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Synergest recommends the following management books and tools:

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition (PMBOK Guide) - This concept dictionary is the go-to book for project management terms and concepts. This book contains the official definitions and inputs/outputs for formal project management. While this book does not teach anything per se, memorizing the contents of this book is necessary to pass the Project Management Professional (PMP) test.

Q&A for the PMBOK® Guide - This handy booklet contains several sample questions similar to the questions asked on the official PMP test. Use this to test your knowledge before you sit for the PMP exam. The correct answers are listed in the back of the booklet.

The PMP Exam - How to Pass on Your First Try - This matter-of-fact supplement is good for those who want an extra source of study material in order to pass the PMP exam. This easy-to-read format is a welcome change from several of the other more cumbersome PMP Prep books out there. The book covers all PMBOK® Guide 44 processes, and 592 inputs, tools, outputs, etc.

Managing Technology Dependent Operations: An Executive Toolbox - Synergest's own Eric Spanitz wrote chapter 11 "Project Control." This book give the reader practical tools to manage technology dependent operations. The target audience for this book is both corporate executives and functional managers. This book serves as an introduction to the essentials of strategy implementation throughout an organization.

The Art of Project Management - This book is about project management, as well as creativity, situational problem-solving, and leadership. If you're a team member, project manager, or even a non-technical stakeholder, this book offers dozens of practical tools and techniques you can use, and questions you can ask, to ensure your projects succeed.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to MBA Basics - Students and managers alike will learn about management skills, business operations, financial statements, marketing, product development, customer service, strategic planning, information management, and quality management. Updated coverage includes global and international business, knowledge management, e-commerce, supply chain management, sales channel management, and financial integrity and ethics.

Teach Your Child How to Think - Although the title makes it sound like this is a parenting book, this is actually a book about effective thinking and developing your own thinking skills. Crammed with exercises, games and diagrams, the book stresses that thinking involves "operacy" - the skills of doing or making things happen - as well as devising mental patterns more effective than the mind's routine habits.

Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking - Blink is about the first two seconds of looking - the decisive glance that knows in an instant. This book campaigns for snap judgments. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of "thin slices" of behavior.

Quality Without Tears - This book shows managers how to build quality into all aspects of a company's operations thereby lowering costs, increasing sales, and boosting profits and do all this without the typical bureaucratic controls and procedures that merely hassle people without producing the desired results. Real situation and amusing fictional case histories are used to demonstrate that problems of quality and hassle are caused by management action.

The ISO 9000 Handbook - This book is essential for implementing ISO 9001:2000, contemplating third-party certification/ registration for an organization, or learning about the global quality management system that is revolutionizing business. This book includes a copy of the standard, and also explanation and elements of the Service Sector Derivatives (AS9100, TL 9000, ISO/TS 16494, etc.).

Quality Management Essentials - Quality in organizations, large or small, is achieved with intelligent use of various concepts, principles, tools and techniques. For those coming to the subject for the first time, these philosophies associated with quality management can be quite overwhelming. This very readable book provides a fast track introduction and executive level appraisal of the field from a respected and experienced author.