Written as a fast paced thriller this is an easy to read book, which introduces the concept of processes or systems

Explains the fundamental operation of the human brain in terms of it's thinking process and explains how to unleash and harness its potential.

This is the inspiring story of a young man who took over his father's ailing company based on hierarchical thinking and transformed it into a company based on trust. A company where true democracy is approached.

This book helps us appreciate the origins of our management thinking which is still very much based on the teachings of Fredrick Taylor (1900s) - or worse still the corruption of Taylor's concepts. It expands on the transformation of our thinking that we should address if we are to compete in the modern world.

Capra, a theoretical physicist, takes us from particle physics into the world of eastern mysticism and into life itself. From the smallest plant, though us as individuals, through our organisations and society, in fact the whole world, we live and secure being in complex interdependent systems. Our world is alive, a developing entity.

The book explores how new discoveries in quantum physics, chaos theory and biology contribute to our thinking of how we organise work, people and life.

The book opens with the desire for a less arduous and more delightful life. Life and the interaction of parts are too complex for interpretation through mechanistic models. There is much greater hope in seeing the world as living creative entity. Furthermore that we as humans are creative, adaptive and self organising. We therefore need far less supervision and direction than is commonly assumed. It is a book full of hope.

Oshray weaves a remarkable explanation for the subtle, and largely unseen, ways in which our structures influence our behaviour.

At the heart of this book is a simple question with sweeping implications: What if we thought about a company as a living being? From the basis of this question and his lifelong commitment to Shell, de Geus develops his theme of living companies.

The book is nothing less than an enquiry into the reasons why Europe and the Near East became the cradles of modern societies. Diamond shows definitively that the origins of this inequality in human fortunes cannot be laid at the door of race or inherent features of the people themselves. He argues that inequality stems instead from the differing natural resources available to the people of each continent.

The author is passionate about liberating a student's curiosity and engendering a joy in learning. He had a fundamental belief in the human potential for growth. He calls for a person centered learning environment.

This is a pre-sequel of Collins and Porras's book "Built to Last." After a five-year research project, Collins concludes that good to great can and does happen. In this book, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organisation to make the leap from good to great while other organisations remain only good. Rigorously supported by evidence, his findings are surprising - at times even shocking - to the modern mind.