Interview two local business managers and ask them how they learned about managing. Ask what kind of books they might have read on management (e.g., textbooks or popular books). Here are examples of management books: Gary Hamel and C. K. Prahalad, Competing for the Future;

Michael Hammer and James Champy, Reengineering the Corporation; Charles Handy, The Age of Paradox; John P. Kotter, The New Rules: How to Succeed in Today’s Post-

Corporate World; Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline, and W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, Blue Ocean Strategy.

Probe to what extent these books have helped them to manage. You may also find it interesting to read one of the best-selling books on management and mention it in the class discussion.