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WISER: GETTING BEYOND GROUPTHINK TO MAKE GROUPS SMARTER
by Reid Hastie, Cass Sunstein
* Published by Harvard Business Review Press
* Price: Rs 895
* We've all been involved in group decisions-and they're hard. And they often turn out badly. Why?

THE END OF NORMAL: THE GREAT CRISIS AND THE FUTURE OF GROWTH
by James K Galbraith
* Published by Simon & Schuster
* Price: Rs 1,348
* The 2008 crisis should be seen as a barometer of the rise of unstable economic conditions, which should be regarded as the new normal

THE HUAWEI STORY
by Tian Tao, Wu Chunbo
  * Published by SAGE Response
* Price: Rs 699
* A book on Huawei, its management philosophy and culture, and the special leadership approaches of Ren Zhengfei

VALUE PROPOSITION DESIGN: HOW TO CREATE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CUSTOMERS WANT
by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Greg Bernarda, Alan Smith
* Published by Wiley
* Price: Rs 699
* How to create value propositions customers can't resist

THE THREE SIGNS OF A MISERABLE JOB: A FABLE FOR MANAGERS (AND THEIR EMPLOYEES)
by Patrick M Lencioni
* Published by Wiley
* Price: Rs 599
* How to improve your job satisfaction and performance