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      Nudge: improving decisions about health, wealth & happiness Thaler & Sunstein 2009 Everyone seems to be talking about this book, and the Tories like it a lot (presumably because David Cameron is mentioned in it). The book explores some theor...

Time to Think; Listening to ignite the human mind 1999 Nancy Kline The power of effective listening is recognised as the essential tool of good management. In this book, Kline describes how this can be achieved through the creation of a thinking environm...

  Review of the Department of Healths’ White Paper: Liberating the NHS   This White paper represents the most radical change to the National Health Service since its inception more than 60 years ago as it opens up the commissioning and service pr...

     Management for Social Enterprise. Doherty, Foster, Mason et al 2009 Management for Social Enterprise covers the key business topics required by social entrepreneurs, and managers in social enterprises it covers strategy, finance, ethics, social...

Management Development There are a number of approaches and resources available to those keen to develop themselves and their careers. The key areas to consider when doing this for the first time are: Identifying your thinking/learning/communication ...

  Cultures and organisations- software of the mind Geert Hofstede 3rd edition 2010   This book is one of the classic texts for understanding organisational cultures and consists of 4 parts: Part I – The introduction lays the foundation for the rem...

  Creating the right impression; gravitas and presence for Leaders January 2011 Have you ever missed out on a job or promotion because you didn’t make the right impression? Would you like to be able to influence people and assert yourself more confid...

  A Fish Rots From the Head: Developing Effective Directors (3rd Edition) Bob Garratt 2010 The ancient Chinese saying 'the fish rots from the head' establishes the premise for the book. A company's success or failure depends on the performance of its ...

  The Innovators Prescription; a disruptive solution for healthcare Clayton Christensen 2009 Clayton Christensen is a leading edge thinker of business innovation which he applies to healthcare (American) in this groundbreaking text subtitled “a presc...

  If Disney ran your hospital; the 91/2 things you would do better     April 2011 This is an interesting book but is likely to attract as many critics as fans. Clinicians and healthcare managers are the target audience but it is written from a very...

The Future of Management Gary Hamel 2007 Modern management techniques have driven economic and technological progress and brought prosperity, choice and an improved quality of life to millions, but it fails to ignite widespread interest from the majority...

The Future of Leadership & Management in the NHS – No More Heroes The group reviewed the Kings Fund Paper "The Future of Leadership & Management in the NHS - No More Heroes", which was commissioned in September 2010 and was intended as a "stock take" o...