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Organisation Design & Innovation Books
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning OrganizationThe Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge
Buy new: £12.98 / Used from: £4.83
Great fieldbook for building a Learning Organisation
The Fifth DisciplineThe Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge
Buy new: £12.50 / Used from: £11.35
Great introduction to systems thinking and the principles of a learning organisation
Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and SocietyPresence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society by Peter M. Senge
Buy new: £8.49 / Used from: £8.37
Some newer ideas about management, but slightly new agey
Designing Organizations: An Executive Briefing on Strategy, Structure and Process (Jossey-Bass Management Series)Designing Organizations: An Executive Briefing on Strategy, Structure and Process (Jossey-Bass Management Series) by Jay R. Galbraith
Buy used from: £0.15
Glabraith is classic, this is pretty hardcore, but it's also quite approachable and less jargonny than most
Reward Systems. Does yours Deliver? (Memo to the CEO)Reward Systems. Does yours Deliver? (Memo to the CEO) by Steve Kerr
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £4.40
Excellent little book that helps to demystify rewards and metrics
Fuller R.Buckminster : Operating Manual for Spaceship EarthFuller R.Buckminster : Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by R Buckminster Fuller
Buy used from: £9.95
Buckminster fuller is probably the best systems thinker I've ever read, not strict org design, but essential reading I'd say.
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How successful people become even more successfulWhat Got You Here Won't Get You There: How successful people become even more successful by Marshall Goldsmith
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £4.10
Interesting and provocative management book, useful for leadership
The Organization and Architecture of Innovation: Managing the Flow of TechnologyThe Organization and Architecture of Innovation: Managing the Flow of Technology by Thomas J. Allen
Buy new: £24.69 / Used from: £23.84
Useful space book
Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across NationsCulture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations by Dr. Geert Hofstede
Buy new: £39.99 / Used from: £58.45
Highly detailed, in depth analysis of the cultural differences between people and organisations
Cultures and Organizations: Software for the MindCultures and Organizations: Software for the Mind by Geert Hofstede
Buy new: £9.96 / Used from: £10.50
Much more concise than the above book on culture and orgs, but still not beginners reading!
Managing as DesigningManaging as Designing
Buy new: £47.03 / Used from: £39.85
Fascinating book about what management can learn from diverse approaches to designing
Purpose: The Starting Point of Great CompaniesPurpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies by Nikos Mourkogiannis
Buy new: £17.09 / Used from: £1.51
Excellent book on organisational purpose, refreshing look at strategy
Organizational Design: A Step-by-Step ApproachOrganizational Design: A Step-by-Step Approach by Richard M. Burton
Buy new: £17.93 / Used from: £22.08
Technical and dry, but highly informative and thorough overview of organisation design
Guide to Organisation Design: Creating High Performance And Adaptable Enterprises (Economist)Guide to Organisation Design: Creating High Performance And Adaptable Enterprises (Economist) by Naomi Stanford
Buy new: £12.48 / Used from: £8.99
Great introduction to organisation design, and good unbiased comparison of different appproaches to it, including organisation design models
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless OrganizationsThe Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman
Buy new: £10.89 / Used from: £7.75
Somewhat simplistic, but very readable
Mobilizing Minds: Creating Wealth From Talent in the 21st Century OrganizationMobilizing Minds: Creating Wealth From Talent in the 21st Century Organization by Lowell L. L Bryan
Buy new: £14.44 / Used from: £3.50
Very in-depth and up to date management theory
The Future of ManagementThe Future of Management by Gary Hamel
Buy new: £12.85 / Used from: £9.20
Classic Hamel, management theory, with a nice human-touch
Images of OrganizationImages of Organization
Buy new: £29.89 / Used from: £27.00
Geeky organisation design book, tough going, very techy
Conversation: How Talk Can Change Our LivesConversation: How Talk Can Change Our Lives by Theodore Zeldin
Buy used from: £5.50
How to change through conversation, lovely little book, one of my favourites
Organization Change: Theory and Practice (Foundations for Organizational Science)Organization Change: Theory and Practice (Foundations for Organizational Science) by W. Warner Burke
Buy used from: £14.95
Some notions are slightly outdated in this book, but it's a good overview and introduction to the world of organisational behaviour and change theory
Virtuoso Teams: Lessons from Teams That Changed Their Worlds (Financial Times Series)Virtuoso Teams: Lessons from Teams That Changed Their Worlds (Financial Times Series) by Andy Boynton
Buy new: £18.69 / Used from: £0.16
Great book about teams and leadership
The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on ManagementThe Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management by Peter Drucker
Buy used from: £5.26
Classic readings from Drucker, management theory