You Want More Reading in Grad School? Here's a reading list just for YOU!
As most of us have figured out going to school, working, and maintaining a social life can be a difficult schedule to maintain at times. But, with the right time management and dedication, there can be "free-time" scheduled in for some fun, relaxation, or whatever it is you like to do. If you are a someone (like me) who likes to read, I have done some research and put together this all-inclusive MPA reading list.
Reading List:
- Beyond Transparency: Open Data and the Future of Civic Innovation -Brett Goldstein & Lauren Dyson
"The rise of open data in the public sector has sparked innovation, driven efficiency, and fueled economic development. While still emerging, we are seeing evidence of the transformative potential of open data in shaping the future of our civic life, and the opportunity to use open data to reimagine the relationship between residents and government, especially at the local level."
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Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World -Wade Graham
"Explores our cities in a new way—as expressions of ideas, often conflicting, about how we should live, work, play, make, buy, and believe. It tells the stories of the real architects and thinkers whose imagined cities became the blueprints for the world we live in."
- A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service -Robert M Gates
"From the former secretary of defense....offers us the ultimate insider’s look at how major bureaus, organizations, and companies can be transformed, which is by turns heartening and inspiring and always instructive."
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How to Run a Government: So That Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy - Michael Barber
"Michael Barber draws on his wealth of experience working for and with government leaders the world over to present a blueprint for how to run a government. Using contemporary cases from every continent and classic examples from history, he makes a compelling case for a new approach."
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Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug, or How to Survive Public Service -Kenneth Ashworth
"Replete with practical advice for anyone considering a career in federal, state, or local government....conveys what life is really like in a public service job. The book is written as a series of lively, entertaining letters of advice from a sympathetic uncle to a niece or nephew embarking on a government career."
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HR Disrupted: It's time for something different- Lucy Adams
"HR departments, and companies, need to transform their approach.... It’s the difference between spending hours deciding how many grades there should be in an employee grading system, and asking if grading people actually increases their ability to perform better in the first place."
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Build It: The Rebel Playbok for World Class Employee Engagement -Glenn Elliott & Debra Corey
"This guide claims that breaking with traditional HR rules can help create more engaged employees, and consequently build better businesses. The book follows the Engagement Bridge™ model, highlighting ways you can bring a positive work culture to your organization using case studies from companies like Virgin, American Express and LinkedIn."
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Thinking in New Boxes -Luc de Brabandre & Alan Iny
"A different approach to stretching people’s perspectives. When people think in new boxes, they learn how to ask the kinds of questions that will unlock creativity, innovation and opportunity.”
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Effective Crisis Communication: Moving From Crisis to Opportunity -Robert Ulmer, Timothy Sellnow & Matthew Seeger
"Three of today’s most respected crisis/risk communication scholars provide the latest theories and innovative approaches for handling crisis. Unlike other crisis communication texts, this acclaimed book answers the question, “what now?” and explains how organizations can create the potential for opportunity, renewal, and growth through effective crisis communication."
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Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath -Ted Koppel
"With urgency and authority, one of our most renowned journalists examines a threat unique to our time and evaluates potential ways to prepare for a catastrophe that is all but inevitable."
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Flirting with Disaster: Why Accidents Are Rarely Accidental -Marc Gerstein
"We tend to think of disasters as uncontrollable acts of nature or inevitable accidents. But are such incidents unavoidable or ever truly accidental? The authors of this remarkable book say we actually do have the power to prevent tragedies such as the flooding from Hurricane Katrina, the death toll from dangerous medicines like Vioxx, and the explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Marc Gerstein and Michael Ellsberg insist that disasters need not be inevitable if we learn from history, prepare carefully for the worst case, and speak out when we see danger looming."
- Parkland: Birth of a Movement -Dave Cullen
"A deeply moving account of the extraordinary teenage survivors of the Parkland shooting who pushed back against the NRA and Congressional leaders and launched the singular grassroots March for Our Lives movement"
- Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager -Kory Kogon, James Wood & Suzette Blakemore
"If you’re struggling to keep your projects organized, this book is for you. If you manage projects without the benefit of a team, this book is also for you. Change the way you think about project management—"project manager" may not be your official title or necessarily your dream job, but with the right strategies, you can excel."
- Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most -Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen & Roger Fisher
"Being a leader means making hard decisions, which result in even harder conversations....how to navigate these situations by exploring their structure and teaching you how to avoid defensiveness and how to shift to productive problem solving without falling into emotional traps. Nonprofit leaders are faced during and after transition periods with hard decisions, such as priority restructuring and redirecting the focus of the organization. This book will help you navigate the conversations with staff and board members that result from these decisions and changes."
- More with Less: Disasters in an Era of Diminishing Resources -Kevin Chaill
"Natural and human-made disasters are increasing around the world. Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, and resultant famine, floods, and armed conflicts are constant reminders of the frailty of our human race.... In the past these acute and recurring crises have been met by the international community responding to UN and media appeals. The economic collapse of nations is now a reality; some of those most affected had been traditional, generous donors to disaster relief operations. It is unlikely―probably impossible―that they will be
able to continue to contribute overseas when their own domestic needs are unmet....This book analyzes the global economic forecast and the United Nations pattern of philanthropy, provides a case study of how one nation with a tradition of giving will cope in the face of a marked reduction in flexible funds and then provides thoughtful chapters on new approaches
to disaster preparedness and disaster response."
"The rise of open data in the public sector has sparked innovation, driven efficiency, and fueled economic development. While still emerging, we are seeing evidence of the transformative potential of open data in shaping the future of our civic life, and the opportunity to use open data to reimagine the relationship between residents and government, especially at the local level."
Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World -Wade Graham
"Explores our cities in a new way—as expressions of ideas, often conflicting, about how we should live, work, play, make, buy, and believe. It tells the stories of the real architects and thinkers whose imagined cities became the blueprints for the world we live in."
"From the former secretary of defense....offers us the ultimate insider’s look at how major bureaus, organizations, and companies can be transformed, which is by turns heartening and inspiring and always instructive."
How to Run a Government: So That Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy - Michael Barber
"Michael Barber draws on his wealth of experience working for and with government leaders the world over to present a blueprint for how to run a government. Using contemporary cases from every continent and classic examples from history, he makes a compelling case for a new approach."
"Michael Barber draws on his wealth of experience working for and with government leaders the world over to present a blueprint for how to run a government. Using contemporary cases from every continent and classic examples from history, he makes a compelling case for a new approach."
Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug, or How to Survive Public Service -Kenneth Ashworth
"Replete with practical advice for anyone considering a career in federal, state, or local government....conveys what life is really like in a public service job. The book is written as a series of lively, entertaining letters of advice from a sympathetic uncle to a niece or nephew embarking on a government career."
"Replete with practical advice for anyone considering a career in federal, state, or local government....conveys what life is really like in a public service job. The book is written as a series of lively, entertaining letters of advice from a sympathetic uncle to a niece or nephew embarking on a government career."
HR Disrupted: It's time for something different- Lucy Adams
"HR departments, and companies, need to transform their approach.... It’s the difference between spending hours deciding how many grades there should be in an employee grading system, and asking if grading people actually increases their ability to perform better in the first place."
"HR departments, and companies, need to transform their approach.... It’s the difference between spending hours deciding how many grades there should be in an employee grading system, and asking if grading people actually increases their ability to perform better in the first place."
Build It: The Rebel Playbok for World Class Employee Engagement -Glenn Elliott & Debra Corey
"This guide claims that breaking with traditional HR rules can help create more engaged employees, and consequently build better businesses. The book follows the Engagement Bridge™ model, highlighting ways you can bring a positive work culture to your organization using case studies from companies like Virgin, American Express and LinkedIn."
"This guide claims that breaking with traditional HR rules can help create more engaged employees, and consequently build better businesses. The book follows the Engagement Bridge™ model, highlighting ways you can bring a positive work culture to your organization using case studies from companies like Virgin, American Express and LinkedIn."
Thinking in New Boxes -Luc de Brabandre & Alan Iny
"A different approach to stretching people’s perspectives. When people think in new boxes, they learn how to ask the kinds of questions that will unlock creativity, innovation and opportunity.”
"A different approach to stretching people’s perspectives. When people think in new boxes, they learn how to ask the kinds of questions that will unlock creativity, innovation and opportunity.”
Effective Crisis Communication: Moving From Crisis to Opportunity -Robert Ulmer, Timothy Sellnow & Matthew Seeger
"Three of today’s most respected crisis/risk communication scholars provide the latest theories and innovative approaches for handling crisis. Unlike other crisis communication texts, this acclaimed book answers the question, “what now?” and explains how organizations can create the potential for opportunity, renewal, and growth through effective crisis communication."
"Three of today’s most respected crisis/risk communication scholars provide the latest theories and innovative approaches for handling crisis. Unlike other crisis communication texts, this acclaimed book answers the question, “what now?” and explains how organizations can create the potential for opportunity, renewal, and growth through effective crisis communication."
Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath -Ted Koppel
"With urgency and authority, one of our most renowned journalists examines a threat unique to our time and evaluates potential ways to prepare for a catastrophe that is all but inevitable."
"With urgency and authority, one of our most renowned journalists examines a threat unique to our time and evaluates potential ways to prepare for a catastrophe that is all but inevitable."
Flirting with Disaster: Why Accidents Are Rarely Accidental -Marc Gerstein
"We tend to think of disasters as uncontrollable acts of nature or inevitable accidents. But are such incidents unavoidable or ever truly accidental? The authors of this remarkable book say we actually do have the power to prevent tragedies such as the flooding from Hurricane Katrina, the death toll from dangerous medicines like Vioxx, and the explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Marc Gerstein and Michael Ellsberg insist that disasters need not be inevitable if we learn from history, prepare carefully for the worst case, and speak out when we see danger looming."
"We tend to think of disasters as uncontrollable acts of nature or inevitable accidents. But are such incidents unavoidable or ever truly accidental? The authors of this remarkable book say we actually do have the power to prevent tragedies such as the flooding from Hurricane Katrina, the death toll from dangerous medicines like Vioxx, and the explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Marc Gerstein and Michael Ellsberg insist that disasters need not be inevitable if we learn from history, prepare carefully for the worst case, and speak out when we see danger looming."
"A deeply moving account of the extraordinary teenage survivors of the Parkland shooting who pushed back against the NRA and Congressional leaders and launched the singular grassroots March for Our Lives movement"
"If you’re struggling to keep your projects organized, this book is for you. If you manage projects without the benefit of a team, this book is also for you. Change the way you think about project management—"project manager" may not be your official title or necessarily your dream job, but with the right strategies, you can excel."
"Being a leader means making hard decisions, which result in even harder conversations....how to navigate these situations by exploring their structure and teaching you how to avoid defensiveness and how to shift to productive problem solving without falling into emotional traps. Nonprofit leaders are faced during and after transition periods with hard decisions, such as priority restructuring and redirecting the focus of the organization. This book will help you navigate the conversations with staff and board members that result from these decisions and changes."
"Natural and human-made disasters are increasing around the world. Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, and resultant famine, floods, and armed conflicts are constant reminders of the frailty of our human race.... In the past these acute and recurring crises have been met by the international community responding to UN and media appeals. The economic collapse of nations is now a reality; some of those most affected had been traditional, generous donors to disaster relief operations. It is unlikely―probably impossible―that they will be
able to continue to contribute overseas when their own domestic needs are unmet....This book analyzes the global economic forecast and the United Nations pattern of philanthropy, provides a case study of how one nation with a tradition of giving will cope in the face of a marked reduction in flexible funds and then provides thoughtful chapters on new approaches
to disaster preparedness and disaster response."
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