By Steven Silbiger
Rs 792
Can MBA programs be compressed, allowing a reader to “get at least $20,000 of MBA education at 99 percent of the list price,” as the author promises? Silbiger, a Philadelphia marketing manager, claims that “one can grasp the fundamentals of an MBA without losing two years of wages.”
Unfortunately, the constraints of his questionable methodology of “if this is Wednesday, it must be organizational behavior” result in some topics being scanted. While Silbiger’s coverage of marketing, economics and strategy is cogent, his treatments of accounting, quantitative analysis and finance are pallid. Business law and labor relations are ignored altogether; Silbiger’s thoughts on ethics, negotiating and international business are superficial.
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of Human Science By Michel Foucault
Rs 800
When one defines order as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showmanship, he weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology in The Order of Things, possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century.
Eclipsed by his later work on power and discourse, nonetheless it was The Order of Things that established Foucault’s reputation as an intellectual giant. Pirouetting around the outer edge of language, Foucault unsettles the surface of literary writing. In describing the limitations of our usual taxonomies, he opens the door onto a whole new system of thought, one ripe with what he calls exotic charm. Intellectual pyrotechnics from the master of critical thinking, this book is crucial reading for those who wish to gain insight into that odd beast called Postmodernism, and a must for any fan of Foucault.
Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs
By Muhammad Yunus Rs 1200
In this book, Yunus shows how social business has gone from being a theory to an inspiring practice, adopted by leading corporations, entrepreneurs, and social activists across Asia, South America, Europe and the US. He demonstrates how social business transforms lives; offers practical guidance for those who want to create social businesses of their own; explains how public and corporate policies must adapt to make room for the social business model; and shows why social business holds the potential to redeem the failed promise of free-market enterprise.
Available at:
Mandala Book Point, Kantipath,
Phone: 4227711
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