One Year Masters Orientation: Business
Basics

Here are some resources that will get you quickly introduced to the world of business.

Very Short Introductions (Oxford University Press)

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Browse by Subject (across top) - Choose “Business and Management” - Available topics as of May 7, 2015:

• Accounting
• Advertising
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Entrepreneurship
• Innovation
• Leadership
• Management
• Organizations

A great way to learn more about businesses is to use the Kresge Library ebook resources.  These are all web-based and can be used through a web browser or (on occasion) as a PDF download.

When searching for eBooks - also use MIRLYN, the Michigan Library catalog.

• Best to search titles using key words and restrict by date
   
• Also search by subject:
  • additive manufacturing
  • business logistics
  • enterprise resource planning
  • industrial 
  • industrial management
  • just-in-time systems
  • lean manufacturing
  • manufacturing
  • materials management
  • materials requirements planning
  • operations management
  • plant layout
  • production
  • production control
  • production engineering
  • production management
  • production planning
  • six sigma
  • supply chain
  • warehouses-management