Tuesday, September 18

Outsourcing, Globalization, Freakonomics

Outsourcing America: What's Behind Our National Crisis and How We Can Reclaim American Jobs, Ron Hira & Anil Hira - 331.12 H614O 2005

Making Globalization Work, Joseph E. Stiglitz - "Stiglitz offers here an agenda of inventive solutions to our most pressing economic, social, and environmental challenges, with each proposal guided by the fundamental insight that economic globalization continues to outpace both the political structures and the moral sensitivity required to ensure a just and sustainable world" (from the publisher). An International Bestseller from a Nobel Prize-Winning author. 337 ST51M 2007

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner 330 L579F 2006

Manager Mechanics: People Skills for the First-Time Manager, Eric P. Bloom 658.302 B623M 2006

Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask, Michael Marquardt 658.45 M348L 2005

The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, Edited by J. Robert Baum, Michael Frese, Robert Baron - "Despite 40 years of entrepreneurship research, little has been learned about the personal characteristics of entrepreneurship. Recently, a cohort of psychology-based researchers began to search for individual differences that cause entrepreneurship. The researchers have successfully begun to uncover competencies, cognitions, and behaviors that impact new venture creation and success. The fresh entrepreneurship psychology research included here presents opportunities for a new generation of psychology-based entrepreneurship researchers" (from the publisher). 338.04 P959P 2007

Micro Messaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words, Stephen Young. 658.45 Y84M 2007