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Books like The Management Myth
The best books like The Management Myth are Good Strategy Bad Strategy, The Effective Executive, and High Output Management. The Management Myth by Matthew Stewart is about management, consulting, organizational theory. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Good Strategy Bad Strategy
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Richard Rumelt · Business
Good Strategy Bad Strategy is Richard Rumelt's indictment of the strategic planning process as it is practiced in most organizations, and his articulation of what genuine strategy actually requires.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - The Effective Executive
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Peter F. Drucker · Business
The Effective Executive is Peter Drucker's 1967 argument that effectiveness — getting the right things done — is a discipline that can be learned, and that it is the most important capability a knowledge worker can develop.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - High Output Management
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Andrew S. Grove · Business
High Output Management is Andrew Grove's manual for how managers at any level should think about their work.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz · Business
The Hard Thing About Hard Things is Ben Horowitz's account of what it actually feels like to run a company through crisis.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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Frank Slootman · Business
Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - First, Break All the Rules
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Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman · Business
First, Break All the Rules is the result of Gallup's analysis of interviews with more than 80,000 managers across a variety of industries, aimed at identifying what distinguishes the best managers from the rest.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - Good Authority
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Jonathan Raymond · Business
Good Authority is Jonathan Raymond's argument that the real job of a manager is not to produce results directly but to use the work as a vehicle for people's personal and professional development.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Peter F. Drucker · Business
Innovation and Entrepreneurship is Drucker's systematic treatment of a subject that, in 1985, most people still regarded as the province of lone geniuses and lucky accidents.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Business
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work is a direct challenge to the mythology of startup hustle — the idea that long hours, constant urgency, and full-company stress are signs of ambition rather than poor management.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - Leading
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Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz · Business
Leading is Sir Alex Ferguson's account of what he learned managing Manchester United for twenty-seven years, written with Silicon Valley investor Michael Moritz.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - Lights Out
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Thomas Gryta · Business
Lights Out chronicles the destruction of General Electric under Jeff Immelt, who took over from Jack Welch in September 2001 and left in 2017 having overseen one of the largest collapses of corporate value in American history.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - Management
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Peter F. Drucker · Business
Management is Peter Drucker's most comprehensive statement on what managers do, why organizations exist, and what separates effective management from the appearance of it.
Both dig into management.
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Books like The Management Myth: quick answers
What are the best books like The Management Myth?
The best books like The Management Myth by Matthew Stewart are Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt, The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity by Frank Slootman, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Management Myth, such as management, consulting, organizational theory.
What should I read after The Management Myth?
A natural next read after The Management Myth is Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz.
What books are similar to The Management Myth by Matthew Stewart?
The Management Myth centers on management, consulting, organizational theory. Books with a similar feel include Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt, The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity by Frank Slootman, First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
