Management and Knowledge Management Book Reviews
by Dr. Moria Levy

Rationality, Fairness, and Happiness examines how people make judgments under uncertainty, showing that decisions are shaped by heuristics, loss aversion, fairness perceptions, and distorted memories of pain and happiness. The book offers practical insight into why human choices often diverge from strict rationality in business, economics, and everyday life. As its name suggests, the book " Rationality, Fairness, and Happiness ” compiles essays written by Prof. Daniel Kahneman, most of them...

REWORK promotes a pragmatic, minimalist approach to building and managing organizations by challenging traditional business norms. It emphasizes simplicity, rapid execution, limited planning, and customer-focused design, encouraging leaders to prioritize profitable ideas, small teams, and sustainable work practices to achieve flexibility, resilience, and long-term success. The book " REWORK " challenges many classic methods established over the years for running startups or companies. It is a...

How to Measure Anything argues that anything can be measured if measurement is defined as reducing uncertainty to improve decisions. The book provides practical methods for modeling decisions, estimating uncertainty, and selecting fit-for-purpose measurements, helping organizations make better choices even in complex or “soft” domains. " How to Measure Anything " is a 2010 book by Douglas Hubbard, an esteemed expert in measurement methodologies. The book offers applicable methodologies for...

The Practice of Management presents management as the discipline of improving organizational performance through clear objectives, responsibility, and effective use of knowledge work. The book offers practical principles for managing knowledge workers, increasing productivity, and aligning individual contribution with organizational goals in a changing managerial landscape. Peter Drucker, the management giant of the 20th century, passed away at the end of 2005. Fifty years earlier, he...

Internal Drive Theory defines internal motivation as the sustained drive created through autonomy, process focus, self-efficacy, emotional support, and purposeful feedback. The book provides practical strategies for strengthening motivation, resilience, and goal pursuit, with applications for both parenting and managing performance in organizational settings. The book " Internal Drive Theory ," authored by A Ph.D. expert from Singapore under the pen name Petunia Lee and published in 2012,...

Knowledge Management in Organizations defines knowledge management as the coordinated effort to develop, share, apply, and critically examine knowledge across people, processes, culture, and leadership. The book offers practical and academic insight into how organizations build learning, support knowledge sharing, manage power dynamics, and align knowledge practices with competitive performance. " Knowledge Management in Organizations ," authored by Donald Hislop and published by Oxford...

Risk management is the disciplined practice of identifying, measuring, analyzing, and managing uncertainty to balance exposure and opportunity. A Practical Guide to Risk Management frames risk not as something to eliminate, but to optimize- through governance, informed decisions, structured controls, and resilience mechanisms that protect performance while enabling strategic growth. " A Practical Guide to Risk Management ", authored by Thomas Coleman in 2011, explores the realm of risk...

Killer Web Content defines effective web content as user-centered writing built around audience intent, “care words,” clear navigation, and action-oriented structure. The book shows how concise content, meaningful links, search-aware writing, and task-focused design improve findability, usability, and conversion while making websites more valuable to users. The book " Killer WEB Content ," by Gerry McGovern, 2006, unmistakably highlights McGovern's expertise in crafting compelling website...

Too Big to Know argues that knowledge is no longer confined to experts, books, or institutions, but emerges through networks, links, and collaborative sense-making. The book shows how connected knowledge improves learning, decision-making, and innovation by treating expertise as distributed, contextual, and strengthened through openness, diversity, and participation. The book " Too Big To Know " by David Weinberger 2011 presents a fresh outlook on the nature of knowledge, compelled by the...

What Matters Now argues that resilient organizations succeed through values, innovation, adaptability, employee passion, and a renewed management ideology. The book shows how decentralization, ethical leadership, and flexible structures help organizations respond to disruption, strengthen performance, and build long-term relevance in a rapidly changing business environment. The book " What Matters Now " by Gary Hamel was published in 2012. Hamel, a highly regarded professor of management...

Case Studies in Knowledge Management shows that knowledge management succeeds when tied to business value, leadership support, culture, and practical mechanisms such as communities, lessons learned, portals, and collaboration. The book demonstrates that KM is not a passing trend but a strategic discipline that improves learning, innovation, and organizational performance. " Case Studies in Knowledge Management ," edited by Kenneth A. Grant and published in 2012, marks the inaugural volume in...

"Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman explores cognitive systems, biases, and value theory, delving into the interplay of System 1 an