors.The world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transition

This book gives you the keys to successfully negotiation of whether you are successful in your own company or other company .this book tells the way to shorten the time of the breakeven point of a business. He remarked the career as a successful transition of stages.

GETTING THINGS DONE

• by David Allen

Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. He has shown the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that has been shown by him in his book. His emphasis on relaxation to increase our productivity. Relaxed mind helps us to work with our full potential.

LEADERSHIP AND SELF DECEPTION

• by Arbinger Institute

This book is about the deception of leaders which decrease their performance. This book is to help them find out this problem and make a better solution to it to improve performance from all aspects.This third edition of an international bestseller–over 2 million copies sold worldwide and translated into 33 languages–details how its powerful insights on motivation, conflict, and collaboration can benefit organizations as well as individuals. 

WHAT MANAGEMENT IS

• by Joan Magretta

This book shows the basic principles of management very simply without much hassle. This book shows the causes of success and failure and what should a manager do in a described manner with logic. A beginner’s guide and one of the greatest social innovations of modern times: the discipline of management.

THE E-MYTH REVISITED

• by Michael E. Gerber

This book shows and dispels the myth of small business. He gives insights about some assumptions, expectations, and technical support to maintain a successful business. In this first new and totally revised edition of the 150,000-copy underground bestseller, The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business.

MY YEARS WITH GENERAL MOTORS

• by Alfred Sloan Jr.

It’s like a manual to the managers which perfectly shows the disciplines of a manager. He shares his experience as a leader in this book by working in a giant industry.My Years with General Motors became an instant bestseller when it was first published in 1963. It has since been used as a manual for managers, offering personal glimpses into the practice of the “discipline of management” by the man who perfected it.

STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE

• by Alfred D. Chandler

This book tells us the way to implement a good relationship between economics and business. This book tells the reader the way to solve the economic problem effectively. YOu can Investigates the changing strategy and structure of the large industrial enterprise in the United States

THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT

• by Frederick Winslow Taylor

Taylor was an American manufacturing manager, mechanical engineer, and then a management consultant in his later years. He is often called “The Father of Scientific Management.”  This book was meant to reduce the intentional wastage of resource and increase the productivity which made the writer the father of scientific management. He scientifically proved his theory to the world.

THE FUNCTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE

• by Chester I. Barnard

He writes this book based on his personal experience as an executive. He worked in a various famous place and gathered knowledge’s which he inserted in this book.
Most of Barnard’s career was spent in executive practice. A Mount Hermon and Harvard education, cut off short of the bachelor’s degree, was followed by nearly forty years in the American Telephone & Telegraph Company.

BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY

• by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne

He challenged everything you know about the strategic success of your business. In the book the writer shown that the things supposed as the key things to gain a competitive edge are not the main things needed.The global phenomenon that has sold 3.6 million copies, is published in a record-breaking 46 languages and is a bestseller across five continents―now updated and expanded with new content

FOCAL POINT

• by Brian Tracy

The Wall Street Journal business bestseller with over 50,000 copies sold! The true secret of high achievers is that they know how to find their “focal point” – the one thing they should do, at any given moment, to get the best possible results in each area of their lives. This book discusses the focal point of high achievers. The thing you need to do in a given time to maximize your outcome is discussed in this book. This book enables the reader to take timely action.

THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER

• by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

A new edition based on the timeless business classic—updated to help today’s readers succeed more quickly in a rapidly changing world This book used for a huge time by the manager to increase productivity and reduce wastage. This book reveals many secrets to increase the productivity of the business.

THE ART OF STRATEGY

• by R. L. Wing

Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you.  This book discussed Game theory which is the art of guessing your opponent’s next moves, knowing well what the opponents will do to you. It may seem a very easy, but very effective way to make decisions.

JACK: STRAIGHT FROM THE GUT

• by Jack Welch

They called him Neutron Jack. They called him the world’s toughest boss. And then Fortune called him “The Manager of the Century.” In his twenty-year career This book is based on personal experience of a CEO about the economic robust because of leadership style.

THE ESSAYS OF WARREN BUFFETT

• by Warren Buffett and Lawrence A. Cunningham

This is a collection of buffets letter to the investors of share market which is a valuable asset to them. This letter contains various ways to make perfect investment decisions.
Offers nine lifestyle changes for improving brain health combining the discoveries of Western medicine with the insights of a holistic approach to medicine. 

BUSINESS MODEL GENERATION

• by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur

Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow’s enterprises. This is for those who are striving for taking inspirations to improve or make a new business model. This book shows a technique or innovative way to improve the business model.

COMPETITION DEMYSTIFIED

• by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn

Bruce Greenwald, one of the nation?s leading business professors, presents a new and simplified approach to strategy that cuts through much of the fog that has surrounded the subject. This book is written by Bruce Greenwald to follow method for understanding the competitive situation of the industry and developing a proper strategy for your business.

THE INNOVATOR’S DILEMMA

• by Clayton M. Christensen

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors.A Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame.

This book tells about the importance of disruptive innovations in a business which was found in the self of Steve Jobs.

TURN THE SHIP AROUND

• by L. David Marquet

Since Turn the Ship Around! was published in 2013, hundreds of thousands of readers have been inspired by former Navy captain David Marquet’s true story.  He said in his book that, leadership should give control instead of taking it. He shared his own experience with this book to share leadership control.

THE EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE

• by Peter Drucker

This book focuses on doing the right things reducing the fault. He emphasized effective decision making to ensure the proper use of resources.
The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to “get the right things done.” This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge

SIX THINKING HATS

• by Edward De Bono

Used successfully by thousands of business managers, educators, and government leaders around the world, Six Thinking Hats offers a practical and uniquely positive approach to making decisions and exploring new ideas.This book helps you to take positive decisions and innovating new ideas. Many managers have taken this approach. He shows that role-playing can make you a better decision maker via this book.

THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM

• by Patrick Lencioni

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive.In this book, the writer turns his thoughts and storytelling power to the fascinating world of teams. He shows sometimes when business falls into crisis and some way to tackle those in his book. This book is for those who want to be an exceptional leader.

THE KNOWING-DOING GAP

• by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton

Why are there so many gaps between what firms know they should do and what they actually do? Why do so many companies fail to implement the experience and insight they’ve worked so hard to acquire?  This book tells about the distance about what a firm should do and what they are doing. He explains their cause and finds out solutions to these problems.

NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS

• by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O Clifton

Unfortunately, most of us have little sense of our talents and strengths, much less the ability to build our lives around them. Instead, guided by our parents, by our teachers, by our managers, and by psychology’s fascination with pathology. This book was made after research and found that how individuals cultivate their career and how managers nourish them. This book discusses the talent management of the firm which we don’t have enough knowledge about.

This book emphasizes making talented people as an asset of the firm.

FIRST, BREAK ALL THE RULES

• by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its revolutionary study of more than 80,000 managers in First, Break All the Rules, revealing what the world’s greatest managers do differently.  This book emphasizes turning employees talent into the greater performance. He surveyed different managers and find out that managers believe in favoritism for which they believe that everyone should not get the same training.

THE GREAT GAME OF BUSINESS

• by Jack Stack

The Great Game of Business started a business revolution by introducing the world to open-book management, a new way of running a business that created unprecedented profit and employee engagement. This book shows an entirely different way to run a business. When a company falls for any problem, this book is made for saving the employees when the business from any hazard.

THE GOAL

• by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox

This book discusses the management thought and the international prospect.
30th Anniversary Edition. Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal, a gripping novel, is transforming management thinking throughout the world. It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry – even to your bosses – but not to your competitors. 

THE CIRCLE OF INNOVATION

• by Tom Peters (Vintage 1999; first published 1997)

business guru Tom Peters co-authored In Search of Excellence, one of the most influential business guides of all time. More recently, through 400 seminars in 47 states and 22 countries, Peters reexamined, refined and reinvented. This book discussed the circle of innovation which is a very important guide to innovating anything.

TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM

• by Taiichi Ohno

Taiichi Ohno–inventor of the Toyota Production System and Lean manufacturing–shares the genius that sets him apart as one of the most disciplined and creative thinkers of our time.  This book is made from the personal experience as he was a successful businessman. He shows various insights to do the business from his personal opinion.

OUT OF THE CRISIS

• by W. Edwards Deming

According to W. Edwards Deming, American companies require nothing less than a transformation of management style and of governmental relations with industry. This book focuses on learning new techniques and new philosophy needed for any managers. This book emphasizes transformational management style and the relation with the government.

GOOD TO GREAT

• by James C. Collins

Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. This book shows the way to grow from the beginning of the business and how companies achieve the success of various size.

Bringing It All Together

The functions and operational activities of an organization are largely depended on the management of the organization. managers have followed many rules and strategies for their operational activities. these books can help themselves making better engagement with the employees and with the outsiders of the organization.

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