The Practitioner Scholar: Spring Semester Booklist

Interested in what the students are reading this semester? Check out our Spring 2023 book list:

Year 1
Flourishing Enterprise

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
Henderson, R.
The Base of the Pyramid Promise: Building Businesses with Impact and Scale
London, T.
Quantum Leadership: New Consciousness in Business
Tsao, F. and Laszlo, C.
Embedded Sustainability
Laszlo, C. and Zhexembayeva, N.
The Business of Building a Better World
Cooperrider, D. & Selian, A.

Qualitative Research Inquiry I

The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research
Glaser and Strauss, A.
Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuralism
Giddens, A.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition (4th Ed)
Kuhn, T. S.
Constructing Grounded Theory
Charmaz, K.
The Coding Manual for Qualitative Research (3rd Ed.)
Saldana, J.
What is this thing called Science?
Chalmers, A. H.
Engaged Scholarship
Van de Ven, A. H.
Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory
Corbin, J., & Strauss, A.
Interpreting Qualitative Data 6th ed.
Silverman, D.

Designing and Managing in Complex Systems

Complexity: A Guided Tour
Mitchell, M.
Embracing Complexity: Strategic Perspectives for an Age of Turbulence
Boulton, J.G. Bowman, C.
Making Things Work. Solving Complex Problems in a Complex World
Bar-Yam, Y.
Managing Complexity in Organizations: text and cases
Nedopil C., Steger U., Amann W.

Year 2
Causal Analysis of Business Problems II

Multivariate Data Analysis 8th ed
Hair, J.F., Black, B.J.
Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis: A Regression Based Approach 3rd ed.
Hayes, A.
Using Mplus for structural equation modeling: A researcher's guide
Kelloway, E. K.

Measuring Business Behaviors and Structures

Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research
Brown, T. A.
Structural Equation Modeling with Mplus: Basic concepts, applications and programming
Byrne, B.M.
Multivariate Data Analysis (8th ed)
Hair, J.F., Black, W.C., Rabin, B.J., & Anderson, R.E.

Technology & Social System Design

By Design: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons
Caplan, R.
Designing for a Better Future: A guide to designing in complex systems
Body, J. and Terrey, N.
Understanding Your Users: A Practical Guide to User Research Methods, 2nd Edition
Baxter, K., Courage, C., & Caine, K.
Human-Machine Reconfigurations: Plans and Situated Actions, 2nd Edition
Suchman, L.
Managing the Unexpected: Resilient Performance in an Age of Uncertainty
Weick, K. & Sutcliffe, K.
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
Alinsky, S.
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Epstein, D.

Year 3
Knowledge Dissemination to Influence Managerial Practice

How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Sylvia, P. J.
HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations
Duarte, N.
They Say/I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
Graff, G., & Birkenstein, C
How learning works: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching
Ambrose, S. A., Bridges, M. W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M. C., & Norman, M. K.
Engaged scholarship: A guide for organizational and social research.
Van de Ven, A. H.

Social Ethics: Contemporary Issues

Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Blackburn, S.
Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality
Hoffman, Fredrick, Schwartz
Organizational Ethics: A Practical Approach (5th Edition)
Johnson, C.

Global Economics

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