Online Resources

Browse these useful links to websites, blogs, articles, and other references used or recommended by AIM Program students, alumni, faculty, and staff. This list is updated with the most recent recommendations at the top of each section.

Articles

Kern, H. (2003, December 8). Principles of organizational design part I. Solutions for IT Professionals.

Blogs

Melamed, T. (2010, February 28). Five monkeys, a banana, and corporate culture [Web log post].

Books

Few, S. (2009). Now you see it: Simple visualization techniques for quantitative analysis. Oakland, CA: Analytics Press.

Harvard Business Review. (2011). HBR's 10 must reads on leadership. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press.

Harvard Business Review. (2011). HBR's 10 must reads: The essentials. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press.

Harvard Business Review. (2011). HBR's 10 must reads on change. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press.

Harvard Business Review. (2011). HBR's 10 must reads on managing people. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press.

Harvard Business Review. (2010). HBR's 10 must reads on managing yourself. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press.

Harvard Business Review. (2011). HBR's 10 must reads on strategy. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press.

Lima, M. (2011). Visual complexity: Mapping patterns of information. New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press.

McCandless, D. (2009). The visual miscellaneum. (2nd ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Tufte E. (2001). The visual display of quantitative information.(2nd ed.). Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.

Wong, D. (2010). The Wall Street Journal guide to information graphics: The dos and don'ts of presenting data, facts, and figures. New York, NY: W. W. Norton.

Yau, N. (2011). Visualize this: The flowing data guide to design, visualization, and statistics. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley.

Productivity Tools

Personal Brain
"TheBrain Technology helps people make sense of the wide range of information they need to organize and assimilate on a daily basis."

XMind
"The world's coolest brainstorming and mind mapping software and the best way to share ideas. The most efficient solution to save your team's time, and power your company."

Websites

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World
"From the Internet to the iPod, technologies are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990—well before the Internet was on most people's radar—and continues to confront cutting—edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights."

Risky Thinking
This site has resources on risk assessment, risk management, and business continuity.

Save the Internet
"The SavetheInternet.com Coalition is two million everyday people who have banded together with thousands of nonprofit organizations, businesses, and bloggers to protect Internet freedom."