How Well Do You Know Popular Management Books? Take This Quiz -- Journal Report

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By Daniel Akst

Management is a challenge in nearly every significant human enterprise, from the Roman Empire to the rise of artificial intelligence. That's why books on the subject go back a long way -- and remain popular. These works reflect the spirit of their times and form a revealing chronicle of what people thought and how they lived in the oft-overlooked realm of business.

If you want to know more about the most important management books -- or think you already know plenty -- try your hand at this quiz.

Daniel Akst is a writer and publisher of Tivoli Books in New York's Hudson River Valley. He can be reached at reports@wsj.com.

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