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Best Business Novels

The Bottom Line by Alan Warner

The full title of this business novel by Alan Warner is

The Bottom Line: Practical Financial Management in Business“.

In my review posted on Amazon.co.uk, I rated this book as Four Stars. This means I think it is Good and Well Worth Reading.

Here is my book review.

Finance lessons built into a love story

This is a remarkable book in that it dresses up finance for non-financial manager style training into a romantic novel.

Yes, that’s right. Love over the management accounts. [continue reading…]

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The One Minute Salesperson by Spencer Johnson

The full title of this book by Spencer Johnson is

The One Minute Salesperson: The quickest way to more sales with less stress“.

In my review posted on Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book Four Stars. This means I think it is Good and Well Worth Reading.

Here is my book review.

A book to help you to feel good about selling

This is a short, simple story based book which is designed to communicate the basics of selling.

It is anxious that you see your role as a sales person – and the book says that everyone is selling something – in a positive way. It defines the purpose of selling as “to help people get the good feelings they want about what they bought and about themselves.” [continue reading…]

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Critical Chain by Eliyahu Goldratt

The full title of this important book on project management by Eli Goldratt is

Critical Chain: A Business Novel“.

In my review posted on Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book a rating of Four Stars. This means that it is Good and Well Worth Reading.

Here is my book review.

Interesting ideas about project management in this management novel.

I was reading Critical Chain when I heard the news that the author, Dr Eliyahu Goldratt died.

The Theory of Constraints guru focuses his attention on project management in this book after looking at constraints in the production process in The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement and in the marketing strategy in It’s Not Luck. [continue reading…]

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The Art of Profitability by Adrian Slywotzky

When I reviewed the book,

The Art of Profitability by Adrian Slywotzky,

on Amazon.co.uk, I rated it at the Four Stars level.

This means I think it is Good and Well Worth Reading.

Here is my book review.

A fable for different business models

This is a fascinating book which reveals twenty three different business models which an entrepreneur can use to build a profitable business.

What Is A Business Model?

It is the way your business creates value for customers and captures its fair share as profit. The best business models build their own momentum so success automatically leads to more success. [continue reading…]

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The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox

Book Review Rating – 5 Stars

“The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement” is a fantastic book about performance improvement in a manufacturing business wrapped up in a novel that is hard to put down.

First published in 1984 this book introduced the world to the Theory of Constraints.

The big idea is that many of the ideas for improving a business are misguided at best and expensive mistakes at worst.

That’s because an improvement in an area outside of the constraint that is holding back performance is more an illusion than substance. Real improvements come from removing the constraint.

The Story Of The Goal

I think this was the first popular management book to be written as a story but it is an extremely effective teaching method for putting across the big ideas. The weakness is that it’s hard to pick up the details to put the ideas into action. Eli Goldratt wrote The Race as the follow-up hands-on guide. [continue reading…]

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The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson

Book Review – 5 Stars

If you have problems managing your team then I highly recommend this short, simple, easy to read The One Minute Manager.

The One Minute Manager – Simple Ideas Make A Big Difference To How Well Your Employees Work

The big ideas in the One Minute Manager book come down to three simple techniques

  • One Minute Goal Setting
  • One Minute Praisings
  • One Minute Reprimands

That is all there is to it. [continue reading…]

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