Management - By Category

Leadership

Leadership, a critical management skill, is the ability to motivate a group of people toward a common goal. These items will help you develop your skills as a leader.

Management Skills

Management is a skill that can be learned. Some of the skills a good manager needs are explained in these articles.

Manage People

A manager's most important, and most difficult, job is to manage people. You must lead, motivate, inspire, and encourage them. Sometimes you will have to hire, fire, discipline or evaluate employees. These articles and links will help you find the best ways to handle these people management issues.

Project Management

Project Management is about managing time, scope, and resources at the same time. Here you will find links to the best material on the Internet to help you do that. Be sure to scroll down past the ads for more hand-picked links.

Management Careers and Development

Management Careers and Development contains the articles and resources to help you decide whether a management career is appropriate for you and then how to get the training and development you need to advance.

Managing Costs and Money

Managers have to control costs and manage money. This may be preparing or reviewing budgets, expense reports, or travel authorizations. It may be cash management or sales management. These articles and links will help you be a better manager financially.

Business Ethics

Managers are occasionally faced with ethical dilemmas. These references can help us and our people understand the consequences of choices in business.

Women in Management

Women in management face many specific different challenges. These resources and articles are to help you with these challenges and to celebrate the successes of women who have overcome them.

Work / Life Balance Issues

Balancing life and work is a major issue for many managers. Listed below are articles and web sites that help you address this issue, as well as consultants and coaches specializing in life/work balance.

Organization, Strategy, and Planning

Much of a managers effort is directed toward the planning function. These resources help you improve your skill in strategic planning, business organization and reorganization, competitive intelligence, benchmarking, and the related activities.

Policies and Procedures

A big part of the management profession is creating and enforcing policies and procedures. These resources help you do both of these better.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Whether you are a new manager just starting out or an experienced manager you will have questions about our profession. Here are some of the questions I hear asked most frequently and answers to them.

Theory and Discussion

The latest thinking, teaching issues, theories and academic resources

Retail Management Tips

A collection of retail management tips to help you improve as a manager in the retail industry.