I had a suspicion that there was a significant recency bias, so I clicked on the first 19 amazon links and looked at the published dates.
- 1988 - 1
- 1999 - 1
- 2000 - 1
- 2002 - 1
- 2005 - 1
- 2007 - 2
- 2008 - 1
- 2012 - 1
- 2013 - 1
- 2014 - 2
- 2015 - 3
- 2016 - 3
- 2017 - 1
I'm also reminded of the the recent post on The Creative World's Bullshit Industrial Complex [0]. There are some gems in here but I can't help but feel like a lot of them are just uninspired remixes of what came before. The list I want to see is of the "great management books". Ones that:
- had an effect on firms both in the time the book was published and in subsequent business "generations"
- 1988 - 1
- 1999 - 1
- 2000 - 1
- 2002 - 1
- 2005 - 1
- 2007 - 2
- 2008 - 1
- 2012 - 1
- 2013 - 1
- 2014 - 2
- 2015 - 3
- 2016 - 3
- 2017 - 1
I'm also reminded of the the recent post on The Creative World's Bullshit Industrial Complex [0]. There are some gems in here but I can't help but feel like a lot of them are just uninspired remixes of what came before. The list I want to see is of the "great management books". Ones that:
- had an effect on firms both in the time the book was published and in subsequent business "generations"
- influenced subsequent works of note.
- remain relevant to business today
Where is that list?
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28459533