Numerous books and articles have been particularly important in shaping my thinking. I am grateful to my many friends and colleagues who have taken time to share and recommend a wide range of useful books and articles.
I wish to share with my readers those books and articles that have been most important to me in my search for organizational learning. I also include other topics that have broadened my perspective about the world. I hope some of these will become important to you as well.
Organizational Learning
1. Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline. Doubleday, 1990
2. Senge, Peter M. et. Al. The Fifth discipline Fieldbook. Doubleday,1994
3. Argyris, Chris. Overcoming Organizational Defenses. Prentice Hall,1990
4. Schein, Edgar H. The Corporate Culture Survival Guide. Jossey-Bass Inc., 1999
5. Schein, Edgar H. Process Consultation Revisited:Building the Helping Relationship. 1999
6. Ackoff, Russell L. Creating the Corporate Future. John Wiley & Sons, 1981
7. Ackoff, Russell L. Ackoff’s Best. John Wiley & Sons, 1997
8. Ackoff, Russell L. “From Mechanistic to Social Systemic Thinking”. Pegasus Communications, 1997
9. Kotter, John P. & Cohen, Dan S. Heart of Change: Real Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations. 2002
10. Oshry, Barry. Seeing Systems. Berrett-Koehler, 1996
11. Stanfield, Brian R. (editor) The Art of Focused Conversation. New Society Publishers, 2000
12. Chawla and Renesch (editors) Learning Organizations. Productivity Press, 1995
13. De Geus, Arie. The Living Company. Harvard Business School Press, 1997
14. Isaacs, William. Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together. Doubleday, 1999
15. Bohm, David. On Dialogue. Routledge, 1996
16. Friedman, Edwin H. Friedman’s Fables. The Guilford Press, 1990
17. Deming, W. Edwards. The New Economics. MIT Center for Advanced Educational Services, 1994
18. Covey, Steven R. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Simon and Schuster, 1990
19. Kim, Daniel H. Organizing for Learning. Pegasus Communications, 2001
20. Mink, Oscar G., Shultz, James m. and Mink, Barbara P. Developing and Managing Open Organizations. Somerset Consulting Group, 1991
21. Markova, Dawna. Open Mind. Exploring the 6 Patterns of Natural Intelligence. Conari Press, 1996
22. Dooley, Jeff. “Cultural Aspects of Systemic Change Management”, http://www.well.com/user/dooley/culture.pdf
23. Johnson, H. Thomas and Broms, Anders. Profit Beyond Measure. The Free Press, 2000
Leadership and Management
1. Kotter, John P. on What Leaders Really Do. Harvard Business Review, 1999
2. Bennis, Warren. On Becoming a Leader. Perseus Books, 1989
3. Oshry, Barry. Leading Systems. Lesson from the Power Lab. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 1999
4. Jaworski, Joseph. Synchronicity. The Inner Path of Leadership. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 1996
5. Block, Peter. Stewardship. Chosing Service over Self Interest. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 1993/1996
6. Dale Carnegie & Associates. The Leader in You: How to Win Friends, Influence People, and Succeed in a Changing World. Simon & Schuster, 1993
7. Raelin, Joseph A. Creating Leaderful Organizations: How to Bring Out Leadership in Everyone. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2003
8. Heifetz, Ronald A. Leadership Without Easy Answeres. Harvard University Press, 1994
9. Schein, Edgar H. Organizational Culture and Leadership (second edition). Jossesy-Bass, 1992
10. Schein, Edgar H. Organizational Psychology (3rd edition). Prentice Hall, 1980
Teamwork
1. Kanaga, Kim and Kossler, Michaiel. How to Form a Team: Five Keys to High Performance. Center for Creative Leadership, 2001
2. Kanaga, Kim and Prestridge, Sonya. How to Launch a Team: Start Right for Success. Center for Creative Leadership, 2002
3. Kanaga, Kim and Browning, Henry. Maintaining Team Performance. Center for Creative Leadership, 2003
4. Prince, Don W. and Hoppe, Michael H. Communicating Across Cultures. Center for Creative Leadership, 2000
5. Wilson, Meena S., Hoppe, Michael H. and Sayles, Leonard R. Managing Across Cultures: A Learning Framework. Center for Creative Leadership,1996
Miscellaneous
1. Robbins, Tom. Jitterbug Perfume. Bantam Books, 1984
2. Collins, Billy. Sailing Alone Around the Room. Random House, 2001
3. Goodenough, Ursula. The Sacred Depths of Nature. Oxford University Press, 1998
4. LeShan, Lawrence. The Psychology of War: Comprehending Its Mystique and Its Madness. Helios Press, 2002
5. Wills, Garry. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America. Simon and Schuster, 199
