| E F Schumacher explains how it is important to decentralise departments as the business grows. |
| The book stresses on the quality of the employee's life. This thought is relevant in today's scenario, where it is important to keep employees happy to improve productivity. For this, Schumacher recommends balancing technology and people. |
| Small is Beautiful further encourages the reader to work at the grassroots level to understand the basics and keep the grounding strong for any new project. |
| Having read it for the first time in the 1980s, I still return to this book as it continues to remain as relevant today as it was when first published. |
| Ravi Prasad, President and CEO, Himalaya Drugs |
| SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL Author: E F Schumacher Publisher: Harper Perennial ISBN: 0060916303 |
| BOOKWORM Beyond the usual bestsellers |
| If you've been following our list of business bestsellers over the past weeks, you'll know that very little seems to change. We can almost rattle off the titles in our sleep. Shuffle them around, but Freakonomics, Rich Dad Poor Dad,The World is Flat,The Google Story, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Jack: Straight from the Gut, Winning: The Ultimate Business How-To Book, Blue Ocean Strategy, Execution and Good to Great usually form part of the top 10. This week, we asked the Oxford BookStore to give us their bestsellers' list from Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. As usual, these 10 titles showed up in part in all the cities, but they didn't take over the entire list. Here, in no particular order, is a peek into what else readers across the country are picking up: |
| How Would You Move Mount Fiji? Author: William Poundstone Publisher: Little Brown and Company Price: Rs 490 ISBN: 0316919160 |
| On Becoming a Leader Author: Warren Bennis Publisher: Perseus Books Group Price: Rs 975 ISBN: 0201409291 |
| The Undercover Economist Author: Tim Harford Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Price: Rs 545.09 ISBN: 0195189779 |
| The End of Poverty: economic possibilities for our time Author: Jeffrey Sachs Publisher: Penguin Press Price: Rs 409.50 ISBN: 1594200459 |
| Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Author: Louis V Gerstner, Jr Publisher: Collins Price: Rs 847.50 ISBN: 0060523794 |
| Barbarians at the Gate: the fall of rjr nabisco Authors: Bryan Burrough and John Helyar Publisher: Arrow Books Price: Rs 500.50 ISBN: 0099469154 |
| The Indian Economy: problems and prospects Author: Bimal Jalan Publisher: Penguin Books India Price: Rs 350 ISBN: 0143032194 |
| Rule # 1 Author: Phil Town Publisher: Crown Price: Rs 1,078 ISBN: 0307336131 |
| Hot Commodities Author: Jim Rogers Publisher: Random House Inc Price: Rs 1,016.75 ISBN: 140006337X |
| Built to Last Authors: James C Collins and Jerry I Porras Publisher: HarperCollins Price: Rs 816 ISBN: 0887307396 |
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