This is the primary textbook. It is an econ text that might be used for an MBA course on the economics of organizations, though it is also perfectly suitable for an upper level undergraduate course. The authors are emeriti faculty members at Stanford in the Business School there. The book is available in paperback but not as an eText. It should be in the Campus Bookstore or you can get it online.
This is a complementary text often used in leadership training. It is quite popular for that use. It is there to provide an alternative to the economics approach. It is available in hard cover and in paperback. You can also get it as an eText. It also should be in the Campus Bookstore or you can get it online. Please do get the fifth edition.
I was wondering if you had any book recommendation? I enjoy your posts on this class blog and your Lanny on Learning blog, so I was wondering if you had any book recommendation that you believe are interesting or important books an econ major should read. Thank you for your time
ReplyDeleteRobert Heilbroner's The Worldly Philosophers is a great introduction to the famous economists of past generations. An interesting book (not the movie) written by somebody who writes about economics but is not himself an economist is Michael Lewis' Moneyball, which is partly about baseball but more generally is about whether the labor market makes systematic errors in evaluating talent. A more in depth work on the precepts of behavioral economics is Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow.
DeleteAlso, as we have recently been talking about leadership and I believe that is intimately tied to learning, here is a reading list I keep on those subjects. Some of the pieces are articles. Others are full length books. They are works that made an impression on me over the years.