Subject Guide: Management
FINDING BOOKS AND JOURNALS
Searching in the CUNY + Catalog
CUNY+: is the Web-based
catalog of the collections of all CUNY libraries.
The catalog lists library materials in various formats such as books, journals,
and videos. The majority of electronic journals will not be found in the catalog.
To find out if a journal is available through one of the library’s many
databases and therefore available off campus, search the Full
Text Journals Index on the library’s information resources page.
The Journal
Title Search in CUNY+ searches throughout CUNY libraries for journals
available primarily in print. Check the holdings to make sure the volume
and issue needed is available in print or microfilm format. Be sure to
search for full text electronic versions of a journal using the Full
Text Journal search. This tool searches all the databases subscribed
to by Newman Library and provides additional access to thousands of journals.
The catalog can be accessed through the Newman
Library Web site by selecting "Online Catalog" and following
the link to CUNY+. All CUNY libraries can be searched together, or an individual
library, such as Baruch, can be searched individually.
Click on holdings to get the call numbers needed to locate the books and to find out if the books are currently available
To find books written BY someone, type the author’s
last name, then the first name in the search box. Then select “Author” from
the list of options labeled “Search keyword(s) in:.”
To find books ABOUT a specific person, type that person’s
last name, then their first name (if you know it), and then select “Subject” from
the pull-down menu labeled “Search keyword(s) in:.”
To find a specific title of a book, type in the title of the
book, then select “Title” from the pull-down menu labeled “Search
keyword(s) in:.”
To find books on a particular topic, type in your search terms
(such as “business ethics” ), and then select the option of “All
fields” where it says “Search keyword(s) in:.”
Use the “Subject” option if you know the correct
Library of Congress (LC) subject heading needed to do a complete search of
books coded with that particular subject. One way to find useful subject headings
in this database or other electronic databases is to perform a title search
using a relevant keyword. Click on the title of a record and examine the subject
terms for useful LC subject headings.
Useful LC subject headings for general management topics include
- Communication in organizations
- Industrial Organization
- Industrial Management
- Job analysis
- Organization and Management
- Organizational behavior
- Organizational change
- Organizational effectiveness
- Personnel Management
- Teams in the work place
- New business enterprises
- Entrepreneurship
- Chief Executive Officers
More specific subject headings appear within the various management
specialties found within this resource guide.
Click on holdings to get the call numbers to locate the books and
to find out if the books are currently available.
Reserves —If
your professor has put something on reserve, go to Reserve at
the top of the library’s home page. Search either the course number,
the professor’s name (check also under Staff), or the title or author
of the book (document title/author). Bring the call number to the Circulation/Reserve
desk on the 2nd floor of the library to obtain the item.
If Newman Library does not own or provide access to the material you need,
follow the guidelines to request an interlibrary
loan. Note: Please do not request ILL (interlibrary loans) for reference
materials or current textbooks.
Selected Reference Books in Management
Reference books located in Newman Library provide general overviews of topics as well as detailed information.
Volumes in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, edited by Cary L. Cooper and Chris Argyl, provide comprehensive overviews of the current and historical management issues both in the US and in other nations. They are located in the reference section of Newman Library and are also indexed in the publication section of the database Business Source Premier . Articles and essays are signed and often provide useful bibliographies. The encyclopedia also covers fields related to management.
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Organizational Behavior edited by Nigel Nicholson Ref HD 58.7 .B57 1998
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Strategic Management edited by Derek F. Channon. Ref HD 30 .28 .B59 1997
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Business Ethics edited by Edward R. Freeman. Ref. HF 5387 .B55 1997
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary Of International Management edited by John O'Connell. HD 30 .15 .B456 1997.
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Human Resource Management edited by Lawrence H. Peters, Charles R. Greer and Stuart A. Youngblood. Ref HF 5549 .A23 B58 1997
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Operations Management edited by Nigel Slack. Ref TS 155 .B525 1997
International Directory of Company Histories.
Ref HD 2721.I54
Available online in Business
and Company Resource Center
Business: The Ultimate Resource
Ref HD 38.15 B878 2002
A collection of articles, essays and checklists on best practices, marketing,
strategy and competition, IT, structure, management. Global information. Contains
a library of benchmark business book summaries, biographies, and information
sources. Advisors include Walter Bennis, Daniel Goleman, and Robert Heller.
Encyclopedia of Global Industries
Ref HD 2324 E53 2003
Available online in Business
and Company Resource Center
One hundred twenty five significant global business sectors covered. Includes
trends, key statistics, current climate, and profiles of leading corporations.
International Encyclopedia of Business and Management
Edited by Malcolm Warner.
Ref HF 1001 I54 2001
8 volumes. Includes HRM, business histories, labor.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Organizational Behavior
Edited by Nigel Nicholson
Ref HD58.7B57 1992
Market Share Reporter
Ref HF 5410 .M35 Latest at Reference Desk.
also World Market Share Reporter Ref HD 2757 .15 .W67
Latest at Reference Desk
Available online in Business
and Company Resource Center
General Management Handbooks and Miscellany
Market Share Reporter
Ref HF 5410 .M35 Latest at Reference Desk.
also World Market Share Reporter Ref HD 2757 .15 .W67
Latest at Reference Desk
Available online in Business
and Company Resource Center
Business Statistics of the United States
Ref HC 101 A131
A useful compilation and description of current and historic economic data
such as consumer income and spending, industrial production, employment, hours
and earnings. Includes selected state and regional data.
AMA Management Handbook
Ref HD 31 .A418 1994
Gower Handbook of Management
Edited by Dennis Lock
Ref HD31 G684 1998
Handbook of Business Strategy
Ref HD30.28 H37
Collection of articles from the Journal of Business Strategy
Doing Business and Investing in…
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Reference HF 1008 .D66 Various countries.
This series describes ways of doing business in various countries, including
negotiations and etiquette.
Business Plans Handbook
Ref HD62.7 B865
Multi volume set.
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
Detroit, MI: Gale Research. Annual publication.
Ref HG 4057 .A4465 (Found on Index Table 5B)
National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States
Ref HD 2425.D53 2003.
Companion volume, State and Regional Associations. Ref HD 2425 .S68
2002
Encyclopedia of Associations
Ref AS 22 E5
Latest edition available online through Gale Ready Reference.
Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory.
Ref HD69.C6 C647 (Found on Index Table 5B)
(also available in Business and Company Resource Center)
Management Research
The following circulating books discuss both quantative and qualitative
methods of management research.
Essential Skills For Management Research
edited by David Partington. London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2002.
HD 30.4 .E85 2002
USING PERIODICAL LITERATURE IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
Periodical publications (magazines, trade publications, scholarly journals, newspapers, and newsletters) are published on a regular, or serial, schedule. They provide various types of information (articles, essays, reports, literature reviews, interviews, transcripts), as well as different levels of analysis and detail. Other types of serial publications include yearbooks, conference proceedings and annual reviews. Many databases accessible through Newman Library contain the entire issues of periodicals including the full text of the content. The “My Account” feature in a number of databases allows you to set up electronic notification of when new issues are available online within a database. Some periodical titles, however, are embargoed by the publisher against appearing in a database for a certain period of time after they are published in print. Articles and illustrations by free lancers may also be absent from an online publication.
Periodical literature is particularly useful for the following types of information:
Current Information: Newspapers, magazines, trade publications and newsletters, journals and other serials are published more frequently than books and may be useful when looking for current information, scanning the environment, tracking events and identifying major players..
Detailed analysis: Journal articles can provide detailed analysis by scholars and authorities, and information on a particular aspect of a topic not easily found in books. Footnotes and bibliographies provide ways of validating and expanding research by noting which authors others frequently cite, what researchers or organizations and associations are collecting and disseminating information, and how theory is evolving.
Characteristics and Features of Different Types of Articles
Scholarly, peer-reviewed, academic journals
Scholarly articles provide theories, analysis and ideas rather than more general descriptions of business conditions. They appear in academic journals, and usually undergo a process of peer review, i.e., a review by qualified experts. This promotes a certain standard of research. Business Source Premier and ABI/Global are among those databases where retrieval can be limited to these types of articles.
Characteristics and features of scholarly and/or peer reviewed management journals:
- Audience: Scholars, researchers, academics, students in the field
- Author is expert in field; credentials provided
- Articles reviewed by other experts in field (peer reviewed or refereed) before accepted for publication
- Academic writing style and bibliography; typically APA style in business and the social sciences
- Bibliography and footnotes are useful for identifying experts and organizations
- Typically concerned with theory, research and dissemination of findings
- Original or primary source research presented
- Source of experts and organizations engaged in research
- Literature reviews of literature already published on various topics may appear along with book reviews and essays
- Few advertisements and illustrations
- Job ads generally for academic or non-corporate positions; conferences
- Usually published by university press or think tank several times a year
- Examples:
Academy of Management Journal
Administrative Science Quarterly
MIT Sloan Management Review
Harvard Business Review (HBR can be viewed as a continuing education tool as articles are written by academics as well as practitioners)
- Examples:
- Occasionally published on scholarly web sites
- Made accessible through print subject indexes or databases
Trade and Industry Publications
Trade journals are published by and for practitioners and can contain overviews of current business conditions, industry information, surveys and rankings, management profiles, trends and projections, technology, and web links. They may also publish special annual issues providing detailed industry surveys. Trade journals are supplemented by newsletters which appeal to specialized interest groups by keeping them informed of specific issues.
Characteristics and features of trade journals
- Audience: Practitioners in field
- Current news
- Statistics, rankings, surveys
- Industry & product reports
- Trend analysis
- Organizational and personnel changes
- Usually glossy appearance, illustrated
- Contains advertisements and job ads, notices of trade shows
Examples:
HR
Training
Databases with significant trade journal inclusion in their
sources publications include Lexis-Nexis—(Business/Industry and Market
section) Factiva, Business and Company Resource Center, and ABI/GLOBAL. Reference
books located at the reference desk list special issues of many of these trade
journals:
Guide
to Special Issues and Indexes of Periodicals Z7164C81 G85 1994
Directory
of Business Periodicals Special Issues Z7164 C81 D47 1995.
- Identify trade publications, including special issues in the CUNY+ Catalog
with a subject search such as
- beverage industry and periodicals
Use the subject term “ranking” when doing a database search for journal articles. Business & Company Resource Center frequently provides rankings.
Gary Price’s List of Lists is “a database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources freely available on the Internet. Content comes from a number of sources…”.
General business magazines such as Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, supplement trade publications and journal literature. Broad overviews of current conditions and developments are provided.
Characteristics and features of business magazines
Audience: General as
well as specialized interests
Signed articles
generally by journalists or free lancers, editorial board; authors not always
identified
Events and developments
can be tracked
Early announcements
of research findings. Reports on research; does not publish original research
Can be used to find
key names of people, government agencies and institutions
Complete citation to
sources not always given
Journalistic writing
style; plain, jargon-free language
Profiles of organizations
and people
Generally illustrated
with advertisements
Published frequently,
i.e., daily, weekly or monthly
Access to these publications can be identified through the Full Text Journal index. Most of these are available in Factiva’s News Pages, Lexis Nexis, and other databases.
Business Newspapers
Specialized in-depth coverage of current business, financial and economic
conditions is provided. These include the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s
National Business and Financial Weekly, Wall Street Transcript (roundtable
discussions of specific industries and reports on companies), Crain’s
, Financial Times.
A number of top business news and general news publications are available in
print and online including
- Wall Street Journal
Available in print and online - New York Times (business sections)
Available in print and online - Financial Times
Available in print and online - Barrons
Available in print and online - Forbes
Available in print and online - Fortune
Available in print and online - Crain’s NY
Available in print and online - Business Week
Available in print and online - Wall Street Transcript
Available in print and online
Current print issues of many of the business news publications can be found at the Circulation/Reserve desk. Factiva's Newspages provides access to a number of these publications.
ARTICLES AND DATABASES
A number of databases subscribed to by Newman Library contain information
on management functions and issues and are good places to begin your management
research. The full text of articles from journals, trade publications, newspapers,
and often books, are available in databases such as ABI/Global, Business Source
Premier, Factiva, Business and Company Resource Center, and Lexis-Nexis. Additional
types of data (financials, corporate reports, company and industry information)
can be located in Thomson Research, S&P NetAdvantage, and Hoover’s
Online, and some of the databases mentioned above.
Due to the New
York Times v. Tasini decision, certain articles or photographs contributed
by freelance writers or photographers may be unavailable in electronic formats.
Generally, articles can be downloaded, emailed or printed within fair
use copyright guidelines. Certain databases contain My Account features
which provide you with notification of newly accessible journals. Business
Source Premier provides cited references on most of their articles within their
databases for the last several years.
Searches can be limited to scholarly journals or trade journals in many of
these databases.
Look at database help screens to find out how to cite the information retrieved
within each database.
ABI/GLOBAL
Articles from over 2,300 global academic and publications, including
the full text of the Wall Street Journal and over 350 Non-English language
publications . Can limit type of journals to scholarly, trade, magazines or newspapers,
and to peer-reviewed articles. Footnotes and citations contained in full text
articles provide additional ways to find information sources.
In-depth subject coverage of management areas such as:
· management
techniques
· HRM
· business
conditions,
· trends
· strategies
· workplace
issues
· competitor
information
· training
and development
· leadership
· game theory
· materials
management
o
Ability to limit retrieval using subjects such as impact analysis, statistical
data, manycompanies
Interactive classification codes, available in Advanced Search
Mode (select Browse Classification codes for a complete list) provide additional
access to articles classed under management functions, business environment,
organization type, and industry and markets.
· 2500 Organizational
behavior/operations research
· 6100 Human
resource planning
· 6300 Labor
relations
· 6400 Employee
benefits & compensation
· 6500 Employee
problems
Business
Source Premier
Historical and current full text coverage from 2,280+ full text scholarly business
journals and trade publications including Harvard Business Review from
1922, Forbes, Fortune and Business
Week and AOM journals. Additional publications and
reports being added to Business Source Premier include Datamonitor company
profiles (key facts, employees, competitors, products and services and sometimes,
SWOT analysis), Plunkett industry almanacs, selected country
reports from the EIU and the U.S. State Department,
and reports from WEFA, ICON Group and CountryWatch.
These are currently accessible under Publications. Can limit
retrieval to peer reviewed/scholarly publications. Footnotes and cited references
contained in full text articles provide additional ways to find information
sources.
Business
and Company Resource Center
is a suite of information compiled from various Gale and Thomson Financial
business resources. Includes rankings, industry surveys, company histories
and product and brand information. Reference publications include International
Directory of Company Histories Market Research Reports, Market
Share Reporter, Encyclopedia of American Industries, Encyclopedia
of Global Industries, Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries, International
Encyclopedia of Company Histories. It also contains data from CDA/Spectrum on
insider trading, a small portion of Investext analyst records on companies
(use InvestextPlus for more complete coverage), and over 8,000 trade and industry
associations links. Journal, news and press releases are available as well
although ABI/Global, Business Source Premier and Factiva provide more robust
collections.
Factiva provides international coverage from over 8,000 publications, reports, news wires, trade journals, financial profiles, and transcripts. News Pages contain the Wall Street Journal, as well as recent issues of The New York Times, Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, Washington Post, and other publications. For extensive company information, use Company Quick Search in Companies/Markets for information on a company, its history, competitors, financial information and quick ratios. Select an industry from the drop down menu in Subjects-- Editors Choice – Trend Analyis and combine with other terms in the free text searching box.
Lexis/Nexis
Academic Universe covers the areas of news, law and business including
accounting and features an extensive collection of local, regional, and international
news sources. Business News Files contain specific drop-down menus for market
and industry information. The New York Times is
available from 1980. (Select News, General News, enter New York Times in
Publication area). Legal research contains cases from federal
and state courts, law reviews, legal news briefs, and selected topical law.
Use the Guided Search interface for comprehensive searching.
Hoover's Pro provides in-depth profiles of 3,400+ private and public US and world companies and has capsules of 13,500 public and private companies. Company records include competitors, overviews, histories, officers, auditors, product/brand lists, and product segmentation data including international sales and operating costs. Data on select non-profits is available along with a “Boneyard” file of inactive companies. Companies can be screened for partnerships, mutual fund companies, member-owned banking authority, not-for-profit, joint venture, holding companies, government agencies, consortiums, cooperatives, and associations.
Investext
Plus
Detailed company and industry reports and analysis from over 500 investment
firms and brokerage houses in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America,
Africa and the Middle East. All company and industry reports are provided in
full page PDF image.
S&P
NetAdvantage
Business and financial activities of 11,000 public US and International companies
are available from various S&P publications. Private and public corporate
registers include some information on executive compensation. Industry
surveys of 52 major US industries are done twice a year and are archived
for 4 years. These and analyze operations, highlight current problems, opportunities,
trends, and market share, and contain links to associations. Older editions
of the surveys are available in reference.
Thomson
Research
Extensive database of SEC filings and annual reports of public US and international
companies. Filings include ARs, 10Ks, 10Qs, proxies..
The following databases are more specialized in their access to management issues and data:
Communications
and Mass Media Complete
Full text journals focus on communications in a number of areas, including
business.
Conference Board
Contains full text research reports from the Conference Board. Covers latest
issues in business management, and economics. Recent topics in business
management have included boards of directors, branding, ethics,
change management, communications, knowledge management, supply chain management
and governance. Full-text coverage: 1995 to date. The economic reports include
CB’s Consumer Confidence Index as well as reports on global indicators.
A number of CB publications are also available in print in the library.
Corporate
Affiliations
International directory of who owns whom. Includes (subsidiaries, affiliates
and parents, recent M&A activity, key personnel, number of employees).
D&B Million
Dollar Directory
information on approximately 1,600,000 U.S. and Canadian leading public and
private businesses with sales of over $1,000,000.
Emerald
Over 130 journals in management and related fields are available in the Electronic
Management Research Library from from MCB University Press.
Euromonitor
A marketing database covering consumer lifestyles (food, drinking, smoking
habits; home ownership, media, communications, crime, employment, work, transportation,
leisure, education) in selected countries. Also has brands, forecasts and
analysis of products including eyeglass wear, drinks, automobiles, food,
household cleaning products, housewares, cosmetics, consumer electronics,
clothing and footwear. Includes country reports, as well as multinational
and domestic company information.
ExecuComp
Statistical database from S&P on executive compensation.
FAITS (Faulkner's
Advisory for Information Technology Studies)
provides reports on topics such as IT infrastructure, networking, and communications.
Report types include technology tutorials, marketplace overviews, product and
service selection guides, product and company profiles, and directories. Some
industry level surveys of countries also available.
ISI Emerging Markets
News and information sources about selected emerging markets in Asia, Latin
America, North Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe. Includes company and
industry information, financial data, statistics, research reports and legal
information.
Jstor
Full text historical archive of journals in business, and other areas. . Select
Business or related modules. Coverage begins with first issues of many journals,
but lags behind 2-5 years for current issues. Check the full
text journal index for electronic availability of current issues,
or the CUNY+ catalog
for print holdings.
Mental
Measurements Yearbook
Reviews in this database identify occupational and psychological tests. Previous
editions of the Buros Institute’s Mental Measurements Yearbook are available
in print in Newman Library stacks at Z 5814 .P8 B932 non-circulating.
New
York Times archival
Full- text and full-image articles from the New York Times (1851-2001). This
database may be searched separately or jointly with the Wall Street Journal
(1889-1985). Current issues of the NYT are available in LEXIS/NEXIS and Factiva.
Due to the Tasini
Decision, articles and photographs by freelancers may be unavailable
in electronic formats.
Prompt
(Predicast Overview of Technology and Products)
Research companies, products and the markets in which they compete. Includes
summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry
newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment
and brokerage firm reports from 2000 to date.
PsycArticles
Full text of over 49 journals published by the APA and other organizations.
Current from 1988.-.
PsycINFO
An abstract-only database with extensive information on employee issues, training
and development, and organizational behavior. Browse the classification codes
in the index field. For example, Management & Management Training is
classification code 3640. Contains links to the full text of articles in
other databases. Use the Full
Text Journal index on the library's Information Resources Page, and
the CUNY+ catalog,
to locate the full text of abstracts.
SDC Platinum
A highly specialized collection of discrete databases (M&A, Venture Xpert,
and Global New Issues). Ask at reference desk for additional information.
Stat/USA
Developed by the Economics & Statistics Administration of the US Department
of Commerce. Globus contains international market research reports, trade statistics,
and daily economic releases from 50+ federal agencies. Also contains Country
Commercial Guides (CCGs) with reports on demographic, political, and socioeconomic
conditions in its State of the Nation.
TableBase,
including BaMP
Business and Management Practices, and Business and Industry.
Part of the RDS Suite. Retrieves data from numerous sources. Concept terms
such as absentism or pension plans or performance evaluation may be searched
within departments and industries.
ValueLine
Company profiles in Valueline
Investment Survey are grouped within industries and contain product
segmentation data. Major NYSE and more active AMEX and OTC stocks are analyzed
on a quarterly basis.
Wall
Street Journal
Current issues of the WSJ are available in FACTIVA and ABI.
Archival content is available in the Wall
Street Journal Historical Newspaper from 1889-1997. That can be searched
with the archival NYT. Due to the Tasini Decision, articles and photographs
by freelancers may be unavailable in electronic formats.
Westlaw
Campus
provides legal content from a variety of courts and states.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
This portion of the Management subject guide contains resources in human resources management, workplace issues, organizational design, behavior, change, society, compensation, international human resources management. Additional resources can be found in other sections of the management subject guide, including labor and industrial relations
Books
Link to books
subject guide
The following Library of Congress Subject Headings in the
area of Human Resources Management are useful in searching
in the CUNY+ online
catalog:
- Compensation
- Diversity in the workplace – Management
- Workplace discrimination
- Personnel management
- Personnel selection
- Workplace performance
- Compensation
- Pensions
- Job analysis
- Productivity
The following Library of Congress Subject Headings in the area of Organizational Behavior are useful in searching in the CUNY+ online catalog:
- Leadership
- Motivation
- Organizational behavior
- Organizational change
- Organizational effectiveness
- Organizational learning
- Teams in the workplace
Important Journals in /Human Resource Management/ Organizational Behavior
The following journals are among the leading management-oriented journals in organizational behavior and human resource management. They are available in Newman Library’s print and electronic collections. Search the journal title in journal title search in the CUNY+ online catalog and click on holdings to find detailed print holdings. Search the Full Text Journals index to locate the databases that include particular journal titles.
Academy of Management Executive
publication of AOM
Available in print and online
Academy of Management Journal
publication of AOM
Available in print and online
Academy of Management Learning and Education, on order
Academy of Management Review
publication of AOM
Available in print and online
Administrative Science Quarterly
Available in print and online
Advanced Management Journal
see SAM. Society for Advancement of Management
Available in print and online
Business Horizons
Available in print and online
Columbia Journal of World Business
see Journal of World Business
Compensation & Benefits Review
Available in print and online
Harvard Business Review
Available in print and online
HR Magazine
Available in print and online
Human Resource Planning
Available in print and online
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Available in print and online
Journal of Applied Behavioral Psychology
Available in print
Case Research Journal
Available in print
Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology
Available in print and online
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Available in print and online
Journal of organizational change management
Available online
Management Communication Quarterly
Available in print and online
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Available in print and online
Sloan Management Review
Available in print and online
previously Industrial Management Review
continued by MIT Sloan Management Review
Human Resources Abstracts
Available in print and online
Shelved in Ref Z7165 U5P2
Important databases for Human Resource Management issues include
ABI/GLOBAL
Articles from over 2,300 global academic and publications, including
the full text of the Wall Street Journal and over 350 Non-English language
publications . Can limit type of journals to scholarly, trade, magazines or newspapers,
and to peer-reviewed articles. Footnotes and citations contained in full text
articles provide additional ways to find information sources.
Business
Source Premier
Historical and current full text coverage from 2,280+ full text scholarly business
journals and trade publications including Harvard Business Review from
1922, Forbes, Fortune and Business
Week and AOM journals. Additional publications and
reports being added to Business Source Premier include Datamonitor company
profiles (key facts, employees, competitors, products and services and sometimes,
SWOT analysis), Plunkett industry almanacs, selected country
reports from the EIU and the U.S. State Department,
and reports from WEFA, ICON Group and CountryWatch.
These are currently accessible under Publications. Can limit
retrieval to peer reviewed/scholarly publications. Footnotes and cited references
contained in full text articles provide additional ways to find information
sources.
BaMP
Business and Management Practices
Part of the RDS Business Suite with TableBase.
Concept terms such as absentism or pension plans or performance
evaluation may be searched within company departments and industries.
Communications
and Mass Media Complete
Full text journals focus on communications in a number of areas, including
business
Conference Board
Contains full text research reports from the Conference Board. Covers latest
issues in business management, and economics. Recent topics
in business management have included boards of directors, branding, ethics, change
management, compensation, communications, knowledge
management, and supply chain management. The economic
reports include CB’s Consumer Confidence Index as well as reports on
global indicators. A number of CB publications are available in print in
the library.
Mental
Measurements Yearbook
Use the reviews in this database to identify occupational and psychological
measurements and scales. Previous editions of the Buros Institute’s Mental
Measurements Yearbook are available in print in Newman Library stacks at Z
5814 .P8 B932 non-circulating. See the APA’s
FAQ on finding information on tests for additional information.
PsycArticles
Full text of over 49 journals published by the APA and other organizations.
PsycInfo
An abstract-only database, with extensive information on organizational behavior,
employee issues, training and development. Links to the full text of articles
in other databases may be included; if not, use the Full
Text Journal index on the library's Information Resources Page, and
the CUNY+ catalog,
to locate the full text of the abstracts.
Occupational and Employment Resources
The Bureau of Labor Statistics studies wages and benefits (pensions, use of sick time, domestic partnerships, maternity leave), working conditions, and labor market information, including employment and unemployment, and insurance data. BLS SURVEYS provide timely data with the National Compensation Survey, and information on benefits (pensions, use of sick time, domestic partnerships, maternity leave), working conditions, employment and unemployment, and productivity on local, regional and national levels.
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook is available online. The OOH is a useful place to examine jobs and industry trends. Print copies of the Occupational Outlook Handbook are located in the Reference section at Ref HF 5381 A1 O36
Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), O*NET will be the nation's primary source of occupational information”. O*Net Dictionary of Occupational Titles is on Reserve at Ref HB 2595 .O16 2002 and online at http://online.onetcenter.org/
Standard Occupational Classification guide (“…The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System was developed in response to a growing need for a universal occupational classification system. Such a classification system would allow government agencies and private industry to produce comparable data).
Employment Law Guide: Laws, Regulations, and Technical Assistance Services from DOL. This guide describes various legislative acts and executive orders and who is covered. Acts are also indexed by industry.
Workplace health and safety issues are studied by OSHA, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration of the DOL.
The Employment Standards Administration of the DOL provides information on worker's compensation issues, compliance, wages (Wage and Hours Division), Statutory Acts, Regulations and Executive Orders (FMLA, state labor laws, Fair Labor Standards). The full text of annual reports and constitutions of unions may be found here
Other government sources include:
National Labor Relations Board administers…”the National Labor Relations Act, the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector”. Contains a FAQ of workers’ rights, information about unfair labor practices, text of NLRB decisions, memos and additional content.
US Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provides data on discrimination, job patterns for minorities and women.
See ILR guide for additional resources
Fedstats is a useful gateway into 100+ federal agencies. It offers a variety of search capabilities such as by statistics, agencies, and topic
Useful article databases include :
ABI/GLOBAL
Business
Source Premier
Factiva
Lexis/Nexis
Compensation and benefits data-selected databases
Hoover’s
Online Pro
Executive compensation figures, including bonuses, are available.
Thomson Research
Corporate filings, especially form 10-K and Proxy statements, are good sources
of executive compensation.
ExecuComp
A specialized tool, access is through WRDS's Compustat database. Provides 3
years of compensation history for directors, and 1 year for executives, for
companies within the S&P 1500. Includes 80 different compensation, executive,
director, and company related items. Updated quarterly. Produced by Standard & Poor's.
Additional Compensation and benefits resources
Employee Benefit Research Institute
A leading research institute studying employee benefit issues and economic
security. It conducts surveys and publishes EBRI Issues Briefs, EBRI Notes,
Facts and books.Members include businesses, consultants, plan sponsors and
others interested in employee benefit plans. Focuses on public policy research
with emphasis on health, retirement, and welfare plans.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Government agency that guarantees 32,500 private defined benefit pension plans.
Executive PayWatch from the AFL-CIO, is a database searchable by company name, industry, or total compensation.
International Foundation of Employee
Benefit Plans
An international association serving the employee benefits and compensation
industry.
Knowledge Center includes a free but limited access to Infosource database
on benefit and compensation issues.
JobStar Central Links to 300+ salary surveys and benefits.
Human Resource
Management from the Nottingham Business School of Nottingham Trent University.
Includes human resource development, telecommuting, employee relations, business
psychology, associations, consultants, world-wide job vacancies, and HRM
mailing lists.
Diversity and Family Workforce Issues
Useful databases for periodical literature include
ABI/GLOBAL with subjects such as
Minority & ethnic
groups
Workplace diversity
Diversity training
Business Source Premier
Diversity in the
workplace
Multiculturalism
Discrimination
in employment
HOMOPHOBIA
GAY employees
DISCRIMINATION
-- Law & legislation
Selected Research Institutes
Sloan Work
and Family Research Institute
A project of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support those interested in
work and family life through "...a full-text virtual library of working
papers, reports, case studies, presentations, and other materials".
Catalyst-Women and Work
In existence over 40 years, Catalyst is a "...nonprofit research and advisory
organization working to advance women in business and the professions..." Studies
and surveys include international management teams, and glass ceiling issues.
Families and Work
Non-profit research institute focusing on families and work issues, and the “changing
workforce, changing family and changing community”.
American
Institute for Managing Diversity, Inc.
”A national, nonprofit diversity think tank created for the purpose of
advancing the field of diversity management.” Includes list of resources
and links.
Global Issues in Management, including business etiquette
and communications
Databases include:
ABI/GLOBAL
includes articles on the culture of multinational corporations, expatriates,
etc. Can limit search by geography.
Business
Source Premier
For country information, including business etiquette, click
on Publications, then type in the country you need in the Browse box.
Click on the full text, and look for the chapter containing the information
you need in Country Review or Country Monitor.
Lexis
Nexis Academic Universe
International newspapers and company reports provide regional and local coverage.
Communications
and Mass Media Complete
Full text journals focus on communications in a number of areas, including
business.
Euromonitor
Market information with demographic information
ISI Emerging Markets
Local country, economic, political and social information for a number of emerging
countries.
Additional web resources include the following:
An outstanding source is the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER). “… globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities..”. The site offers:
Global Resources - more than 2,000 online resources
Country Insights - a wealth of information on all countries
Community - an interactive forum for business professionals
Knowledge Room - latest issues in international business
Academy - extensive research and teaching resources
Diagnostic Tools - decision-support tools for managers
The Executive Planet portion of the site contains Business Culture Guides with specific explanations of business etiquette, customs and protocols in over 40 countries. GlobalEdge’s Guide to Business Etiquette in Asia. International Addresses and Salutations includes Netiquette
European Institute for Managing Diversity
“EIMD is an International Network of local organisations specialised
in the Management of Diversity as a tool to give support and service to international
companies and institutions in all countries and regions of Europe where they
operate, personalising to tailor to local cultures and legislations; while
at the same time the local subsidiaries receive an homogeneous support in the
areas of assessment, products and services which allow companies to develop
sustainable Diversity Policies through the corporation at international level. “ Links
to other diversity organizations.
Library of Congress
Portal to the World
“Selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about
the nations and other areas of the world”. Includes broad range of categories,
including business and commerce
Country Commercial Guides (CCGs)
"The Country Commercial Guides (CCG) are prepared by US Embassy Staff
once a year and contain information on the business and economic situation
of foreign countries and the political climate as it affects U.S. business”.
They can be accessed at the export.gov site.
A subject guide for additional Country Information is available at http://www.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/info_resources/subjects/country.htm
Leading HR Associations and Societies
Academy of Management (http://www.aomonline.org/)
Founded in 1936. Members are management faculty as well as doctoral students
and business professionals interested in the principles of management. (Source:
National Trade and Professional Associations of the US, 2002). Publications
include Academy of Management Executive; AOM Journal, AOM Review; Proceedings.
Check Library's Index to full text journals to access AOM publications electronically.
Some titles are also available in print. Includes information on careers,
and research.
American Management Association (http://www.amanet.org/)
HR??
" Provides international forums, explores best practices through interaction
and faculty practitioners. (Source: National Trade & Professional Associations
of the US, 2002). Publishes: Compensation & Benefits Review; H R Focus;
Management Review. . Check library's electronic holdings at the Full Text
Journal Index on the Information Resources page and from the catalog.
Society of Human Resource Management (http://www.shrm.org)
SHRM is a professional society of HRM management professional and others involved
in that field. It includes an Institute of International Human Resources,
offers certification and sponsors research and continuing education. Publishes
HR Legal Report, HR Magazine, HR News, Mosics, Washington Insider, Workplace
Visions and hosts an annual conference. SHRM has over 130,000 individual
members, a staff of 185, and a budget $50-100,000,000. (Source: National
Trade and Professional Assoc. of the US, 2002). Its student affiliate contains
over 400 student chapters including one here at Baruch, and 10,000 student
members and contains information about grants and scholarships.
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (http://www.siop.org/)
"The Society’s mission is to enhance human well-being and performance
in organizational and work settings by promoting the science, practice, and
teaching of industrial-organizational psychology." A division of the American
Psychological Association.
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS POLICY
This section provides selected resources for locating strategic information about the practices and performances of a company and the industry in which it competes.Students taking BUSINESS POLICY classes are encouraged to use this guide as well as the Company subject guide, developed by Prof. Teich , and the Industry Subject Guide, Newman Library, developed by Prof. Klusek.
These are some examples of Library of Congress Subject Headings that can be used to locate book on strategic management in the CUNY+ Online Catalog:
Strategic planning
Consolidation and merger of corporations – Management
Joint Ventures—Management
Strategic alliances (business)
Comparative industrial relations
International business enterprises – Management
National Characteristics
Comparative management
Search also under the company or industry name
Important Journals in Strategic Management
The following journals are among the leading journals in strategic management and are available in Newman Library’s print and electronic collections. Search the journal title in journal title search in the CUNY+ online catalog and click on holdings to find detailed print holdings. Search the Full Text Journals index to locate the databases that include particular journal titles.
* indicates practitioner focus as opposed to academic focus
Academy of Management Journal
Available in print and online
Academy of Management Review
Available in print and online
Administrative Science Quarterly
Available in print and online
Business Strategy Review
Available in print
*California Management Review
Available in print and online
*Harvard Business Review
Available in print and online
Journal of Business Strategy
Available in print and online
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
Available online
*Journal of General Management
Available in print and online
Journal of International Business Studies
Available in print and online
Journal of Management
Including Yearly Review of Management
Available in print and online
Journal of Management Studies
Available in print and online
Long Range Planning
Available in print and online
*McKinsey Quarterly
Available in print and online
Management Sciences
Available in print and online
Organization Science
Available online
Organization Studies
Available in print and online
Organizational Dynamics
Available in print and online
*Sloan Management Review
now MIT Sloan Management
Available in print and online
Strategic Management Journal
Available online
*Strategy & Leadership
Available in print and online
IDENTIFYING and CLASSIFYING COMPANIES WITHIN AN INDUSTRY
Many industry surveys and databases use the government’s 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes to identify product categories and classify corporations within similar industries. Since the adoption of NAFTA, NAICS, the North American Industrial Classification System, has been implemented in Canada, Mexico and the US. It has been replacing and supplementing older SIC classifications, especially in the service and technology industries. NAICS-based statistics are now used to classify the 1997 Economic Census and other government reports.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html)
Standard Industrial Classification Search (SIC) (http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html)
1997 NAICS and
1987 SIC Corresponding Bridge
http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97brdg/
Database Resources for Strategic Company and Industry Information
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe
Content includes company, industry and market news; national, international
and local news; transcripts; federal case law; law reviews and legal news; and
national and federal codes.
Industry Reports
Industry surveys from S&P’s
Netadvantage are good places to start industry research. Fifty-two Industry
Surveys cover the current environment, key competitors, financial
analysis, how an industry operates, and how to analyze an industry. Inndustry
references are provided.
Industry reports in Factiva are
classified by Factiva descriptions and include substantive discussions on industries
and the environments in which they function.
Sample strategy:
Select the industry from the Industry Lookup option.
Click on the arrow to add it to the text box.
Next, Select subject; Click on the arrow for Editor’s choice-Industry Trends/Analysis to add it to your search.
<<MAKE SURE YOUR TERMS ARE SEPARATED BY AND>>
An alternative way to search would be to select the industry from the lookup box, and add terms such as (trend* or outlook or forecast* or compet*). The * enables various ending of a word to be searched. For example, Forecast* will look for forecasts, forecasting, forecasted.
Valueline provides an economic and investment perspectives on industries.
Euromonitor is a global marketing database with some industry and product reports.
Management Discussions
Management Discussions in Annual Reports and 10Ks can be used to find competitive information. Current litigation, product development, and channels of distribution can also be found in reports filed with the SEC.
Use Thomson
Research to obtain current and archival reports filed
with the SEC as well as annual reports for public companies. A company’s annual
reports, as well as 8Ks, provide mission
statements and discuss the environment. Item 1
in form 10K provides a business description.
Click
here for 10K
Financial analysis
Investext Plus contains full text investment reports by top international and Wall Street brokerage firms of industries and publicly held companies.
The periodical Wall Street Transcript features sector roundtables and interviews with CEOs, money managers and 60 industry experts. Selected transcripts are available in several databases; search Wall Street Transcript in Full Text Journals.
Locate additional analysis through Fair Disclosure Meeting Calls where
upper management discusses significant events (restatements, management changes,
auditor changes), strategic or operational changes, and earnings announcements.
These often reveal management’s vision and plans and abilities to deal
with situations. FDMCs are available as written transcripts in Factiva within
24 hours. Search Fair Disclosure in Publications, click on it (Fair Disclosure
NewWire) and it is placed it in the text search box. Add AND as well as the
company name to search for any discussions affecting your company:
Sample search example: rst=FNDW and companyname
Fair Disclosure is also available in Business
and Company Resource Center
Descriptions of business segments, product information and geographic segmentation appear in the following databases:
Standard & Poor’s
NetAdvantage’s
Valueline
Investment Survey
Hoover’s
Online
Company reports in Thomson
Research
Corporate
Affiliations Online
Tablebase, part of RDS Business Suite.
A company’s web site provides information from the company’s point of view. Webcasts and conference calls may be available there as well as in databases in the Subotnick Financial Services Center. News releases on a company’s web site or in the library databases Regional Business News or Factiva.
FullDisclosure.com (http://www.fulldisclosure.com/)
CCBN (Corporate Communications Broadcast Network) is a company that licenses
its services/database to many sites, including Yahoo Finance. Aimed at the
individual investor, FullDisclosure.Com provides access to conference calls,
an earnings release calendar, company presentations and more from over 6500
companies located in North America, Europe, and Asia. Site also contains
some historical conference calls, presentations and other data.
Company competitors and rankings
Hoovers provides
a list of competitors (be sure to view the entire list) as well as rankings
from lists such as the Fortune 500.Search company files in Factiva to
locate a comparison of the company to the industry in Companies/Market, Reports
Box, Comparison Reports.Gary Prices’s
List of Lists provides rankings drawn from lists of publicly available
(industry) publications “top” lists.Rankings are also available
in Business
and Company Resource Center and include the Business Rankings annual by
the Business Library of Brooklyn Public Library of the top ten rankings of
companies in several thousand categories. Ref HG 4050 B88 Index table 5B
Market share information can be found in these selected resource:
Market Share Reporter available in print at Ref HF5410 .M35,
current at reference desk, and in Business
and Company Resource Center
World Market Share Reporter available in print at Ref HD
2757 .15 .W67, current at reference desk.
Use articles from business journal databases such as ABI/Global, Business Source Premier, Factiva and Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe to supplement Market Share Reporter
Financial Ratios and Balance Sheet Composites
Industry Ratios can also be found in the following reference books:
- RMA annual statement studies.
Balance sheet and income statements 350 industries and 600 lines of business, itemized by asset size, and categorized by four digit SIC code.
Reference HF 5681 .B2 R6
- Industry norms and key business ratios.
Key business ratios for 800 S.I.C industry categories, a publication of Dun & Bradstreet. Reference HF 5681 .R25 I571
- Troy’s Almanac of business and industrial financial ratios
Selected ratios for 192 industries arranged by NAICS. Reference HF5681 .R25T68
The government collects data on industry performance in a number
of surveys.
Several gateways provide access to a variety of federal departments, bureaus and agencies along with links to state web sites and other resources
FedStats
Good gateway tool for access to over 100+ federal agencies. Provides a variety
of search capabilities (statistics, agencies, topic).
The Business and Government section of AmericanFactfinder, from the Census Bureau provides access to business and employment data and reports, including the Economic Census which includes the Census of Construction Industries, Census of Mineral Industries, Census of Service Industries, Census of Manufacturers, Census of Retail Trade, and Census of Wholesale Trade.
Industry at a Glance (BLS) (http://stats.bls.gov/iag/iaghome.htm)
The U.S. Department of Labor's Industry at a Glance site features facts, data
and links on 12 supersector industries.
Current Industrial Reports (http://www.census.gov/cir/www/alpha.html)
CIRs are issued quarterly, and contain information about inventories, channels
of distribution, etc. Industries include major household appliances, bed
and bath furnishings, pharmaceutical preparations, footware, communications,
computer and office, etc.
Office of Consumer Goods (ITA) (http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/ocg/)
The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration’s
Office of Consumer Goods (OCG) hosts a number of ways to search for industry
statistics and provides entry into trade associations. Selected Industry Trade
Statistic Census reports include Food and Beverages, Footwear, Consumer Goods,
Textiles and Apparel, Household Appliances, Furniture Housewares, Sporting
and Athletic Goods, Toys, Dolls and Games. Their Trade
and Economy, Data and Analysis site has extensive foreign trade data.
FirstGov-Federal Government Gateway to information (http://firstgov.gov)
A consumer-oriented site to federal government information. Click on Business/Nonprofit to
view regulations, and data. Once you know the agency or agencies with the authority
to regulate your industry within the Executive Branch, search that site to
locate reports or data. Regulatory agencies often provide useful links to other
agencies and associations.
Corporate Information (http://www.Corporateinformation.com/)
Industry sector menus allows one to search for links to reputable industry
profiles on the Net. Global. Has association links.
Economist's Surveys (http://www.economist.com/)
The Economist's surveys on particular industries, countries and backgrounders
Financial Times Surveys and Special Reports (http://specials.ft.com/)
The Financial Times' overviews of industries as well as special reports on
countries and their business climates.
Fuld&Company - The Global Leader in Competitive
Intelligence
Available tools and research include a dictionary of CI terms, white papers,
and a corporation evaluator of 40 items.
Academy of Management, AOM Business Policy & Strategy
Division
Contains links to research, bibliographies, teaching resources
Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals (http://www.scip.org/)
"The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) is a global
nonprofit membership organization for everyone involved in creating and managing
business knowledge. Our mission is to enhance the skills of knowledge professionals
in order to help their companies achieve and maintain a competitive advantage. "
Global Business Network “engages in a collaborative exploration of the future.”Contains Industry links
Micro/Industry Links: This list, from the National Association for Business Economists, provides links to sources of industry data and statistics, for all U.S. industries, as well as for eleven major industry groupings, with data from the U.S. government and from trade and industry associations.
Competia, a Canadian strategic
planning and competitive intelligence firm, provides over 40 industry links;
includes Canadian, American and international industry associations, company
information, online magazines, regulatory agencies.
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 created the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and required the disclosure of certain types of information through periodic filings of specific reports filed at specific times.
The 10K is filed annually and provides a comprehensive and consolidated overview of a public company. It describes the company's business, contains financial information, the auditor's report, financial footnotes, and the management discussion and analysis, item #7. 10Ks must be filed within 90 days of the close of the company's fiscal year. 10-KSB are the Annual Financials filed for Small Business. 20F is the 10K equivalent for foreign issuers.
Additional reports a public company is required to file include the 10Q which is filed quarterly, 3 times a year. The fourth quarter is consolidated into the 10K. The 8K files unscheduled material events.
A Proxy statement announces shareholders meetings and items to be voted on.
It provides official notification to designated classes of shareholders of matters to be brought to a vote at a shareholders meeting. Proxy votes may be solicited for changing the company officers, or many other matters. Disclosures normally made via a proxy statement may in some cases be made using Part III of Form 10-K. The Annual Shareholder Meeting Proxy outlines matters to be brought to a vote and can include
*date and time of vote
*beneficial ownership of stock,
*information on the compensation of the Board of Directors and top executives including non-cash compensation,
*a report of the Compensation Committee,
*performance of the company's stock
Annual reports (Ars) are not required to be filed unless they are referenced in a 10K.*
Parts of a 10K
Note: Section 7, Management Discussion and Analysis, may be of particular
interest.
| ITEMS REPORTED, COVER PAGE |
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| PART I
Item 1 – Business
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| Item 2 - Properties/Facilities | Location and character of principal plants, mines, and other important properties and if in fee or leased. |
| Item 3 - Legal Proceedings | Brief description of material legal proceedings pending. |
| Item 4 - Submission of Matters to a Vote | Information relating to the convening of shareholders, whether annual
or special, and the matters voted upon. |
Item 5 - Market for the Registrant's Common Stock and Related Security Holder Matters |
Principal market in which voting securities are traded with high and
low sales (in the absence thereof, the range of bid and asked quotations
for each quarterly during the past two years)
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| Item 6 – Selected 5 year Financial Data |
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| Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) of Financial Condition and Results Operations |
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| Item 8 - Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
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| Item 9 - Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
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PART III*
Item 10 - Directors and Executive Officers |
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| Item 11 - Remuneration of Directors and Officers |
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| Item 12 - Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management |
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Item 13 - Certain Relationships and Related Transactions |
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PART IV Item 14 - Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
and Reports on Form 8-K |
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP and SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Leading Academic Journals in Entrepreneurship
The following journals on Entrepreneurship are available in Newman Library’s collections, either in print or online in library databases. They are available in Newman Library’s print and electronic collections. Search the journal title in journal title search in the CUNY+ online catalog and click on holdings to find detailed print holdings. Search the Full Text Journals index to locate the databases that include particular journal titles.
Leading academic journals
Small Business Economics
Available online
Also available at NYPL’s Science, Industry and Business Library
Journal of Business Venturing
Available in print and online
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP)
Available in print and online
Family Business Review
Available in print and online
Journal of Small Business Management
Available in print and online
Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship
Available online
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Available in print
International Small Business Journal
Available online
Journal of Economics and Business
Available in print and online
Journal of Regional Science
Available in print and online
Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship
Available in print
Click here for additional materials on core publications in entrepreneurship by Jerome Katz of St. Louis University
Book material
Applegate, Jane.
The entrepreneur's desk reference : authoritative information, ideas,
and solutions for your small business. 2003.
Location: Baruch Reference HB 615 .A72 2003 Non Circulating
Conneighton, Cliff
Venture management handbook : an entrepreneur's practical guide to
stock, finance and contracts. 2003.
Location: Baruch Stacks: HD62.5 .C55 2003
Davidson, Jeff
101 Internet Marketing tips for your business: increase your profits
and stay within your budget.
Location: HF 5415.1265 .D375 2002
Suchowski, Amy R. and T. MacFarlane, editors.
Small Business Sourcebook: The Entrepreneur’s Resource,
1999.
This two-volume set provides an industry approach to profiles of small businesses
together with important resources on licensing, associations, supply sources,
statistical sources, franchise opportunities, software, consultants, trade
shows and conventions, and government assistance.
Location: Baruch Reference HD2346.U5S66 1999
Engel, Peter, ed.
The SOHO Desk Reference
Answers to issues facing entrepreneurs.
Location: Baruch Reference HD 2341.S627 1997
The Entrepreneur Magazine Small Business Advisor: The One-Stop Information
Source for Starting, Managing, and Growing a Small Business. 1999.
Location: Baruch Reference HD 62.7 .E568 1999
Harmen, William and T. W. Peck, eds.
The Business Plan Handbook. 1996.
This six volume set contains actual business plans of small businesses throughout
North America.
Location: Baruch Reference HD62.7 B865
Rogoff, Edward with foreword by Jeff Bezos.
Bankable Business Plans
HD30.28 .R65 2004
A major resource. The Kauffman Foundation’s EntreWorld seeks out and evaluates entrepreneurial resources on the web with a particular interest in developing educational programs. Over 1,000 links include resources on starting and growing small business, market and industry research, a searchable database of trade shows, and links to numerous articles and reports of interest. Non-profit organizations are also covered. It also supports the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Center for Entrepreneurship Education (CELCEE) “CELCEE acquires information related to entrepreneurship education from diverse sources, including journal articles, websites, syllabi, conferences, pamphlets, curriculum guides, government publications, videos, books, computer software, and more….
Our database contains abstracts of materials on entrepreneurship education at all levels. The database primarily covers material from 1996 to the present and is updated weekly. CELCEE also publishes digests on entrepreneurship education and houses a collection of links to organizations dealing with entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education. You may wish to read the CELCEE Search Primer before using the database.”
Family Firm Institute
“…membership organization dedicated to providing interdisciplinary
education and networking opportunities for family business advisors, consultants,
educators, and researchers and to raising public awareness about trends and
developments in the family business field.”
Includes research on the number of family firms in the US and in various countries.
Coleman Foundation
provides grants and other types of support to entrepreneurs and educational
programs, primarily but not limited to the mid-west.
Edward Lowe Foundation
focuses on second-stage entrepreneurs by providing services (technology, leadership
development, communications and publishing) to organizations an to help entrepreneurs
contact each other. Peer
support for second stage entrepreneurs is offered.
United States Association for Small Business
and Entrepreneurship
advances knowledge and small business development through the promotion of
educational programs and research in entrepreneurship.
BusinessLaw.gov: Legal and Regulatory
Information for America's Small Businesses
This site, from the SBA, acts as a gateway not only to basic information and
state and local laws and regulations, but also to the more specialized areas
of e-commerce and exporting.
FindLaw’s site
features descriptions of laws, employment, taxes and business ownership structures
searchable by geographic locations.
Patents and Trademarks
US Patent and Trademark Office
Provides search engine to track and view text and images of US patents with
information on European and Japenese patents.
PatentCafe
Information on patents, licensing, digital rights, and other issues.
Numerous sources in Predicast’s Prompt database, available through Newman
Library Information Resources, provides information on R& D, patents and
trademarks.
Search Patents in Lexis Nexis Academic Universe/Legal Research, available through Newman Library’s Information Resources.
Predicast’s Prompt database features articles on patents, trademarks, and R&D.
Federal, state and local government resources
The Small Business Administration provides information on starting and financing small businesses. Its online library reading rooms feature laws, regulations, forms, SOPs, workmen’s compensation, taxes, incorporation, SBDs, and business licenses localized to individual states. A link to “Outside Resources” leads to an additional 3,400 Web sites.
Commerce Department
Contains links to a number of agencies, statistics and reports within Commerce.
“The Credit Process: A Guide for Small Business Owners”, is available
from the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, and details what lenders expect to see in business
plans.
BusinessLaw.gov: Legal and Regulatory
Information for America's Small Businesses
This site, from the SBA, acts as a gateway not only to basic information and
state and local laws and regulations, but also to the more specialized areas
of e-commerce and exporting.
The U.S. Treasury Department includes information on federal policies and practices as well as a comprehensive section on finance as it relates to small business and taxes. Links are provided to pages on starting a new business, employee retirement funds, and tax forms.
The Federal Trade Commission provides a number of resources related to advertising and marketing regulations. Included are links to credit and financial issues and acts such as Truth in Lending, Electronic Transfers, Fair Credit, Environmental Advertising, and other issues dealing with false or deceptive online advertising claims.
Information on assistance in starting, relocating, expanding and retaining small businesses in New York State can be found at Empire State Development. See also the NY Loves Small Business section.
New York City’s Business Resources provides advice and forms on starting and growing a small business and selling to city agencies. It contains a business-to-business directory as well as a variety of publications useful in conducting business in NYC.
NewYorkbiz.com, the official web site of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, has information about available incentives such as Digital NYC, which provides information on affordable, pre-wired office space for high-tech businesses, as well as links to government agencies, non-profit organizations, seminars and other resources to help New York businesses grow.
In New Jersey, the NJ Commerce and Economic Growth Commission’s Business Resource Center provides a variety of links to New Jersey business.
Local area information- business locations, demographics and consumer information (selected)
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Web site publishes a wide variety of data. Local and regional housing and population data from the 2000 Census is now available. Many of the sources appearing below base their data on census information.
County Business
Patterns
“County Business Patterns provides data on the total number of establishments,
mid-March employment, first quarter and annual payroll, and number of establishments
by nine employment-size classes by detailed industry for all counties in the
United States and the District of Columbia.”
Searchable by county, zip codes and metro business patterns.
Info Share provides data on NYC population trends, immigration, and socio-economic indicators at neighborhood, zip code and other area boundaries. The database can be accessed at the library’s Information Resources page.
New York City Department of City Planning provides community district-level details.
Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics.
Census population and housing data, income distribution projections, and Market
Potential Indexes arranged by zip code.
Location: Baruch Reference HA 203 .S66
The American Marketplace: Demographics and Spending Patterns
A comprehensive look at how much Americans have to spend. Includes discretionary
income, spending trends, living arrangements, workforce information. Use
sources of data to find additional information.
Location: Baruch Reference HA 203 A635 1997
Mediamark Research
Detailed demographic and marketing segmentations of media audiences across
a wide range of products. Also includes readership surveys.
Location: Baruch Reference Index Table 6A HF 5415.3 M43 and online only at
computers near the Reference desk.
Choices+ (Simmon’s) Inquire about this database at
the reference desk.
Over 20,000 households are surveyed. Demographic and psychographic data, including
exposure to media, and usage of products and services by brand name can be
cross-tabulated.
Sales and Marketing Management (periodical).
The annual Survey of Buying Power and Media Markets, located at the Reference
Desk, contains projections for county and metropolitan areas as well as surveys
of newspapers and television markets. Included is SM&M’s Effective
Buying Income and Buying Power Index along with other special features.
Location: Baruch Reference Desk HC106.3S85 1999
Startup (WSJ) (http://startup.wsj.com/)
The Wall Street Journal’s Startup, the Center for Entrepreneurs, contains
searchable databases of articles, business opportunities, franchise offerings,
and businesses for sale. The site is updated every business day.
Bplans.com Over 60 plans are available along with templates and wizards and a free calculator to figure start-up costs.
Capital Connection explores aspects of finance including loans, venture capital, tutorials, business plan help and banking assistance.
CCH’s business owner's toolkit provides a guidebook to SOHO. Included are suggestions for analyzing the costs of a project, including costs of furnishing, buying or leasing property, etc.
Entrepreneur's Help Page (http://www.tannedfeet.com/)
Entrepreneur's Help Page offers advice and articles covering business (franchising,
insurance, extending credit), finance (tips for finding venture capital and
obtaining bank loans), and legal matters (taxation, intellectual property,
bankruptcy). A checklist for starting a business is included.
vFinance.com provides a free list of over 1,600 venture capitalists and a fee-based angel investor search.
The Globus portion of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s Stat/USA database, available through Newman Library’s Information Resources, provides a number of international market research reports, country commercial guides, trade statistics, and trade leads.
Country Commercial Guides (CCGs) are also accessible from the Department of Commerce. CCGs, prepared annually by US embassies with the assistance of government agencies, contain analyses of a country’s commercial environment. Included is information on economic trends and outlooks, marketing US Products and Services, regulations and investments.
The International Trade Administration (ITA)
in the Department of Commerce provides information on industries and sectors;
countries and regions and trade statistics.
Additional country information can be found in the library’s subject
guide on countries.
See Conducting
Country Research on the library’s subject page for additional information.
Nearby business libraries may provide additional resources:
Other resources include
Ranked list of sites useful to students (St. Louis University) Emphasis on business plans.
Greenbiz provides information and resources to help companies remain profitable while remaining ecologically sustainable. Produced by Green Business Network which consists of the NEETF and Greenbiz.com. Chartered by Congress in 1990, The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) is a private non-profit organization dedicated to advancing environmental education in its many forms. Since it was established, the Foundation has become a leader in the development of new policies, grant-making approaches, and direct programming to advance environmental literacy in America.
New York Public Library’s Science,
Industry and Business Library (SIBL), located at Madison Avenue and East
34th Street.
Phone: 212. 592.7000
Brooklyn
Public Library’s Business Library, located at Cadman Plaza West
and 280 Cadman Plaza West at Tillary Street in Brooklyn Heights.
Phone: 718.623.7000
A resource guide provides guidance on establishing small businesses.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Books
Useful Library of Congress Subject Headings to use in searching in CUNY+
Supply Chain
Production Management
Industrial Management
Material Management
Physical Distribution of Goods
Purchasing
Benchmarking
Production
scheduling
Contracting out
Important Journals in Operations Research and Production Management
The following journals are among the leading journals in operations research and production management. They are available in Newman Library’s print and electronic collections. Search the journal title in journal title search in the CUNY+ Online catalog and click on holdings to find detailed print holdings. Search the Serials Solution Full Text Journals link to see what journals are available in Newman Library databases.
Most journals (indicated by * in the list below) in the Informs PubOnline database are available through Extenza to the Baruch community.
Decision Analysis
Available online
Decision sciences
Available online (earlier
in print)
*Information Systems Research
Available in print and online
Journal
of Supply Chain Management
Available online
Journal of the Operational Research Society
Available online
Supply
Management
Available online
*INFORMS Journal on Computing one
year embargo in ABI/Global
Available online
*Interfaces
Available in print and online
*Management Science
Available in print and online
*Marketing Science
Available online
*Mathematics of Operations Research
Available in print and online
*Operations Research
Available online
Organization Science
Available online
Transportation Science
Available online
Purchasing
Available online
Journal of Commerce
Available in print and online
Traffic World
Available online
Databases to Begin Research include
Science Direct
Wiley Interscience
ABI/GLOBAL
Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
Business Source Premier
PromptUse terms such as
Benchmarking
Best practices
Operations Management and Supply Chain Web Resources and Associations
INFORM (Institute for Operations Research
and the Management Sciences)
Different aspects of Operations Research including OR journals in print and
in electronic formats. Also has career links, association links and benchmarking
links.
American Productivity & Quality Center
Information on benchmarking, knowledge management, measurement, customer satisfaction,
and productivity & quality.
Benchnet, the Benchmarking Exchange best practice survey reports available on benchmarking and performance measurement
Best Manufacturing Practices Network – Research collaboration among US Navy, Department of Commerce and University of Maryland to establish best manufacturing practices. Provides guidelines to their software and other practices and links to other university, government, manufactures and environmental sites.
Brint.com Highly recommended portal site for knowledge management, business technology/systems, and information economy.
Centre for Business Performance – Cranfield University, UK. “The Centre specialises in the design, implementation, use and ongoing maintenance of performance measurement and management systems”.
Online Quality Resource Guide at Clemson University. Includes Links to Six Sigma
Project Management Forum
“The PMFORUM supports the development, international cooperation, promotion
and advancement of a professional and worldwide project management discipline.”
Project Management Resources at MIT (http://web.mit.edu/pm/)
Information about project management tools and practices.
Supply Chain Council Membership site consisting of broad cross section of industries. Include Supply-Chain Operations Reference model (SCOR); sponsors research, links to other resources and industry publications.
Tomi, Technology
and Management, formerly TWIGGS
Portal to purchasing, product development, manufacturing strategy, inventory
control, logistics, quality, benchmarking and service operations and innovation
management on the Internet. Aims to covers the introductory needs of academic
and practitioners and students.
Product Development and Management Association glossary
BUSINESS ETHICS including SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, CORPORATE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE and SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
The following databases are useful places to begin your research.
Sample search strategies appear.
ABI/Global
Combine terms such as (business ethics or corporate citizenship or social responsibility
or environmental ethics) in the default fields.
Business Source Premier
Combine terms such as (business ethics or corporate citizenship or social responsibility
or environmental ethics) in the default fields.
Conference
Board
Enter the Conference Board's site through the library's Information Resources
page. Search Business Management Research under such subjects as “Business
Ethics”, "Corporate Governance", "Boards of Directors" .
Factiva
Select subject using the terms Business Ethics or Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR). Click on the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to place it
in the free text search box where it will appear coded as ns=ccsr. Insert
AND next to it to add additional terms.
Lexis/Nexis
Use newspaper files (News, Business News or Legal news) to find current and
continuous coverage of events.
The following journals are among the leading management-oriented journals in business ethics and corporate social responsibility. They are available in Newman Library’s print and electronic collections. Search the journal title in journal title search in the CUNY+ online catalog and click on holdings to find detailed print holdings. Search the Full Text Journals index to locate the databases that include particular journal titles.
Business and Professional Ethics Journal.
Limited print availability
Business Ethics
Available online
Business Ethics Quarterly.
Available in print and online
Journal of Business Ethics
Available in print and online
Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE)
Available online
Teaching Business Ethics
Available online
Teaching Business Ethics
Available online
Corporate Governance, an International Review
Available in print and online
Corporate Governance Advisor
Available online
Subject headings to search in the CUNY+ online catalog include:
Business ethics
Social responsibility of business
Whistle blowing
Personnel management -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Environmental policy
Corporate responsibility
Industry and corrupt practices
Sustainable development
Many reference books in Management contain chapters in ethics.
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Business Ethics edited by
Edward R. Freeman.
Ref. HF 5387 .B55 1997
Business ethics : a reference handbook / John W. Dienhart and Jordan
Curnutt.
HF 5387 .D54 1998
Additional Web Resources in Business Ethics and Sustainability Issues
Business Ethics: Corporate Social Responsibility Report for 2004 features the 100 best corporate citizens from Business Ethics magazine. Contains selected links and articles.
Society for Business Ethics Promotes the study of business ethics, maintains extensive links to other ethics resources, and provides a forum in which to examine and analyze legal and moral issues of business ethics.
BELL, the Business Ethics Links Library for Research in Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility, University of Colorado, Boulder, provides an interactive tool to access corporate and association codes of responsibility and regulatory information. It includes links to other academic centers, sources and online publications.
Bentley College-Center
for Business Ethics
The CBE provides links to a number of surveys and reports on business ethics
as well a list of (international) research centers; includes environmental
and corporate social responsibility areas.
Business and Human Rights
Resource Centre
This site is a partnership between Amnesty International, business groups
and leading academic institutions. Its online library covers over 1,200 companies
in over 150 countries with over 150 topics, and features a wide range of materials.
Business Ethics
on the Web
This Canadian site has extensive links to a variety codes and ethical issues,
in business, healthcare, bioethics, human and animal research, and government.
Business for Social Responsibility
"Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is a global organization that
helps member companies achieve success in ways that respect ethical values,
people, communities and the environment."
Business Roundtable
The Business Roundtable is comprised of CEOs of leading US corporations. The
BR sponsors and supports research, publications and testimony. Their Corporate
Governance Task Force includes information on business ethics.
The Corporate Library.com
TCL serves as a repository "...for research, study and critical thinking
about the nature of the modern global corporation, with a special focus on
corporate governance and the relationship between company management, their
boards and shareholders. General content available at no charge. Shareholder
proposals and actions are available from 2000. Includes a Corporate
Governance Best Practices section.
CorpWatch “CorpWatch counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building and activism. We work to foster democratic control over corporations by building grassroots globalization a diverse movement for human rights and dignity, labor rights and environmental justice.”
CSRWire Contains press releases, reports
and news on CSR.
Free registration to certain content areas.
CSR Europe
“CSR Europe is a non-profit organisation that promotes corporate social
responsibility. Our mission is to help companies achieve profitability, sustainable
growth and human progress by placing corporate social responsibility in the
mainstream of business practice.”
Ethics Officers Association
This professional association is for managers of ethics, compliance and business
conduct programs. Its 800 members include Fortune 500 companies, non-profits
and municipalities. The EOA links to such sites as the Better Business Bureau
of Metropolitan NY, and ANSI, the American National Standards Institute.
Investor Responsibility Research
Center
Corporate governance , social responsibility, and proxy voting issues are examined
with a number of reports and studies available without charge int their library.
European Corporate Governance Institute. Part of the ECG Network. Lists of country of governance codes, policies, and recommendations. Based at the European Centre for Advanced Studies in Economics and Statistics at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Independent nonprofit membership organization for boards, directors, director-candidates and board advisors. Conducts survey research and sponsors Blue Ribbon Commission Reports.
Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a multi-stakeholder process and independent
institution whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. A collaborating center of the UN Environment
Programme.
Greenbiz provides information and resources to help companies remain profitable while remaining ecologically sustainable. Produced by Green Business Network which consists of the NEETF and Greenbiz.com. Chartered by Congress in 1990, The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) is a private non-profit organization dedicated to advancing environmental education in its many forms.
United Nation’s Global Compact The compact encourages human rights, environmental responsibility, higher labor standards and anti-corruption efforts. Over 1,500 companies from over 65 countries have signed the compact.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development is a “coalition of 170 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress.”
LABOR and INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Codes for a number of corporations and associations, among them Halliburton and Johnson and Johnson, can be found at this EthicsWeb Canada site. Global focus.
Center for the Study of Ethics in the Profession Maintained by the Illinois Institute of Technology with a grant from the NSF. Over 850 codes of ethics from corporations, academic institutions, organizations and government organizations.
European Corporate Governance Institute seeks to foster accountability in companies, institutions and enterprises with balanced corporate economic and social goals. Includes wide-ranging collection of corporate governance codes.
See also Human Resources Management section
Important Journals in Labor and Industrial Relations Resources
The following journals are among the leading journals in labor and industrial relations. They are available in Newman Library’s print and electronic collections. Search the journal title in journal title search in the CUNY+ Online catalog and click on holdings to find detailed print holdings. Search the Full Text Journals link, to see what journals are available in Newman Library databases..
Berkeley
journal of employment and labor law
Available in print and online
Bulletin of Labour Statistics (ILO)
Available in print
Compensation and Benefits Review
Available in print and online
Employment and Earnings (BLS)
Available in print and online
Employee
relations law journal
Available in print and online
Employment
and earnings (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Available in print and online
Industrial
and labor relations review
Available in print and online
Industrial Relations
Available online
Journal
of labor economics
Available in print and online
Journal
of labor research
Available in print and online
Labor
history
Available in print and online
Labor
law journal
Available in print and online
Monthly
labor review
Available in print and online
Books
The following books are located in Reference and in the stacks:
Bender's labor & employment bulletin
Ref KF 3369 .K472
Labor and employment law
Ref KF 1414 .L37 2003
Handbook of U.S. labor statistics : employment, earnings, prices,
productivity, and other labor data.
Ref HD 8064 .A3
Occupational injuries and illnesses--counts, rates, and characteristics
(BLS)
Ref HD 7262.5 .U6 U54a
Advances in industrial and labor relations.
HD6958.5 .A38 (Stacks)
Research in labor economics.
HD 4802 .R42 (Stacks)
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and labor-Managed
Firms
HD 5650 .A327 (Stacks)
The following Library of Congress Subject Headings may be useful in searching for additional material in the CUNY+ Catalog:
Industrial Relations
Strikes and lockouts
Labor Unions
Labor Movement
Collective Bargaining
Labor Policy
Working poor
Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States.
People with disabilities -- Employment -- United States.
Labor relations
Unfair labor practices
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook is available online and in print at Ref HF 5381 A1 O36
Standard Occupational Classification guide
(“…The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System was developed
in response to a growing need for a universal occupational classification system.
Such a classification system would allow government agencies and private industry
to produce comparable data….
O*NET, the Occupational Information Network, is a comprehensive database of
worker attributes and job characteristics. As the replacement for the Dictionary
of Occupational Titles (DOT), O*NET will be the nation's primary source
of occupational information”. O*Net Dictionary of Occupational
Titles is on Reserve at Ref HB 2595 .O16 2002 and online at http://online.onetcenter.org/
Library Databases
ABI/GLOBAL, Business Source Premier, and Lexis Nexis Academic Universe (News files; Legal Research, Law by Topic, Labor Law , Federal cases only, are good places to start searching for Labor Relations and other topics.
OECD’s employment section contains selected data and abstracts on international employment issues and policies. See also the library’s SourceOECD database for fuller access to their statistics.
PAIS Public Affairs Information Service International provides citations to industrial relations literature.
Labor and employment statistics and reports
Government agencies at the federal, state and local levels involved in business and labor employment concerns regularly collect, analyze and disseminate data in order to understand the political, social and economic health of this country. The Department of Labor and its Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other federal departments, bureaus and agencies provide important information to both the public, private and non-profit sectors.
Documents Center, from the University of Michigan, contains access to federal, state, local and international information and statistics and provides descriptive materials and paths to understand their uses. A highly recommended resource.
The Department of Labor collects data and disseminates reports in a number of areas. Click here for a summary of the major laws of the DOL.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a major source for data and reports on wide variety of topics including, but not limited to, productivity, national compensation survey, minimum wage, employment and unemployment, and labor force statistics , mass layoffs (archived information only), unemployment insurance data, and employment projections.
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook is available online and in print at Ref HF 5381 A1 O36
Standard Occupational Classification guide (“…The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System was developed in response to a growing need for a universal occupational classification system. Such a classification system would allow government agencies and private industry to produce comparable data….
O*NET, the Occupational Information Network, is a comprehensive database of worker attributes and job characteristics. As the replacement for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), O*NET will be the nation's primary source of occupational information”. O*Net Dictionary of Occupational Titles is on Reserve at Ref HB 2595 .O16 2002 and online at http://online.onetcenter.org/
OSHA, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, reports on workplace health and safety issues including women in the workplace.
The National Compensation Survey provides detailed information on:
Local, regional, and national occupational earnings
Quarterly changes in employer costs- Employment Cost Index (ECI)
Annual employer cost levels-Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC)
Incidence and provisions of employee benefits (daycare, paid time off, and
medical plans
The Employment Standards Administration of the DOL provides information on worker's compensation issues, compliance, wages (Wage and Hours Division), Statutory Acts, Regulations and Executive Orders (FMLA, state labor laws, Fair Labor Standards). The full text of annual reports and constitutions of unions and a financial information search interface are available.
Employment Law Guide: Laws, Regulations, and Technical Assistance Services from DOL describes various legislative acts and executive orders and who is covered. Acts are also indexed by industry
Fedstats is a useful gateway into 100+
federal agencies. It offers a variety of search capabilities such as by statistics,
agencies, and topic.
AmericanFactfinder,
from the Census Bureau provides access to business and employment data and
reports, as well as population data.
US Office of Personnel Management training, includes wage calculators, pay tables
US Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provides data on discrimination, job patterns for minorities and women.
Lexis/Nexis Academic University’s legal research files, and Westlaw Campus provide access to case law and federal and state codes.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Law - United States Agencies
This web site provides basic information about U.S. equal employment opportunity
law and also the laws of Oregon and California. It features distinct pages for
both employer and employee.
Michigan State University, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, maintains an extensive list of labor and employment law links.
National Labor Relations Board administers…”the National Labor Relations Act, the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector”. It contains a FAQ of workers’ rights, information about unfair labor practices, text of NLRB decisions, memos and additional content.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, an independent agency created in 1947, provides mediation services to industry, government, and the labor-management community. Provides articles and presentations and other resources.
US National Mediation Board was “..established by the 1934 amendments to the Railway Labor Act of 1926, is an independent agency that performs a central role in facilitating harmonious labor-management relations within two of the nation's key transportation modes--the railroads and airlines.”
Labor Contracts and Union Constitutions and Annual Reports
Labor Contracts Database at Berkeley acts as a “…clearinghouse for cataloged and digitized complete text of union contracts.” See the full text of annual reports and constitutions of unions filed with the DOL’s ESA
Labor Union Organizations and Associations
New York State Department of Labor- This features a searchable Directory of Labor Unions & Employee Organizations in the state.
Labor Research Association
Labor Research Association is a New York City-based non-profit research and
advocacy organization that provides research and educational services for
trade unions.
SERB’s (Ohio State Employment Relations Board) provides access to labor links, and state labor departments.
LaborNet Online community of labor activists, unions and organizations.
AFL-CIO Policy research on issues such as living wage, overtime pay, minimum wage, strike updates. Includes Executive Pay Watch.
Crain's New York Business Book of Lists 2003 has New York City's 25 largest unions ranked by number of local union members, their web sites, contact information, 2001 dues receipts, 2001 assets and a brief description of employee groups represented. The issue is kept at the reference desk
Laborstat from the Statistical Office of the European Communities provides data on Employment, Unemployment, Hours of Work, Wages, Labour Cost, Consumer Price Indices, Occupational Injuries, Strikes and Lockouts are available on a monthly and yearly basis for over 200 countries and territories.
OECD’s employment section contains selected data and abstracts on international employment issues and policies. See also the library’s SourceOECD database for fuller access to their statistics.
The International Labour Office includes standards, conventions and ratifications on disparate areas, including the right to work and child labor.
Workindex.com, indexed by Cornell and Human Resource Executive magazine. focuses on staffing, training and benefits. Free e-mail newsletter available. Over 4,000 links for HR professionals available.
Industrial Relations Research Association is an association of professionals interested in industrial relations and human resources
Academic sites providing extensive guides to ILR resources include:
The Catherwood Library at the Industrial and Labor Relations School at Cornell (ILR) contains links, resources and key workplace documents prepared by ILR’s Institute for Workplace Studies on summaries of current issues.
Guide to Industrial Relations research maintained by Princeton University provides an introduction to basic sources in industrial and labor relations.
Institute of Industrial
Relations Library at Berkeley
Labor portal, guides and a list of full text contracts accessible by location,
union, and represented occupation.
Labor Relations and Human Resources
Links
Maintained by Michigan State University, this site organizes unanotated links
to US and international labor organizations, law and HR, business etiquette
areas.
Management Subject Guide created July, 2004