BOOKS
Listed below are some of the best books we’ve found on organizational democracy and democracy in general. The list is not meant to be exhaustive, nor is WorldBlu officially endorsing these writers or their ideas. Our intent is simply to point you in the direction of some of the most accessible and insightful books we’ve found on the topic of democracy and organizational democracy.
books on organizational democracy
- The Democratic Corporation: A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success by Russell L. Ackoff
- The End of Management and the Rise of Organizational Democracy by Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith
- The Democratic Enterprise: Liberating your Business with Freedom, Flexibility and Commitment by Lynda Gratton
- Freedom and Accountability: Applying Philosophical Insights to the Real World by Peter Koestenbaum and Peter Block
- The The Future of Work: How the New Order of Business Will Shape Your Organization, Your Management Style and Your Life by Thomas Malone
- A Company of Citizens: What the World's First Democracy Teaches Leaders About Creating Great Organizations by Brook Manville, Josiah Ober
- Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World’s Most Unusual Workplace by Ricardo Semler
- The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works by Ricardo Semler
Books on Democracy In General
- Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age by Benjamin Barber
- On Democracy by Robert Dahl
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
- Models of Democracy, 2nd edition. by David Held
- The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century by Samuel Huntington
- Participation and Democratic Theory by Carole Pateman
- The Democracy Reader: Classic and Modern Speeches, Essays, Poems, Declarations and Documents on Freedom and Human Rights Worldwide by Diane Ravitch and Abigail Thernstrom
- Democratic Rules of Order: Complete, Easy-To-Use Parliamentary Guide for Governing Meetings of Any Size by Fred and Peg Francis
