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One Year Masters Orientation: Business
Basics

Resources for students of the One Year Masters programs at the Ross School of Business. This includes the Masters of Management and the Masters of Business Analytics. These resources have good introductory resources for students wishing to learn more ab

Business 101

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

Very Short Introductions (Oxford University Press)

NOTE: Offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas from Climate to Consciousness, Game Theory to Ancient Warfare, Privacy to Islamic History, Economics to Literary Theory.  Limited to 3 concurrent users.

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

 

 

eBooks

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.

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Find Books at MLibrary (Mirlyn)

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  • 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

Some Key eBooks