Five Hundred Business Books (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Five Hundred Business Books<br><br>The idea of a science of business is accepted. Courses in business administration are given in our leading colleges and universities. Correspondence courses for those already engaged in business are increasingly popular. Around this idea of a science of business, has grown up, inevitably a special literature. Publishers and booksellers advertise business books, and libraries make special collections of books for business men. This business literature is of so recent an origin that in compiling a list of the best business books, one finds a rather limited group from which to select.<br><br>The particular test for the inclusion of books in this list has been that of their proved practical value to younger business men. This does not imply, by any means, that the list is not meant as well for business men of wide experience, nor does it imply that the principles and theories underlying general business and its various ramifications have been ignored. In each sub-division of the list, whenever possible, the best book or books elucidating the basic theory of that particular phase of business have been included. But it has been discovered in actual daily work in a business library that the book which is most in demand and which is most often returned with the comment "That was exactly what I wanted," is the book which deals not so much with theory itself as with the operation of the theory, not so much with the psychology as with the practical application of the psychological principle to the specific problem, not so much with the plan as with the tested plan. Business men are as willing as any other group of men to learn from the experiences of others. It has been from this point of view, mainly, that this list has been compiled.<br><br>Of so-called "inspirational books," for business men, only a few have been included, not for lack of appreciation of their real value and their undoubted popularity but rather because they form such a large group of titles that it is difficult to select from them with discrimination.<br><br>A large number of very valuable and practical books come from schools which conduct correspondence courses in business. Many of these, particularly those from LaSalle Extension University and a few from the International Correspondence Schools, have been included in this list. The Alexander Hamilton Institute books have not been included because they are sold only to the students taking the course and are difficult to obtain second-hand. They contain excellent material, and will be found in many libraries.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.