Suggested Reading

Here is a sampling of books that may be of interest to you and your organization:

Argyris, Chris. 1976. Increasing Leadership Effectiveness. John Wiley & Sons.

Block, Peter. 1991. Flawless Consulting. Learning Concepts.

Brown, John Seely & Paul Duguid. 2000. The Social Life of Information. Harvard Business School Press.

Collins, James C. 1997. Built to Last. Harper Business.

Davenport, D. et al. 1997. Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know. Harvard Business School Press.

Dick, W.O., Carey, L. & Carey, J.O. 2005. Systematic Design of Instruction. Allyn & Bacon.

Dills, C.R. & Romiszowski, A.J. 1997. Instructional Development Paradigms. Educational Technology Publications.

Drucker, Peter. 1999. Management Challenges for the 21st Century. Harper Business.

Goleman, Daniel P. 1997. Emotional Intelligence. Bantam Books.

Kaplan, Robert S. & David P. Norton. 1996. The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action. Harvard Business School Press.

Kirkpatrick, D.L. 1998. Evaluating Training Programs: The four levels (2nd Edition). Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Kirkpatrick, D.L. & Kirkpatrick, J.D. 2005. Transferring Learning to Behavior. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Knowles, Malcolm. 1990. The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species. Gulf Publishing.

Mager, Robert F. 1997. The New Mager Six Pack. Center for Effective Performance.

Morrison, G.R., Ross, S. M., & Kemp, J.E. 2001. Designing effective instruction. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Nadler, Leonard & Zeace Nadler. 1989. Developing Human Resources. Jossey-Bass.

Phillips, J. 2003. Return on Investment in Training and Performance Improvement Programs, Second Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann.

Philips, J & Stone, R. 2002. How to Measure Training Results: A Practical Guide to Tracking the Six Key Indicators. McGraw-Hill.

Reigeluth, C.M. (editor). 1999. Instructional-Design Theories and Models: A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory, Vol. 2. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Rossett, A. 1987. Training Needs Assessment. Educational Technology Publications.

Senge, Peter. 1990. The Fifth Discipline. Doubleday/Currency.

Senge, Peter, Charlotte Roberts, George Roth, Rick Ross, Sryan Smith, & Art Kleiner. 1999. The Dance of Change: Mastering the Twelve Challenges to Change in a Learning Organization. Doubleday.

Sisakhti, Reza. 1998. Effective Learning Environments: Creating a Successful Strategy for Your Organization. American Society for Training and Development. To order, visit the ASTD website.

Slater, Robert. 1998. Jack Welch and the G.E. Way: Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO. McGraw-Hill.

Stewart, Thomas A. 1997. Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations. Doubleday.

Steinbach, R.L. 2000. Successful lifelong learning [electronic resource]: ten tactics for today and tomorrow. Crisp Publications

Van Adelsberg, D. & E. Trolley. 1999. Running Training Like a Business: Delivering Unmistakable Value. Berrett-Koehler Pub.

Yoakam, Michael. Distance Learning: A Guide to System Planning and Implementation, Third Edition. Indiana University.