Free Press / Business & economics

Administrative Behavior, 4th Edition

by Herbert A. Simon

In this fourth edition of his ground-breaking work, Herbert A. Simon applies his pioneering theory of human choice and administrative decision-making to concrete organizational problems. To commemorate the fiftieth...

What Management Is

by Joan Magretta & Nan Stone

Whether you’re new to the field or a seasoned executive, this book will give you a firm grasp on what it takes to make an organization perform. It presents the basic principles of management simply, but not...

Profiting From Uncertainty: Strategies for Succeeding No Matter What the Future Brings

by Paul Schoemaker

What manager is not anxious about the future? We live in a white-knuckled age of rapid technological change and global instability. But uncertainty is not the enemy, says management expert Paul J. H. Schoemaker....

The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey

by Stephen R. Covey

Stephen R. Covey passed away in July 2012, leaving behind an unmatched legacy with his teachings about leadership, time management, effectiveness, success, and even love and family. A multimillion-copy bestselling...

The Trust Edge: How Top Leaders Gain Faster Results, Deeper Relationships, and a Stronger Bottom Line

by David Horsager

In The Trust Edge, David Horsager reveals the foundation of genuine success—trust. Based on research but made practical for today’s leader, The Trust Edge shows that trust is quantifiable and brings dramatic...

Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself

by Sheila Bair

“When Sheila Bair took over as head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 2006, the agency was probably better known for the ‘FDIC’ logo on the doors of the nation’s banks than for anything...

Managing a Nonprofit Organization: Updated Twenty-First-Century Edition

by Thomas Wolf

MANAGING A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION has been an essential resource for nonprofit administrators, managers, and business professors since 1984. It is a classic in its field. But much has changed since it was last...

Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back

by Andrew Zolli & Ann Marie Healy

IN THIS TIME OF TURBULENCE, scientists, economists, social innovators, corporate and civic leaders, and citizens alike are asking the same basic questions: What causes one system to break down and another to...

The Winner's Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life

by Richard Thaler

Richard Thaler challenges the received economic wisdom by revealing many of the paradoxes that abound even in the most painstakingly constructed transactions. He presents literate, challenging, and often funny...

The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network

by Katherine Losse

Kate Losse was a grad school refugee when she joined Facebook as employee #51 in 2005. Hired to answer user questions such as What is a poke? and Why cant I access my ex-girlfriends profile? her early days at...

La chispa: Cómo activar los 10 impulsores humanos que te hacen sentir vivo

by Brendon Burchard

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Millionaire Messenger, an electrifying and inspiring book that provides the keys to motivating yourself to satisfy your highest, most essential creative...

The Face-To-Face Book: Why Real Relationships Rule in a Digital Marketplace

by Ed Keller & Brad Fay

IN 1848 GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA, setting off a frenzy that sent men and women from across the American continent flocking to the West Coast in search of fortune. The Gold Rush brought wealth to some,...

The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive

by Brendon Burchard

On a dark and steamy Caribbean night, Brendon Burchard stood bleeding atop the crumpled hood of his wrecked car. That night he learned about mortality, discovering that at the end of our lives we will all ask,...

Flip the Script: How to Turn the Tables and Win in Business and Lif

by Bill Wackermann

Have you ever felt stuck in your career or in your personal life? Do you want to write new and exciting chapters to the story of your life? You just have to learn to flip the script. Few executives in media...

Better, Stronger, Faster: The Myth of American Decline . . . and the Rise of a New Economy

by Daniel Gross

Financial meltdown, a deep recession, and political polarization—combined with strong growth outside the United States—have led to a global bubble of pessimism surrounding America’s economic prospects....

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

by Sean Covey, Chris McChesney & Jim Huling

Do you remember the last major initiative you watched die in your organization? Did it go down with a loud crash? Or was it slowly and quietly suffocated by other competing priorities?

By the time it finally...

Risk Intelligence: How to Live with Uncertainty

by Dylan Evans

We must make judgments all the time when we cant be certain of the risks. Should we have that elective surgery? Trust the advice of our financial adviser? Take that new job weve been offered? How worried should...

Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen And Leadership In Wartime

by Eliot A Cohen

The relationship between military leaders and political leaders has always been a complicated one, especially in times of war. When the chips are down, who should run the show -- the politicians or the generals?...

All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results

by Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton

To have any hope of succeeding as a manager, you need to get your people all in.

Whether you manage the smallest of teams or a multi-continent organization, you are the owner of a work culturecongratulationsand...

Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Psychological Edge

by David Dreman

David Dreman, chairman and managing director of Dreman Value Management, LLC, is one of the most successful and influential investment managers in history, and his name is synonymous with contrarian investing....