Craig Lawrence's
Recommendations

This site includes recommended readings for the 3-module courses at Rushmore University as well as a number of high quality reference books.
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(c) 1999, Craig Lawrence. All Rights Reserved.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Business Finance and Accounting

Business Finance
Pierson, G, Bird, R., Brown, R. and Howard, P., Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Sydney, Australia (ISBN 0074527207)

An Introduction to Accounting
Martin, C., 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, Sydney, 1994 (ISBN 0074525492)

Managerial Finance Using Lotus 1-2-3
Dimkoff, G. and Smith,G., 2nd edition, South Western Publishing Company, Cincinatti, Ohio. Comes with 3 1/2 inch diskette. (Also available in 5 1/4 inch diskette. Please specify when ordering.)

Horngren, C.T., and Foster, G. Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 8th edition, Prentice Hall,
1993.
 

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Business Research Methods

Research methods for business: a skill-building approach
Sekaran, U., Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, (ISBN 0-471-61889-6)
 
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Consulting

Managing the Professional Service Firm
Maister, D., Free Press (ISBN 0684834316)

True Professionalism
Maister, D., Free Press (ISBN 0684834669)

Million Dollar Consulting
Weis, A., Second Edition, McGraw-Hill (ISBN 0070696284)
 

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Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review on Entrepreneurship
The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series, Harvard Business Press, USA (ISBN  0875849105)

The Harvard Entrepreneurs Club Guide to Starting Your Own Business
Sharma, P. (Editor), John Wiley & Sons (ISBN 0471326283)

Nobody's Business but Your Own : A Business Start-Up Guide With Advice from Today's Most Successful Young Entrepreneurs
Brown Carolyn M., Carolyn M. Brown, Keith T. Clinkscales,  First Edition, Hyperion (ISBN 0786883014)

Break the Curve : The Entrepreneur's Blueprint for Small Business Success
Tim Burns, 2nd edition, Intl Thomson Business Press (ISBN 186152319X)
 

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Management and Leadership

Effective Management
Collins, R. (consulting editor), CCH New Zealand Ltd, 2nd edition (ISBN XXXXXXX)

Strategic Management: Planning and Implementing Corporate Strategies
Viljoen, J., 2nd edition, Longman Business and Professional, (ISBN XXXXXXX)

Beyond the Boundaries: Leading and Re-Creating the Successful Enterprise
Stace, D and Dunphy, D., McGraw Hill, Sydney (ISBN XXXXXXX)

Enterprising Nation: Renewing Australia's Managers to Meet the Challenges of the Asia-Pacific Century Industry Task Force on Leadership and Management Skills, Executive Summary, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (ISBN XXXXXXX)

International Business: Theory and Managerial Applications
Grosse, R E., & Kujawa, D., 3rd edition, Richard D Irwin, US (ISBN XXXXXXX)
 

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Marketing, Planning and Strategy

Marketing, Planning and Strategy
Jain, S.C., South Western College Publishing, Cincinnati, USA (ISBN 0-538-85283-6)

Marketing in Australia and New Zealand, Kotler, P. et al., 3rd edition. Prentice Hall, Sydney, (ISBN XXXXXXX)
 

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Microeconomics for Managers

Managerial economics
Petersen, H.C. and Lewis, W.C., Fourth Edition, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, USA (ISBN 0139762833)

Economics: Principles and Policy
Baumol, W.J., Blinder, A.S., Gunther, A.W. and Hicks, J.R.L., 2nd Australian Edition, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Sydney (ISBN XXXXXXX)

Study Guide For Economics: Principles and Policy
Swan, C., Schuwalow, P., Verma, N., and Messinis, G., 2nd Australian Edition, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Sydney (ISBN XXXXXXX)
 

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Organisational Behaviour

Organisational Behaviour
Vecchio, R.P., Hearn, G. and Southey, G., Second Edition, Harcourt Brace and Co., Sydney, Australia (ISBN 0729509648)
 
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Project Management for Managers

Project Management - A Managerial Approach
Meredith, J.R. and Mantel Jr, S.J., Third Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA (ISBN 0471016268)

Lock, D. Project Management, 6th Edition. Gower Publishing Company Limited, Aldershot, (ISBN XXXXXXX)
 

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Human Resource Managament

Strategic human resource management
Nakervis, A.R., Compton, R.L. and McCarthy, T.E., Second Edition, Thomas Nelson Australia, Melbourne, Australia (ISBN 0-17-009103-1)

Employment Relations: Industrial and Human Resource Management in Australia
Gardener, M. & Palmer, G.,  MacMillan Education Australia (ISBN XXXXXXX)
 

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