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Preface
1. Why Things Are Not That Simple
2. Agile Software Development
3. Complex Systems Theory
4. The Information-Innovation System
5. How to Energize People
6. The Basics of Self-Organization
7. How to Empower Teams
8. Leading and Ruling on Purpose
9. How to Align Constraints
10. The Craft of Rulemaking
11. How to Develop Competence
12. Communication on Structure
13. How to Grow Structure

14. The Landscape of Change
15. How to Improve Everything
16. All Is Wrong, but Some Is Useful
Bibliography
Book Links

Book Reviews

Then I grabbed “Management 3.0″ by Jurgen Appelo. It rocks! Why? Because it made me think lot. And it helped me to understand observations in my work environment.

See full review at: renemt_de

There is a review in German by Yves Stalgies

The book is outright funny. Starting from the back page to introduction to every content piece. That makes it an easy read, especially considering boring subject of managers and management. This must be one reason that, whenever I have managed to convince someone to read one chapter to start with, they continue onwards.

See full review at: Leader Experiment

All in all, the book feels consistent, perfectly well-researched, and aware of its context. <...> Easily the best book I have read this year!

See full review at: @testbaudson

Appelo’s ideas are both evolutionary and revolutionary, and he backs them up with extensive citations of sources ranging from current efficiency researchers back to economics pillar Adam Smith.

See full review at: ITBusinessEdge

Some of the reasons I found this book easy to understand are Jurgen’s witty, entertaining, clear, and concise writing style combined with his basing the content on solid and pragmatic real-world experience.

See full review at: Agile Journal

Management 3.0 introduces the reader to Agile management and complexity theory in an engaging, pragmatic way that I’m sure you will find both informative and a useful reference for years to come.

See full review at: Software Results

If I tried to summarize what you get from his book, you can consider Jurgen Appelo as the hidden son resulting from a relationship between a Springer Verlag journal’s editor and Mike Cohn, with some influence from Aardman Studios in the education.

See full review at: Software Development Books

In Management 3.0 behandelt Jurgen Appelo uitgebreid het leiderschapaspect binnen software development, met zes cruciale en onmisbare talenten die managers van Agile teams nodig hebben om succesvol software te realiseren.

See full review at: Optimize (subscribers only)

Jurgen´s book offers a considerable amount of knowledge, combining agile and complexity thinking. It provides an overview of many theoretical elements, tries to inspect and adapt scientific theories and uses interesting imagery and analogies to better understand systemic interrelations.

See full review at: Platform for Agile Management

Ik vind het boek echt een aanrader om te lezen en ik zou ook willen zeggen in goed Nederlands: “Do try this at - your software - home". Zet in ieder geval het boek niet ongelezen in uw boekenkast.

See full review at: ABC-thinkBIG (Dutch)

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