Business Articles: Management
In one sense the term management is all inclusive, for example
"Marketing Management," "Financial Management, Human Resource
Management," etc. Managers are responsible for managing all of the organizational
functions from marketing to finance, to change and innovation, etc.
How do the managers do that?
The classic approach is by Planning, Organizing, Leading, Motivating, Communicating, and
Controlling (there may be other words used by different authors, but the concept is the
same). Therefore, this section--The Management Section--will list web sites according to
these categories. There probably will be considerable overlapping of these different
sites, nevertheless, the articles provided...though not covering the entire field...will
be a good place to start your project. (See also: Chapter 36: Management
on this site's Online Book)
A good site to start with is: www.managementfirst.com .ManagementFirst will help you
become a better manager of yourself, your job (even as a student) and your organization.
How? By providing easy to digest key management information. ManagementFirst goes behind
the headlines, takes business news and hot topics and explains the management challenges
in today's workplace.
Also, go to the American Management Association's web site at:
www.amanet.org Free three month trial memberships are available
online and should provide all the time that's necessary for you to get your research done.
If you like the service, subscribe. You will, more than likely, be a "professional
manager" for the rest of your life.
Business Week www.businessweek.com suffers from the same situation, answering
the journistic pattern of news (who, when, where, what, etc) without too much
analytical perspective, nevertheless, it brings reality to your research report.
Forbes
www.forbes.com is also in this category.
If management of small and medium size companies is the topic then go to
www.inc.com which does an excellent job of analyzing company
problems and successes from the small business management perspective.
Probably the best overall academic journal
on business is the Harvard Business Review at www.hbr.com these articles are comprehensive, analytical,
contemporary and appropriately focused for industry and corporate study.
A fairly new topic to the management genre is "Change and
Innovation." This is an exciting new area since it opens the management door
to the discussions of new thinking in the field and blesses it with formal academic
recognition. One of the publications that you should take a look at the Change Management
web site: www.change-management.org.
A lot of useful information concerning: Books; Benchmarking; Articles; and Training is
available online.
Another
publication called: The Journal of Product Innovation Management is
published by the Product Development & Management Association and available at: www.jpim-online.com. A student subcription is available for $30 per
year ($10 more for international). In some articles it could turn out to be a demanding
read, but for those who are up with the subject, a good read.
One interesting source for European innovations is called Euroabstracts
which is published six times a year by the European Commission at: www.cordis.lu/euroabstracts.
The Innovation and SMEs program promotes innovation and encourages the participation of
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the "Framework Programme."
The Euopean Journal of Innovation Management aims to be a European forum for disseminating vital information and knowledge in the field of
innovation. The EJIM (www.emeraldinsight.com/ejim.htm) includes four printed issues per year
plus online access to the current and previous volumes via Emerald Fulltext which is a
subscription source.
One other
source that may prove
useful if you can get your library to order it (it is
available through institutional subscriptions only) is: the International Journal
of Innovation Management (IJIM) at: http://ejournals.wspc.com.sg/ijim/ijim.html
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