have you ever read a "management book"?

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I've read the opening chapter of "The Critical Chain" which is actually a "business novel" that's supposed to be instructional re: project management, but most of the books out there for professionals are non-fiction titles like "Leadership Without Easy Answers", "Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most", and "You Can Negotiate Anything". Also: did you finish it?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 16:55 (twenty-three years ago)

nah, but I've read vast chunks of corporate strategy textbooks.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 18:06 (twenty-three years ago)

The closest I've come is "Great Answers To Tough Interview Questions"

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 18:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I think we were supposed to read Charles Handy, but I couldn't get past the introduction.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 18:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I read some sort of textbook when at uni. That was more than enough.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:10 (twenty-three years ago)

I find virtual community and identity books much more interesting.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:16 (twenty-three years ago)

closest I've ever done is read Bournet's Rules of Order.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:22 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm reading a book right now called:

"Web Project Management' by Ashley Friedlein

The jury's still out, but at least it gives you something more to talk about with a client/boss than, "just shut yer trap and leave the whole damn thing to me, alright?!"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Before you posted, Spencer, I was going to comment that the lack of affirmative responses here leads me to conclude that we have all already maximized our management potential. Clearly I ought to have waited for all of my teammeates' feedback to come in before rushing to judgement.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:33 (twenty-three years ago)

I just wanted to make sure we had highlighted milestones and vetted the expected deliverables before we outlined the critical path for the team-members.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:47 (twenty-three years ago)

dude, I totally know what you mean! (really!)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:55 (twenty-three years ago)

My Dad got prescribed The Prince as a MBA text and I read that.

― isadora (isadora), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

P.R.I.N.C.E. was a big new management methodology a few years back. I was sent on a course in project management last year, and the standard was its successor, PRINCE-2. I suggested they should call it 'The Methodology Formerly Known As Prince', and half the people on the course just looked confused.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 21:41 (twenty-three years ago)

It's not strictly within the genre but 'Management Types' often read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

"Stephen Covey has written a remarkable book about the human condition, so elegantly written, so understanding of our embedded concerns, so useful for our organizational and personal lives, that it's going to be my gift to everyone I know."

So wrote Warren Bennis (author of Becoming a Leader). Imagine the disappointed faces on Christmas morning in the Bennis household.

― Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 22:39 (twenty-three years ago)

I pretty much stick to the Dilbert end of business things. But I do have a couple of books on project management, technical documentation management, and other dry subjects.

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 23:26 (twenty-three years ago)

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