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Ask HN: What are the best management texts?
2 points by chacham15 on Jan 28, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
I read a quote about managing a team, but I cannot remember where. Oddly enough, I remember that it was very important and thus want to look into learning about management. What are the best texts (books, posts, articles, etc.) to learn more about this area?


It's a bit old, but imo a really interesting book that still has good insights (and has been very influential) is Douglas McGregor's The Human Side of the Enterprise (1960): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071462228/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...

It originated the idea that management is based (even if implicitly) on a combination of two competing theories: "Theory X", which assumes employees are inclined towards laziness and misdirection, so management is the science and art of controlling, steering, and incentivizing them; and "Theory Y", which assumes employees are motivated and self-directed, so management is the science and art of enabling them.


Check out http://learnfizz.com

People aggregate free learning on management into 'Mixes' - I found it useful when studying for my MBA and before pitching to investors.




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