Management suggested reading

To help you decide if this programme is right for you, here is a list of articles and books that have previously been part of the first year of management study. You may find them interesting to look over.

Your school or local library can help you find copies, and many of the books are available to purchase. You won't be expected to have read these prior to studying but they will give you a sense of what we think is interesting and worth your time.

• Ariely, D. (2008), Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions, London: Harper Collins.

• Bilton, N. (2014), Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal, USA: Portfolio Penguin.

• Brooks, J. (1969) Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street, London: John Murray Press.

• Carreyrou, J. (2018) Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, New York: Knopf.

• Goldratt, E. M. (1984) The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement, USA: North River Press.

• Porter, M. E., Davenport, T. H., Daugherty P., Wilson H. J. (2018) HBR 10 Must Reads AI, Analytics, and the New Machine Age, Harvard Business Review.

• HBR 10 Must Reads – select topics that are of interest to you

• Heath, C., Heath, D. (2008), Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Take Hold and Others Come Unstuck, London: Penguin Random House.

• Lewis, M. (1989) Liar's Poker: Rising through the Wreckage on Wall Street, New York: Norton.

• Lewis, M. (2003) Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, New York: Norton.

• Mayer, C. (2019) Prosperity: Better business makes the greater good, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Mazzucato, M. (2016) The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy, London: Penguin.

• McAfee, A. and Brynjolfsson, E. (2018). Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future, New York: Norton.

• Portes, J. (2016) 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Capitalism, London: Quercus.

• Ries, E. (2011) The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses, USA: Portfolio Penguin.

• Rumelt, Richard (2011) Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why it Matters, New York: Random House U.

• Tepper J and Hearn, D. (2019) The Myth of Capitalism, Hoboken (New Jersey): John Wiley & Sons.

• Yergen, Daniel (1990)  The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, New York: Free Press.

• Zuboff, S. (2019) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, New York: Public Affairs.

 

For the economic components of the degree, the Department of Economics has provided an extensive reading list and advice.