Selected Recommended Business Books in the areas of Accounting, Economics, Finance, Entrepreneurship, & Organizational Leadership
ULA Annual Conference, St. George, 2015 Leticia Camacho, BYU Management & Accounting Librarian, Ed Hahn, Weber State University Business & Econ Librarian & Lorelei Rutledge, University of Utah Assistant Librarian
Accounting
The Accounting Game by Darrell Mullis and Judith Orloff. ISBN: 1402211864
Accounting for M&A,Equity, and Credit Analysts by James E. Morris. ISBN: 0071429697
Analysis for Finance Management by Robert C. Higgins. ISBN: 0072315318
Applying IFRS for SMEs - Bruce Mackenzie, Raymond Chamboko, Danie Coetsee, Allan Lombard & Tapiwa Njikizana. ISBN: 9780470603376
Big Deal by Bruce Wasserstein. ISBN: 0446526428
Brilliant Book-Keeping by Martin Quinn. ISBN: 0273731785
Called to Account by Paul M. Clikeman ISBN: 0203884485
The Complete Guide to Spotting Accounting Fraud and Cover-Ups by Susan Milam; Thomas M. Neches (Foreword by); Martha Maeda. ISBN: 9781601382122 Hidden Financial Risk - J. Edward Ketz. ISBN: 0471433764
How to Measure Anything - Douglas W. Hubbard - ISBN: 9780470110126
International Accounting Standards - Hennie Van Greuning; Marius Koen -ISBN: 0821349996
More Than a Numbers Game - Thomas A. King - ISBN: 0470008733
People: the new asset on the balance sheet - Joseph A. DiVanna & Jay Rogers. ISBN: 1403936897
Priceless: the myth of fair value (and how to take advantage of it) - William Poundstone. ISBN: 9780809094691
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the value of Companies – Tom Copeland, Tim Koller & Jack Murrin. ISBN: 0471009946
Fair Value Measurement – Mark l. Zyla. ISBN: 9780470500248
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act by Michael F. Holt. ISBN: 9780750680233
Wiley CPA Exam Review Fast Track by O. Ray Whittington. ISBN: 9780470196090
ECONOMICS
Capital in the Twenty-First Century - Thomas Piketty, ISBN: 9780674430006
Capitalism and Freedom - Milton Friedman ISBN: 9780226264202
Equality and Efficiency - Arthur M. Okun ISBN: 0815764758
Evolution of Cooperation - Robert Axelrod ISBN: 0465005640
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner. ISBN: 9780060838249
Naked Economics - Charles Wheelan & Foreword by Burton Gordon Malkiel ISBN: 0393049825
The Armchair Economist - Steven E. Landsburg. ISBN: 0029177766
The Worldly Philosophers - Robert L. Heilbroner. ISBN: 068486214X
New Ideas from Dead Economists - Todd G. Buchholz & foreword by Martin Feldstein. ISBN: 0452288444
Against the God – Peter L. Bernsterin. ISBN: 0471121045
The Affluent Society – John Kenneth Galbraith. ISBN: 0395925002 EconoPower – Mark Skousen & foreword by Arthur B. Laffer. ISBN: 9780470138076
Keynes Hayek - Nicholas Wapshott. ISBN: 9780393077483
The innovators: How a group of inventors, hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution by Walter Isaacson/9781476708690
Nudge - Richard H. Thaler; Cass R. Sunstein ISBN: 9780300122237
Peddling Prosperity - Paul Krugman ISBN: 0393036022
The Road to Serfdom - F.A. Hayek SBN: 9780226320595
A Random Walk down Wall Street - Burton G. Malkiel ISBN: 0393330338
Reinventing the Bazaar - John McMillan ISBN: 0393050211
Thinking Strategically - Avinash K. Dixit; Barry J. Nalebuff ISBN: 0393310353
FINANCE
Accounting for M and A, Equity, and Credit Analysts - James E. Morris ISBN: 0071429697
Analysis for Finance Management - Robert C. Higgins ISBN: 0072315318
Against the Gods - Peter L. Bernstein ISBN: 0471121045
Beating the Street - Peter Lynch; John Rothchild ISBN: 0671759159
Big Deal - Bruce Wasserstein ISBN: 0446526428
Classics: An Investor's Anthology - Charles Ellis ISBN: 9781556233111
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings - Philip A. Fisher ISBN: 0471119288
Investing Psychology: The Effects of Behavioral Finance on Investment Choice and Bias Tim Richards. ISBN: 9781118722190
Manias, Panics, and Crashes - Charles P. Kindleberger ISBN: 0471389463 Margin of Safety: Risk Averse Value InveCreativity Inc.: Overcoming the unseen forces that stand in the way of true innovationsting Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor - Seth A. Klarman ISBN: 0887305105
One up on Wall Street - Peter Lynch; John Rothchild ISBN: 9780743200400
The Richest Man in Babylon - George S. Clason ISBN: 0452267250
Valuation - Tom Copeland; Tim Koller; Jack Murrin ISBN: 0471009938
Wall Street People - Charles D. Ellis; James R. Vertin ISBN: 0471274283
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt - Michael Lewis ISBN: 9780393244663
God’s Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican, Gerald Posner; ISBN: 978146576570
Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, John Mackey and Raj Sisodia, ISBN: 9781625271754
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The $100 Startup - Chris Guillebeau ISBN: 0307951529
The Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki ISBN: 1591840562
Blue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim; Renée Mauborgne ISBN: 1591396190
Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky - Sarah Lacy ISBN: 0470580097
Founders at Work - Jessica Livingston ISBN: 1590597141
Free - Chris Anderson ISBN: 9781401322908
The Frackers: The Outrageous Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, Gregory Zuckerman, ISBN: 9781591847090
Good to Great - Jim Collins ISBN: 0066620996
How to Fly a Horse - Kevin AShton ISBN: 0385538596
The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World’s Most Important Company - Michael S. Malone, ISBN: 9780062226761
Made to Stick - Chip Heath; Dan Heath ISBN: 1400064287
Never Eat Alone - Keith Ferrazzi; Tahl Raz ISBN: 9780385512053
Reality Check - Guy Kawasaki ISBN: 9781591842231
Selling the Invisible - Harry Beckwith ISBN: 0446520942
To Sell Is Human - Daniel H. Pink ISBN: 9781594487156
The Start-Up of You - Reid Hoffman; Ben Casnocha ISBN: 9780307888907
Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, ISBN: 9781451648539
Switch - Chip Heath; Dan Heath; Charles Kahlenberg ISBN: 0739376969
The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell ISBN: 0316316962
The up side of down: Why failing well is the key to success/ Megan McArdle ISBN: 9780670026142
Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming/ McKenzie Funk 9781594204012
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Balancing Act - Kerry Patterson; Joseph Grenny; Ron McMillan; Al Switzler ISBN: 0538861398
Coaching for Innovation: Tools and techniques for encouraging good ideas in the workplace by Cristina Bianchi and Maureen Steele ISBN: 1137353252
Creativity, INC. - Ed Catmull ISBN: 9780812993011
Cross-Sector Leadership for the Green Economy - Alfred Marcus; Paul Shrivastava; Sanjay Sharma; Stefano Pogutz ISBN: 0230119409
Crucial Conversations - Kerry Patterson; Joseph Grenny; Ron McMillan; Al Switzler ISBN: 0071401946
The Dance of Change - Peter M. Senge; Charlotte Roberts; Richard B. Ross; Bryan Smith; George Roth; Art Kleiner ISBN: 0385493223
Designing Organizations for High Performance - David P. Hanna ISBN: 0201126931
Discipline Without Punishment - Dick GroteCall Number: HF 5549.5 .L3 G76 1995 ISBN: 0814402763 Do More Great Work - Michael Bungay Stanier; Leo Babauta (Contribution by); Seth Godin (Contribution by); Chris Guillebeau (Contribution by); Michael Port (Contribution by); Dave Ulrich (Contribution by) ISBN: 9780761156444
The Economy of You - Kimberly Palmer ISBN: 0814432743
Finding the Time for Instructional Leadership - John C. Leonard ISBN: 9781607096146
Flawless Consulting - Peter Block; Janis Nowland (Illustrator) ISBN: 0893840521
The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and its Secret Influence on American Business, Duff McDonald, ISBN: 9781439190982
The Functions of the Executive - Chester I. Barnard; K. R. Andrews (Introduction by) ISBN: 0674328035
How to Win Friends and Influence People- Dale Carnegie; Arthur R. Pell (Editor) ISBN: 0671723650
How Will You Measure Your Life? - Clayton M. Christensen; James Allworth; Karen Dillon ISBN: 9780062102416
The HR Scorecard - Mark Huselid; Brian Becker; Dave Ulrich ISBN: 1578511364 In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes our Lives, Steven Levy, ISBN: 9781416596585
The Knowing-Doing Gap - Jeffrey Pfeffer; Robert I. Sutton ISBN: 1578511240
Leading Strategic Change - J. Stewart Black; Hal B. Gregersen ISBN: 0130461083
Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations - Kathryn Ann Agard (Editor) ISBN: 9781412968867
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead - Sheryl Sandberg ISBN: 0385349947
Out of the Crisis - W. Edwards Deming ISBN: 0911379010
Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most – Hendrie Weisinger & J.P. Pawliw-Fry ISBN: 0804136726
Principle-Centered Leadership - Stephen R. Covey ISBN: 0671749102
Punished by Rewards - Alfie Kohn ISBN: 9780618001811
Return on Strategy - Michael Moesgaard Andersen; Morton Froholdt; Flemming Poulfelt ISBN: 0203873483
The Reputation Economy: How to Optimize Your Digital Footprint in a World Where Your Reputation Is Your Most Valuable Asset - Michael Fertik & David C. Thompson ISBN: 0385347596
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey ISBN: 0743272455
Spiritual Roots of Human Relations - Stephen R. Covey ISBN: 9780875797052
Thrive : the third metric to redefining success and creating a life of well-being, wisdom, and wonder Ariana Huffington/9780804140843
When Corporations Rule the World - David C. Korten ISBN: 1887208003
The Winning Factor - Peter Jensen ISBN: 9780814431757
The Why of Work - David Ulrich; Wendy Ulrich; Marshall Goldsmith ISBN: 0071739351
Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead - Laszlo Bock - ISBN 1455554790