New on the Bookshelf
May, 2003
The Ultimate Guide to Getting the Career You Want: (And What to Do Once
You Have It)
by Sherrie Gong Taguchi, MBA '89, and Karen O. Dowd
McGraw-Hill Trade, March 2003
Practical strategies for job searchers and career changers who want meaningful,
dynamic careers over a lifetime. Features cases studies of GSB alumni and
self-assessment exercises.
Natural Dance
by Hal Eastman, MBA '62, and Keith Clemons
Peregrine Images, January 2003
A photographic collection of women dancers exploring movement in congruence with
their surrounding environments. Unique time-lapse photography evokes
impressionist style.
It Pays to Talk: How to Have the Essential Conversations with Your Family
About Money and Investing
by Charles R. Schwab, MBA '61, and Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
Crown, December 2002
Investment father-daughter duo sheds light on family-related financial matters.
Emphasizes familial discussions of life-stage events including college,
marriage, and retirement; delivers comprehensive investment particulars.
Skyscrapers: Inside and Out (Technology-Blueprints of the Future)
by Leonard M. Joseph, MBA '75
Powerkids Press, August 2002
Senior vice president of Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers gives grade schoolers and
up a sound overview of the planning, design, construction, and operation of
skyscrapers.
Shale Oil: Tapping the Treasure
by Robert Alden Loucks, SEP '80
Xlibris Corporation, July 2002
Former petrochemical specialist explores feasibility of shale oil as an
alternate fuel source. Cites controversial development and research from the
'70s and '80s.
Designing Effective Organizations: How to Create Structured Networks
by Michael Goold, MBA '71, and Andrew Campbell
Jossey-Bass, May 2002
Focuses on corporate-level organization design. Authors utilize logic and
experience as replacements for politics and personality as organizational design
rationale.
The Future of Jazz
edited by Yuval Taylor; essays by 10 jazz critics including Ted Gioia, MBA '83
Acapella Publishing, May 2002
Ten critics tackle issues surrounding future of jazz. In his piece, Gioia
observes how contemporary jazz now mirrors fragmentation of the postmodern art
movement.
Today's Hidden Racism: A Polite Apartheid
by Dave Lefkowith, MBA '82, and A. J. Nino Amato
The Foundation to End Polite Apartheid, November 2001
Explores claim of racism in America today as a more subdued, and often
subconscious, "polite apartheid." Six principles-modeled after those
successfully used by multi-national corporations to end apartheid in South
Africa-are offered to address this hidden racism.
Results from the Heart: How Mini-Company Management Captures Everyone's
Talents and Helps Them Find Meaning and Purpose at Work
by Kiyoshi Suzaki, MBA '81
Free Press, January 2002
How creating "mini-companies" within larger organizations can have a
positive effect on employees' sense of purpose. Foreword by the Dalai Lama.
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