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MANAGEMENT
Management is what is
required to organize and maintain
anything, but in businesses it is so important that the term
"business" is almost synonymous with it. Not everyone who
becomes a manager intended to become a manager; re-organization can
lead to
people falling into such positions. Being more proactive than
that and
setting out to do it specifically should make for better results.
Resources in the subject
guides for business,
finance, accounting, marketing, and others may be of interest.
DATABASES
EBSCO
As ever, EBSCO is
a great
way to do research. It is
actually an aggregator, and that means that it searches lots of
different
databases at the same time. For business-related information, one
might
want to select these particular ones (to avoid getting irrelevant
hits):
Academic Search
Premier
Business Source
Complete
Legal Collection
Newspaper Source
Regional Business
News
Vente et
Gestion
(business journals in French)
Economia y
Negocios
(business journals in Spanish)
Hospitality &
Tourism
Index
Academic Search
Complete
Electronic
Journals
This allows you to
browse
ULM’s available journals by name,
so you can know very quickly whether or not we have the publication you
want.
JSTOR - The
scholarly journal archive
There are many
journals
on JSTOR-- it means "Journal
storage." You can search by issues and genres, and inside the
article text itself. JSTOR brings you journal pages just as they
appear
in print-- and just about as usefully.
LexisNexis
Academic Search
LexisNexis has
devoted a
specific part of its powerful
database interface to Business research (accessible by clicking the
corresponding link on the left of the front-page). Using it will
be
extremely useful as it has detailed company information, news,
journals, and
more. Also, don't forget the general news or the Legal Research
option.
Mergent
Online
This resource can
produce
a lot of things, including very
detailed profiles of companies with codes, numbers, recent stocks,
contact
information, summaries of what they are, financial info, competitors,
and
more.
Do remember, though, that it only goes back as far as 1997. If
you want
to dates earlier than that, you'll have to use the print. As this
time,
they are shelved in the stacks.
INTERNET
RESOURCES
The
Legal Workplace.com (formerly Alexander
Hamilton Institute Employment Law Resource Center)
This website has articles about employment (from the
employer perspective), FAQs about certain parts of employment law, free
newsletters, free reports, and more. Some things are not free,
but most
of it is free. The links section is especially useful and
contains many
good websites.
BPR Online
Learning Center
There is free information here in the form of articles, tutorials,
and more on the subjects of Change Management and Human Resources that
could be
useful. Articles are written in a straightforward, instructional
manner
and have visual aids.
Cornell's Key
Workplace
Documents
This page provides quick access to documents from relevant
government (federal) resources, organizations, associations, and others
in .pdf
format. They are organized by organization type and by year, but
there is
also a search function.
Free
Management Library
It is most easily described as a hub, as it allows one to
browse or search for content but the actual articles are links to other
websites. This is a handy way to find articles on your
topic. There
is no aim at any particular kind of audience; it is meant for all kinds
of
organizations.
HR-Guide
There is a rather large and detailed amount of Human
Resources information here, and on a great variety of topics, such as
training,
hiring, safety policies, and many more. There forms, links, and
other
resources too.
The
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)
This academically spawned site is most useful for indexing
useful material such as journals and papers, and getting news, as there
is not
full text accessibility for everything. There is access for some
materials, however.
The
Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology is
a part of the APA (American Psychological Association). This
website has
a number of resources such as links, news, publication information, and
an
online store.
U.S. Department
of Labor's eLaws
What can a manager legally do in regards to employees?
"This Web site was developed to help employers and workers understand
their rights and responsibilities under the federal employment laws
administered by the U.S. Department of Labor. The elaws Advisers mimic
the
interaction an individual might have with a DOL representative by
asking
questions, providing information, and directing the individual to the
appropriate resolution."
Workforce
Management
This site requires membership to see articles, but it's free
to join. These pages are on a great variety of topics related to
management, and there is news, blogs, podcasts, and information about
conferences.
WorldatWork®
This organization approaches HR with the focus on motivating
employees and preventing them from leaving for work elsewhere.
There are
many resources here, including White Papers, audiocasts, news, and
more.
World
Federation of
Personnel Management Associations (WFPMA)
"The WFPMA is a global network of professionals in
people management." There is a newsletter here called
"Worldlink" that is free to read, and under "projects"
there are papers written on various topics.
BOOKS
AT ULM
Reference Books
These are
located in the reference section on the first floor
The McGraw-Hill
encyclopedia of quality terms &
concepts
Author:
Cortada, James W.
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill,
Pub date:
c1995.
Call: HD62.15 .C668
1995
This has long definitions for terms as they relate to
Quality Control. It is illustrated largely by flowcharts.
"For
more information" references to further reading appear with some
articles,
and there is an annotated reference section in the back plus an index.
AMA management handbook
Author:
Fallon,
William K.
Publisher:
American
Management Association,
Pub date:
c1983.
Call: HD31 .A418
1983
This is well-known handbook from a well-known organization (the
American Management Association) and covers for that just management
itself. The pages are numbered by its chapters (2-36 is page 36
of
chapter 2), articles are signed, there is an index, and there are
conclusions
at the ends of chapters.
Books
. . . located
in the stacks
Strategic management in
action
Author:
Coulter, Mary K.
Publisher:
Pearson Prentice
Hall,
Pub date:
c2005.
Call: HD30.28 .C696
2005
You don't even need to be in business to need to understand
strategic management. This is a straightforward tricolor text
with a
pleasing layout, important terms in bold, separate areas between
chapters with
cases and questions, detailed endnotes, and an index. There are
other
books like this in the collection.
Cases in strategic
management
Author:
Strickland, A. J. (Alonzo J.)
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill
Irwin,
Pub date:
c2001.
Call: HD30.28 .S755
2001
Each chapter is centered around a case, which is told in a dry
narrative form with tables to enhance them. There is no index,
but the
chapters and companies in the cases (like AOL, Levi's, Campbell's and
more) are
listed in the contents.
Crafting and executing
strategy : the quest for
competitive advantage : concepts and cases
Author:
Thompson, Arthur A., 1940-
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill/Irwin,
Pub date:
2005.
Call: HD30.28 .T53
2005
This is a textbook with cases that explains what strategy is,
how to develop it, and how to implement it. There is a detailed
contents
page, cases to illustrate points (the chapters are subjects), sparse
illustration, some annotated endnotes, and three indices
(indexes):
subject, organization, and name.
Doing business in emerging
markets : entry and
negotiation strategies
Author:
Cavusgil, S. Tamer.
Publisher:
Sage
Publications,
Pub date:
c2002.
Call: HD62.4 .C387
This book explains why and how to do business in emerging
markets. Chapters are divided by geography and shows potential
opportunities for that given part of the world, sometimes aided by
charts and
graphs. Notes at the ends of chapters annotate and further
explain the
text.
Organizational behavior
Author:
Kreitner, Robert.
Publisher:
Irwin/McGraw-Hill.
Pub date:
c2001.
Call: HD58.7 .K75
2001
This is a colorful textbook with a wolf theme, illustrated
heavily by charts and tables that simplify information. There are
summaries at the beginnings of the chapters, a glossary, and indices by
name
and by subject.
Management : challenges
for tomorrow's leaders
Author: Lewis,
Pamela S.
Publisher:
Thomson/South-Western,
Pub date:
c2004.
Call: HD31 .L388
2004
This textbook is mostly text on white paper, although does
have color illustration. There are some tables, extra information
in
boxes, cases and discussions between chapters, endnotes, a glossary,
and
indices by subject, company, and name.
Management : principles
and practices for tomorrow's
leaders
Author:
Dessler, Gary, 1942-
Publisher:
Prentice Hall,
Pub date:
2004.
Call: HD31 .D4863
2004
Another textbook, with clear paragraphs and headings and
illustrations. In the back, there is a section called the
"manager's
portfolio" with question worksheets on each chapter. There are
word
definitions in the margins, a glossary, and indices by subject and
name.
There are also examples of business forms.
Sales force management
Author:
Churchill, Gilbert A.
Publisher:
Irwin/McGraw-Hill,
Pub date:
c2000.
Call: HF5438.4 .C48
2000
This is an example of a book on managing something
specific. This textbook discusses specific problems and issues of
managing sales representatives (evaluation, territories, etc.) in a
very real
situational manner. There are also indices by case, name, and
subject.
Fifty key figures in
management [electronic
resource]
Author:
Witzel, Morgen.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Pub date:
2003.
e-Book
(if this link doesn't work, make sure you're
connected as a ULM user)
This is a biographical resource with information about 50
great managers of history. It focuses primarily on what
management
strategies they were famous for. There is a further reading list
and
index, but being an e-Book, it can be searched.
There is more to find at
the
library, of course. Try searching databases and the library
catalog on your
topic.
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