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Management and Business Administration

Whether for a microenterprise, a small business or a medium or large enterprise, "management" has always been and always will be a key factor in ensuring its viability and competitiveness. Business management normally consists of human resources management, operations management or production management, financial management, marketing management, strategic management, to which should now be added information technology management and knowledge management. This page lists and rates internet resources related to business management, business administration and management issues.

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Last updated January 27th 2006

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Sites are reviewed individually and rated mostly according to content depth and value added, while also considering ease of navigation and speed of loading. For each category best resources are listed first.

Free Management Library The overall goal of this virtual library is to provide basic, how-to management information to managers -- particularly those with very limited resources. The focus of the library is on free, on-line management resources which are relevant to both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. The term "management" includes the activities necessary to plan, organize, lead and coordinate activities in an organization. Exceptional resource , very well organized and fast loading. Includes an extensive, very useful index. BetterManagement BetterManagement's vision is to improve the leadership and decision making skills of business and government executives around the world. They address critical business management issues in areas such as Performance Management, Financial Management, Business Intelligence, and IT management, through online resources such as business articles, webcasts, and online learning. Excellent site. Registration is required but is free. SOSIG Business and Management Gateway The SOSIG Business and Management Gateway provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorized by subject specialists based at UK universities. The guide includes a full section on management further divided into financial management, human resources management, management theories, operations management, organizational management, and small and medium size enterprises. Excellent meta index. Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation The Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation describes itself as a source of new knowledge, insights, and frameworks for management and indeed this applied research center appears to be at the leading edge of innovative thinking on the new economy. Excellent site. Do not miss the publications list and the journal "perspectives on business innovation" and more particularly the current issue on electronic commerce. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 100 countries, one from each country. Its mission is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. Management Development Network The Management Development Network (EFMD) is an international membership organization, based in Brussels, Belgium. With more than 500 member organizations from academia, business, public service and consultancy in 65 countries, it provides a forum for information, research, networking and debate on innovation and best practice in management development. Very interesting site. Do not miss the section on knowledge and publications and particularly the subsection on thought leadership. Management Best Practice Produced by the British Department of Trade and Industry this site provides access to a range of information and services designed to help companies improve their business performance through management best practices, techniques and technologies. In addition to information on government programs it also leads to best practice guides, tools and publications which can be downloaded in pdf format. A very good site. About.com guide on management This guide on management is divided into several sections amongst which a section on management essentials which includes management 101 and a management glossary, a section on management topics which includes managing people, finance for managers, leadership, management skills, project management, women in management, management theory, etc. Very good site which leads to many interesting links. Asia Pacific Management Forum Networking, Columnists, and Resources on Asia Pacific Organization, Business, and Management development. A very rich site International Institute for Management Development IMD is an independent not-for-profit foundation located in Lausanne, Switzerland whose mission is to understand current and future management issues and to share this learning in a practical manner with executives so they can better lead international corporations. Of particular interest is their "World Competitiveness on-line system" which presents on a monthly basis a unique analysis, ranking the competitiveness of 46 countries, based on 230 criteria. ManagementFirst ManagementFirst's objective is to help managers improve their skills and knowledge. It provides numerous articles and summaries of key business news and management theory. Very rich site. You have to subscribe to Emerald journals to access all the articles although non subscribers can access certain sections for free. European Case Clearing House The European Case Clearing House (ECCH) is non-profit organisation distributing case study materials for management education and training. Although any of the 14,000 case studies available have to be purchased, case study reviews which appeared on the newsletter ECCHO can be viewed for free on the website. Asian Institute of Management The Asian Institute of Management is now considered the Harvard of Asia, because of its use of the case method teaching and research. Its mission is to train competent socially responsible managers for Asia and to equip them with the unique tools required to be capable developers and managers of Asian economies and societies. Management Logs Management Logs consists of 27 discussion forums on management sciences, including forums on benchmarking, change management, business ethics, corporate finance, crisis management, international accounting, performance management, risk management, supply chain management, etc. Interesting site although not very active. Productivity Futures This Productivity Portal presents tools, tips and techniques related to productivity improvements as well as conference reports and papers from the World Productivity Congress. Do not miss the book reviews and the list of productivity links. ManagementFirst.com ManagementFirst.com is a management portal which provides content, resources, expertise, and links in specific niche areas of management theory and practice. Although a commercial site through its publishing arm, it includes lots of free interesting information.