LibGuides: Performance Improvement: Background Information

Reference Databases

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Content: A reference database useful for accessing scholarly definitions, background and contextual information. Subjects covered include art, biography, business, economics, education, history, literature, music, psychology, religion, and science and technology.
Purpose: An excellent starting point for brainstorming a research topic and building out your initial search terms list.
Special Features: Mindmap; related articles; image search
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Content: Ebooks with coverage across all academic disciplines. The collection offers a critical mass of more than 150,000 foundational scholarly ebooks with balanced quantity and quality to improve teaching, learning and research workflow and outcomes.
Purpose: Provides access to multidisciplinary ebooks for download or to be read online.
Special Features: Browse by subject option; highlight and take notes in text.
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Content: Reference sources, primarily books but also videos and business cases.
Purpose: Use for finding reference sources like encyclopedias and handbooks that provide contextual or explanatory material.
Special Features: Includes Sage Navigator

Business Dictionaries

The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management by George Thomas Kurian More than 6,000 key business terms, covering a vast range of terminology from all areas of business including management, strategy, finance, human resources, economics, marketing, sales, insurance, and international business.
ISBN: 9780814420287
Publication Date: 2013
Dictionary of Accounting by S. M. H. Collin; Jane Russell; A-and-C Black UK Staff Dictionary of Accounting covers a wide range of topics related to accountancy, including personal finance, investments and company accounts. Ideal for students of accountancy, users without a background in accounting and those working in company accounts departments.
ISBN: 9780713682861
Publication Date: 2007
Dictionary of Economics by C. L. Pass, Leslie Davies , Bryan Lowes Summarizes the theoretical principles behind the science of economics and their application in such areas as competition policy, agricultural policy, fiscal policy and monetary policy.
ISBN: 9780007198108
Publication Date: 2005
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary by Barbara Etzel Clear, accessible, and cross-referenced explanations of today's most essential financial terms, including vocabulary related to accounting, finance, banks and banking, economics, investing, markets, real estate, and securities.
ISBN: 9781438001401
Publication Date: 2003
Wall Street Words by David L. Scott; Louis Rukeyser (Foreword by) Has 4,500 entries; more than 700 of them newly added to reflect key developments in national and world markets.
ISBN: 9780618176519
Publication Date: 2003
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary by Barbara J. Etzel This resource gives you cross-referenced explanations of financial terms, including vocabulary related to: Accounting; Finance; Banks and banking; Economics; Investing; and Markets.
ISBN: 9780764526350
Publication Date: 2003

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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance by K. Anders Ericsson (Editor); Neil Charness (Editor); Paul J. Feltovich (Editor); Robert R. Hoffman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780521600811
Publication Date: 2006
This book was the first handbook where the world's foremost 'experts on expertise' reviewed our scientific knowledge on expertise and expert performance and how experts may differ from non-experts in terms of their development, training, reasoning, knowledge, social support, and innate talent.
Change Management by David Mayle (Editor); Derek S. Pugh (Editor)
ISBN: 9781847879011
Publication Date: 2009
The aim of this set of volumes is to provide a carefully selected comprehensive collection of well-regarded, seminal articles on this subject, such as would be used by academics and advanced students in the field.
Corporate Strategy by Jeffrey A. Krug (Editor)
ISBN: 9781847873552
Publication Date: 2008
This major work deals with the theory on the management of the multibusiness or diversified firm. It focuses on corporate-level strategy issues such as the structural analysis of industries and the determinants of competition, models of portfolio analysis, determination of firm scale and scope, and diversification.
Employee Selection and Performance Management by Neil T. Anderson (Editor); Ute Hülsheger (Editor)
ISBN: 9781847870414
Publication Date: 2008-06-05
This major work brings together, in three volumes, the seminal papers in ESPM and creates a single collection of keynote papers spanning both research and practice.
Encyclopedia of New Venture Management by Matthew R. Marvel (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412990813
Publication Date: 2012
150 carefully selected signed entries (each with Cross References and Further Readings) are organized in A-to-Z fashion to give students easy access to the full range of topics in new venture management.
Handbook of Strategy and Management by Andrew M. Pettigrew (Editor); Howard Thomas (Editor); Richard Whittington (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412921213
Publication Date: 2006-04-27
Presents a major retrospective and prospective overview of strategy, this Handbook frames, assesses and synthesizes the work in the field.
Innovation and Knowledge Management by Ana Cristina Costa (Editor); Neil Anderson (Editor)
ISBN: 9781848606661
Publication Date: 2010
SAGE Major Works four-volume collection charting the chronological and scholarly development of this topic.
International Handbook of Practice-Based Performance Management by Patria de Lancer Julnes (Editor); Kaifeng Yang (Editor); Frances Stokes Berry (Editor); Maria P. Aristigueta (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412940122
Publication Date: 2008
This important resource combines cutting-edge theory and practice of performance management in the United States and abroad.
Leadership, Creativity and Innovation by Michael D. Mumford (Editor)
ISBN: 9781446268698
Publication Date: 2014
This three-volume set brings together the key literature exploring the impact of leadership on creativity and innovation and the mechanisms by which leaders influence creativity and innovation in organizations.
Managing Quality by Barrie G. Dale; Ton van der Wiele; Jos van Iwaarden
ISBN: 9781118762172
Publication Date: 2013
This popular and highly successful introduction to Quality Management has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent developments in the field Includes new chapters on Improvement Approaches, Six Sigma, and new challenges in Quality Management