Christine Adams,  Business Liaison Librarian
Maag Library, Reference Department
Phone: (330) 941-3680
Email: cmadams02@ysu.edu

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Management is the study of the process of working with and through others to solve practical problems and reach organizational goals. Programs offered by the Department of Management are designed to develop and enhance the skills and knowledge base necessary for successful managers. Effective managers must be able to meet the challenges of rapid change, intense and global competition, and increased sensitivity to social concerns that characterize today's business environment.

As leaders, managers are responsible for the successful performance of their unit and its function. They must have a thorough understanding of strategic planning, human resource management, product planning and design, capacity management, materials management, global operations, organizational design, and information systems. Supervisory, middle, and upper-level managers practice in a variety of profit and non-profit settings, and they must be adept in their interpersonal, informational and decisional roles.

The Department of Management offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in the following majors: management information systems, human resource management, and general administration. An individualized curriculum in international management is also offered.

• AMA Management Handbook   REF HD31 .A418 1994
  A basic handbook from the American Management Association.
  
  
• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management  REF HD30.15 .B463 1997  (11 volumes plus Index)
  A multi-volume encyclopedia set that covers a wide range of management topics, including strategic management, management information systems, managerial economics, organizational behavior, international management, human resources management, operations management, and business ethics.
  
  
• D&B Reference Book of Corporate Managements  REF HD2745 .D85 (2007)
  An A-Z directory of corporations and their leaders.
  
  
• Dictionary of Professional Management  REF HD30.15 .B364 1997
  This large volume contains over 95,000 entries relating to management.
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management   REF TS9 .E53 2000
  A specialized encyclopedia developed to serve as a basic reference resource for the practitioner, researcher, and student. This one-volume work covers the entire field of production and manufacturing management. It contains factual and conceptual information for fundamental understanding.
  
  
• The Financial Times Handbook of Management  REF HD38.15 .F56 1995
  Sections include: (1) Foundations of Management, (2) Management Tools and Techniques, (3) Managing Internationally, and (4) New Elements in Management.
  
  
• The Facts on File Dictionary of Nonprofit Organization Management   REF HD62.6 .O88 1986
  Tool for those who must know the theories, concepts, practices and literature of nonprofit organizations.
  
  
• Global Business Management: A Cross-Cultural Perspective  REF HF1379 .A34 2007
  Examines globalization and its significance, paradoxes and the interplay of cultural approaches and entrepreneurships. Looks at how globalization evolved. Observes the role and process of financial institutions in countries and regions, as well as considering globalization's impact on the world's economic system. Explores the role of entrepreneurs and consumers and how this affects globalization in its production and subsequent allocation of goods and services.
  
  
• Handbook of Strategic Expertise  REF HD30.28 .H389 1986
  Over 450 key concepts and techniques defined, illustrated, and evaluated for the strategist.
  
  
• Human Resources Glossary: The Complete Desk Reference for HR Executives, Managers, and Practitioners  
  REF HF5549 .A23 T73 1998
  Glossary from the American Management Association.
  
  
• International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies  REF HD31 .I564 2008 (4 volumes)
  A definitive description of the field of organization studies, spanning individual, organizational, societal, and cultural perspectives in a cross-disciplinary manner. The editors sought to capture much of the cutting-edge thinking that characterizes the best scholarship -- in the United States and elsewhere. The Encyclopedia is thoroughly cross-referenced, and entries are based on a series of broad themes.
  
  
• Theories and Models in Applied Behavioral Science   REF HD31 .T4857
  Four volume set of books dealing with all types of management issues (organizational, individual, group…).

Books can be found through MaagNet, the Maag Library online catalog, or through the OhioLINK Catalog. Use MaagNet to locate items available through Maag Library. Use the OhioLINK catalog to locate items available through other OhioLINK institutions. OhioLINK items can be requested and delivered to Maag Library for pickup. For more help finding books, see Find Books.

Browsing for Books

Management resources are located throughout the library: items in the Reference Room, Serials and in the circulating collection are all arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System. Once you locate a book or journal that is useful in one of these areas, you can locate information on the same or similar topics by locating the same call number in the other areas of the library. See Building Guide for assistance.

Searching for Books

To find books by Subject Heading, search MaagNet or the OhioLINK Catalog. If you are not sure of the exact subject for the topic you are researching, begin with Management and browse the list of subject headings or use one of the subjects below to get started:

• Management
• Industrial management
• Management information systems
• Personnel management
• Production management
• Quality control
• Strategic planning
• Total quality management
• Workflow

This is a sample list of management-related books that can be checked out from Maag Library. Many other similar titles may be found by using the Subject Headings listed above. General Collection resources are found in the library on floors 3-6A. They are organized alphabetically by call number. See Building Guide for more details. Oversize materials are found on the first shelf or shelves on each floor.

• Action Tools for Effective Managers: A Guide for Solving Day-to-Day Problems on the Job   HD31 .G595 2000
  
  
• The Company of the Future: How the Communications Revolution is Changing Management   HD30.2 .C347 2002
  
  
• Directing the Flow of Product: A Guide to Improving Supply Chain Planning   HD38.5 .S39 2004
  
  
• Essentials of Management   HD31 .D793 2000
  
  
• Handbook of Global Supply Chain Management   HD38.5 .H353 2007
  
  
• HR from the Heart: Inspiring Stories and Strategies for Building the People Side of a Great Business
  HF5549 .S1753 2003
  
  
• HR Outsourcing Trends   OVERSIZE HF5549 .G374 2002
  
  
• Leadership and Management in the 21st Century: Business Challenges of the Future   HD57.7 .L43144 2005
  
  
• Management   OVERSIZE HD31 .S3325 2002
  
  
• Management Stripped Bare: Business As It Really Is   HD31 .O846 2003
  
  
• Motivational Management: Inspiring Your People for Maximum Performance   HF5549.5 .M63 H52 2003
  
  
• The New Manager's Starter Kit: Essential Tools for Doing the Job Right   HD38.2 .C75 2002
  
  
• Operations Management: Contemporary Concepts and Cases   TS155 .S334 2000
  
  
• Organizational Behavior   HD58.7 .S34 2000
  
  
• Practical Forecasting for Managers   HD30.27 .N37 2001
  
  
• Principles of Operations Management   TS155 .H3727 2001
  
  
• The Rookie Manager: A Guide to Surviving Your First Year in Management   HF5549.12 .S77 2000
  
  
• Systems for Planning and Control in Manufacturing: Systems and Management for Competitive Manufacture   TS176 .H377 2002x
  
  
• What Every New Manager Needs to Know: Making a Successful Transition to Management   HD31 .G3832 2004
  
  
• Workflow Management: Models, Methods, and Systems   T58.6 .A17 2002
  
  

• 2000 U.S. Master Human Resources Guide
  
  
• Action Tools for Effective Managers: A Guide for Solving Day-to-Day Problems on the Job
  
  
• AMA Management Handbook
  
  
• The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of International Management
  
  
• The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Management Information Systems
  
  
• How to Develop a Personnel Policy Manual
  
  
• The Manager's Desk Reference
  
  
• The Rookie Manager: A Guide to Surviving Your First Year in Management
  
  
• Supervisor's Survival Kit: Your First Step into Management
  
  

Locating Articles: Business Databases

• Business Source Complete      Off Campus Access        About Business Source      Business Source User Guide
  Business Source Complete is a scholarly business database, providing bibliographic and full text content. Business Source Complete provides full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, nonjournal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. BSC contains indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886, searchable cited references for many journals, and detailed author profiles for the most-cited authors in the database.
  
  
• Business and Industry (1994-2006)
  Business & Industry subscription ended June 2006. For current citations, see Business Source Complete.
  Business and Industry 1994-2006 is a multi-industry business database with a strong global focus on company, product and industry information. B&I indexes more than 1,000 business publications, including trade and business journals, industry newsletters, and a broad collection of regional, national and international newspapers. Full text is provided for many articles. B&I provides valuable facts, figures and trends, and covers all manufacturing and service industries.
  
  
• Mergent Online     Off Campus Access        Mergent Online User Guide
  Mergent Online provides business information, including financial reports, company news and securities data. Mergent Online contains company data and annual reports for both U.S. and international companies. U.S. company data includes SEC (EDGAR) filings.
  
  
• Oxford Reference, Economics and Business     Off Campus Access
  A Dictionary of Accounting
  A Dictionary of Business and Management
  The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
  A Dictionary of Economics
  A Dictionary of Finance and Banking
  A Dictionary of Human Resource Management
  The Handbook of International Financial Terms
  
  
• Reference USA     Off Campus Access        Reference USA Help Section
  Online Directory of over 12 million businesses.
  
  
• Regional Business News     Off Campus Access        About Regional Business News
  Regional Business News is a collection of full text newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world. Information provided by these sources covers business, political, economic and other diverse, international news events. In order to maintain the most current collection of news, this database contains the most recent 30 days of information from each of the wire sources.
  
  
• Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage      Off Campus Access        S&P's NetAdvantage User Guide
  Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage is a comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to popular Standard & Poor’s research products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports among others.

Databases Also Recommended

• Academic Search Complete     Off Campus Access       About Academic Search Complete
  Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world’s most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.
  
  
• EconLit     Off Campus Access     About EconLit
  Index to articles on economic issues.
  
  
• Electronic Journal Center     EJC Instruction Sheet
  Electronic Journal Center includes the full text of more than 7,000 online research journals covering many subject areas. Most electronic indexes available to the Ohio academic community link from article citations to the full text in the EJC.
  
  
• LexisNexis Academic     Off Campus Access          LexisNexis Academic Tutorials
  LexisNexis Academic provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference information from nearly 5,000 sources, most of them available in full text. The service covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings. News information is updated daily and wire services several times daily.
  
  
• MasterFILE Premier (popular magazines)     Off Campus Access        About MasterFILE Premier
  MasterFILE Premier provides full text for more than 1,900 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 2,510 periodicals.
  
  
• STAT-USA      For use in the Reference Room only; Ask for password at Reference Desk.
  GPO Access Training Manual for STAT-USA
  STAT-USA provides economic, business and international trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Includes State of the Nation (news about the U.S. Economy) as well as GLOBUS and NTDB (Global business news, international trade statistics, market and country research, global business opportunity and trade leads, and current exchange rates).

MJF: Maag Journal Finder

Use MJF: Maag Journal Finder to locate the print and/or electronic holdings of journals. You can search for a specific journal title or browse journals by title or subject. Browse Maag print and electronic holdings for:

• Industrial Management Journals
  
• Management Styles & Communication Journals
  
• Management Theory Journals
  
• Office & Personnel Management Journals