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Nameless Organizational Change
by Glenn Allen-Meyer with Neil Katz
(Talwood Craig Publishing Co., $24.95)

The best book of the month is this practical recasting of change management. Forget the flag-waving calls to action, says the author. Instead, he advocates a low-key, action-based
approach that acknowledges change as an
everyday event at work and focuses on a no-nonsense process.
 

 

Digital Capital
by Don Tapscott, David Ticoll and Alex Lowy
(Harvard Business School Press, $27.50)

Tapscott and partners take a good shot at defining the current state of cyberbusiness by identifying five major business Web meta-models: agoras, aggregations, value chains, alliances and distributive networks. The authors clearly describe the main design features, alternative models and key success factors and provide major examples for each.
 

 

PeopleSmart
by Mel Silberman and Freda Hansburg
(Berrett-Koehler, $16.95)

PeopleSmart is a paperbound self-training session in interpersonal skills. The authors
organize the presentation into eight skill sets, such as feedback, conflict resolution, influencing and team-working skills. Each includes practical techniques, exercises for practicing them and tips for building them into your everyday behavior.
 

 

Money from Thin Air
by O. Casey Corr
(Times Books, $25)

Seattle Times journalist Corr traces Craig McCaw's empire-building career from cable to cellular to his current ventures in satellites and fiber-optic networks. Along the way, he enumerates McCaw's management techniques and throws in a decent history of the cellular phone industry.
 

 

The $100 Billion Allowance
by Elissa Moses
(John Wiley & Sons, $29.95)

Based on a study of 27,000 teenagers in 44 countries, this book identifies the commonalties among teens worldwide. It also describes major regional markets and 18 countries, including Norway, home of the top-spending teens.

 

   

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