“Leaders Eat Last”

When I began my search for a book I started with search terms such as “information society”, “information technology”, “social media”. It was surprising that the results on Amazon were either not relevant or books that were older than two years old. As I narrowed down the search terms and searched within specific publishing dates I was able to find relevant books.

The Three candidates were

1. How Google Works by Eric Schmidt (Hardcover $17.99) 4.9 stars, 304 pages
2.  Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sineck (Hardcover $16.40) 4.6 Stars, 240 pages
3. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street Paperback by John Brooks  (Author)(Paperback $11.06) 4.1 stars, 464 pages

Worldcat

1. “How Google Works” is held by 316 libraries.
2. “Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t”  by 570 libraries
3.  “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street “ is held by 333 libraries

All three of these books have search terms relating to business and management. “How Google Works” also has search terms relating to internet use. “Leaders Eat Last” had the most specific search terms. They were Leadership, Corporate culture, Organizational change, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, Organizational Culture, Organizational Innovation, trust. Additionally, the only book that had any reviews on google books was “How Google Works”. However, the book that has generated the most buzz on the web is “Leaders Eat Last”. Out of all three books this book also had the most reviews on Amazon. According to reviews I found on “How Google Works” it apparently reads a lot like a textbook and is quite boring (it only had 33 reviews on amazon). Reviews for “Business Adventures” state that the book is boring and its stories are quite dated. Reviews for “Leaders Eat Last” stated that the author takes a while to get into the actual point of the book, leadership, but other than that it is an interesting read. On Library Thing “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street” was the most mentioned book however the reviews were not very positive. “Leaders Eat Last” was the next most popular book on Library Thing.

I would like to read “Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t” by Simon Sineck because it seems the most interesting and most talked about from the three books I chose. Also, it seems to be the most relevant to my interest in the workings of corporate America. (http://www.amazon.com/Leaders-Eat-Last-Together-Others/dp/1591845327/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413168898&sr=1-9&keywords=social+interaction)

Scholarly Reviews

1)      This book review was published in the trade journal Management Today. It was found on Proquest

"Books: Lessons from the Marine Corps." Management Today (2014): 22. ProQuest. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.