31 May 2024
Joshua Drummond
[FYI request #26981 email]
Ref: PMO OIA 261-2023-24
Dear Joshua Drummond
Official Information Act request: List of management books recommended by the
Prime Minister
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 29 May 2024.
You requested:
“I am requesting the complete list of "self-help management books" prescribed to
ministers and public department heads by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, as
described by Minister Willis in a New Zealand Herald profile by Claire Trevett…”
I have decided to release the full list of management books recommended by the
Prime Minister as mentioned in a New Zealand Herald article by Claire Trevett dated
24 May 2024. The list of books are:
•
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim
Collins.
•
The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins.
•
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
Yours sincerely
Cameron Burrows
Chief of Staff