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Pathfinder: Business Management

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Introductory Texts|E-Commerce & Global Business|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications |Article Databases| Web Sites

SCOPE:   For a company to succeed in todays business world requires exceptional management and leadership skills and techniques. A global perspective is needed to successfully promote international business. Companies must also be successful  in information systems and e-systems management strategies. The following pathfinder includes recommended sources in the areas of management, leadership, global and e- commerce business. The sources referred to are selective in that they are representative of the many resources available in these fields and represent sources that have been primarily published within the last six years.  This pathfinder serves as a guideline or starting point for the students research.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with business management are listed in Baddour Library's on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES (Located in the Reference Collection )

REF HD 30.15.S73 1999 Concise Dictionary of Business Management

REF HF 1001 .I53 1997 b The Concise International Encyclopedia of Business & Management

REF HF 1001.C62 2001 Dictionary of Business

REF HF 1001.R79 1993 Dictionary of Business & Management

REF HF 1001.E466 2000 Encyclopedia of Business

REF HF 54.5.P33 1998 International Business Information

These books are located in the Circulating Collection in the library are in the call number range HD-HF

INTRODUCTORY TEXTS (Circulating Collection)

Afuah, Allan. Business Models: A Strategic Management Approach. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Beatty, Jack. The World According to Peter Drucker. New York: Free Press,
1998.

Boyett, Joseph H. The Guru Guide: The Best Ideas of the Top Management Thinkers. New York: Wiley, 1998.

Certo, Samuel C. Modern Management: Adding Digital Focus. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.

Collins, James C. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Dont. New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 2001.

Chambers, Harry. No Fear Management: Rebuilding Trust, Performance, and Commitment in the New American Workplace. Boca Raton: St. Lucie Press, 1998.

Chowdhury, Subir. Management 21C: Someday We'll All Manage This Way. New York: PrenticeHall, 2000.

Drucker, Peter Ferdinand. Management Challenges for the 21st Century. New York: Harper Business, 1999.

Drucker, Peter Ferdinand. Managing in the Next Society. New York: St. Martins Press, 2002.

Falvey, Jack. The Best of Jack Falvey on Management. Londonderry, N.H:
Intermark, 1996

Handy, Charles B. 21 Ideas for Managers: Practical Wisdom for Managing Your Company and Yourself. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Kaye, Beverly L. Love 'em or Lose 'em: Getting Good People to Stay. San Francisco,
CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2005.

Locke, Robert R. The Collapse of the American Management Mystique. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.

Magretta, Joan. What Management Is: How It Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business. New York: Free Press, 2002.

Robbins, Stephen P. Management. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice-Hall,
2002.

E-COMMERCE & GLOBAL BUSINESS

Earle, Nick. From.com to .profit: Inventing Business Models that Deliver Value and Profit. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Good, David J. Strategic, Organizational, and Managerial Impacts of Business Technologies. Westport, Conn: Quorum, 2000.

Govindarajan, Vijay. The Quest for Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage. San Franciso: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

McLeod, Raymond. Management Information Systems. Upper Saddle River,N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1998.

Paul, Nirmal & Judith M. Ray. Pushing the Digital Frontier: Insights into the Changing Landscape of E-business. New York: AMACOM, 2001.

Rugman, Alan M. The End of Globalization: Why Global Strategy is a Myth & How to Profit From the Realities of Regional Markets. New York: AMACOM, 2001.

Thorp, John. The Information Paradox: Realizing the Business Benefits of Information Technology. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1998.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the links for a list of full-text journals available through our databases in:

Specific periodicals related to business management include:

Business Horizons Inc Management Science
Business Week Journal of Business Strategy

MIT Sloan Management Review
Fast Company Journal of Managerial Issues

Strategic Management Journal

Harvard Business Review Leader to Leader  

Open Access Journals in Business & Management

ARTICLE DATABASES

Updated 02/19/2008