What business books do you recommend as the most informative/useful?

Recommendations for a techie looking to expand business knowledge

• Technical maven in IT looking to expand business knowledge; What can you recommend in terms of books and other media I can look at to grow in this area? Currently acting as an IT Business Analyst at my company with a heavy background in modern technologies (ASP.net/C#/VB.net with JQuery/Knockout/React/you name it, heavy SOA background, and branching out heavily into mobile technologies). My business acumen is currently limited to many of the projects I've been on, but I'm looking to expand my knowledge into other areas of our business. I'm interested in all realms, but I'm not really sure what exactly they teach in MBA courses or what would help me. I'm heavily interested in general business knowledge at a more granular level than 'we sell this, get money for it'. I've dived into financial courses via Khan Academy and other sites, but I'm trying to round out my knowledge and potentially focus on moving into an architect role. What can you recommend in terms of books and other media I can look at to grow in this area?

• Answer:

  For the sausage-making side of business life: https://www.manager-tools.com/ For finding textbooks: http://syllabi.wharton.upenn.edu/ For popular business books: http://personalmba.com/ Also, read the WSJ. Hope this helps!