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Management

• OpenStax - Principles of Management - Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management.

• Open Textbook Library - Growth and Competitive Strategy in 3 Circles  - Many of the case examples in this book demonstrating applications of the 3-Circle model applications are from executives who have attended executive education training at the University of Notre Dame.

• Open Textbook Library - Mastering Strategic Management – this textbook is to understand how top executives make the strategic decisions that drive whether organizations succeed or fail. Many students have very little experience with major organizational choices.

• Open Textbook Library - Mastering Strategic Management - Teaching the strategic management course can be a challenge for many professors. In most business schools, strategic management is a “capstone” course that requires students to draw on insights from various functional courses they have completed (such as marketing, finance, and accounting) in order to understand how top executives, make the strategic decisions that drive whether organizations succeed or fail.

• Open Textbook Library - Management Communication – This textbook covers many different aspects of communication that occurs in a business setting.

• YouTube - Managing Risk with Psychology Instead of Brute Force - Andy Ellis - RSA Conference Us 2013 Keynote – A talk by Akamai’s CISO Andy Ellis and how research into the psychology of risk has helped his approach into information security.

• Bookboon - Conducting Transatlantic Business - This book describes the law in a cultural perspective to make you aware of some very important distinctions when conducting business across the Atlantic.

• Open Textbook Library - Financial Management for Small Businesses - This book is for those whose financial management focus is on small businesses. For you, we adapt the traditional financial management themes emphasized in corporate financial management courses to meet the needs of small businesses.

• Bookboon - Strategic Financial Management - In a world of geo-political, social and economic uncertainty, Strategic Financial Management is under pressure.

• ProQuest - How to Plan and Execute Strategy - As with most complex problems, the solution to planning and executing strategy lies in creating a practical, step-by-step methodology that breaks the problem into manageable components to be addressed in a logical sequence. The 24 steps in this handbook describe such a systematic process.

• Virginia Tech - Strategic Management - is a 343-page open educational resource designed as an introduction to the key topics and themes of strategic management. The open textbook is intended for a senior capstone course in an undergraduate business program and suitable for a wide range of undergraduate business students including those majoring in marketing, management, business administration, accounting, finance, real estate, business information technology, and hospitality and tourism.

• Oregon State University - Strategic Management - This open source textbook is derived from many sources, initially from the Principles of Management by Carpenter, Bauer, and Erdogan, but there is abundant new content as well.

• Fort Hays State University - The Four Functions of Management - The purpose of this book is to give the reader a foundational understanding of the four functions of management - planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.

• Achieving the Dream - Principles of Management - We’re betting that you already have a lot of experience with organizations, teams, and leadership. You’ve been through schools, in clubs, participated in social or religious groups, competed in sports or games, or taken on full- or part-time jobs. Some of your experience was probably pretty positive, but you were also likely wondering sometimes, “Isn’t there a better way to do this?”

• University of Kansas - Small Business Management - This textbook is a general introduction to managing a small business.

• Open Library Pressbooks - Financial Strategy for Public Managers - Financial Strategy for Public Managers is a new generation textbook for financial management in the public sector. It offers a thorough, applied, and concise introduction to the essential financial concepts and analytical tools that today’s effective public servants need to know.

• Open Library Pressbooks - Management of the Enterprise - Management of the Enterprise is an undergraduate level business textbook that provides foundational chapters about managing enterprise. It covers the business environment, managing information and technology, ethics and privacy, operations and production management, marketing and product management, accounting and finance, HR, entrepreneurship, economics, and business in a global environment.

• University of Guelph - Introduction to Management - The book draws information from a variety of sources focused on providing an introductory level of content across all areas of business and management.  All resources which have been used have been stated at the beginning of each chapter or recognized appropriately.

• University of Prince Edward Island - Maritime Management: Micro and Small Businesses - This text offers a unique perspective on micro and small business management focusing on business within the Maritimes. This text aims to incorporate both the theoretical and practical applications of management activities to provide a better understanding and preparation for operating a business through clear illustrations and real-world examples.

• BCcampus OpenEd - Presenter Toolkit - The Presenter Toolkit was created to support presenters in creating accessible and inclusive online and in-person presentations.

• Pressbooks - Developing Organizational and Managerial Wisdom – 2nd Edition (Audio plus text version)  - This book presents novel research results in the dynamics of values, rationality, and power in organizations. Through this understanding, readers will gain insights and frameworks to understand others' actions within their environment.