Research Guides: MNGT 361: Leadership & Management: Home

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Subjects: Accounting, Business, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Development, Management, Marketing

Consult the company's own website for:

mission, vision, and values statements
financial statements/reports (for public companies)
corporate social responsibility reports (not required but increasingly common among public companies)
press releases about company initiatives
other clues as to organizational culture:
- example: images and language used in employment webpages
Expect to find more information on the websites of public companies (often on the Investors subsite) than on those of private companies

Be sure to complement this information from the company with other sources!

Use this guide as a starting point for your research on organizational culture and leadership.

Let me know if I can assist in finding the information you need!

- Shana the Biz librarian

Sage Knowledge
Collection of subject-specific encyclopedias including business, management, and psychology. Topics covered include Assessing Organizational Culture, Servant Leadership, Group Cohesiveness, and Codes of Ethics

Statista

U.S. and international business statistics such as company market share and industry forecasts. Good coverage of e-commerce and digital markets along with other industries. Includes some public opinion statistics.

Market Share Reporter & Business Rankings Annual (via Gale Directory Library)
Search by product, company, brand, industry codes....

PRO TIPS:
- Business Rankings Annual is particularly good for qualitative rankings such as Most Admired Companies.
- To search both Market Share Reporter & Business Rankings Annual at once, go to Advanced Search & "select series"
-Tables in Market Share Reporter without geographic designation are U.S. figures
Great Places to Work
Rankings of U.S. companies as workplaces.
Change the World List
Fortune magazine's international list of companies notable for addressing social good as well as profits

Business Source Complete
Articles from newspapers, trade publications, magazines, and scholarly journals on all aspects of business. Also covers economics. Features SWOT Analyses and industry profiles from MarketLine; country reports.
Factiva

U.S. and international news, company information, and market data. Create custom company reports.
News & Newspapers, Current
Articles from the Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

Cook OneSearch
We have many books on companies, organizational culture, and leadership. Use Cook OneSearch to find them.
PROTIP: To zero in on books at Cook Library, select Towson University as Location after searching on the left of the screen.

IBISWorld
Trends, statistics, and analysis for a wide range of U.S. industries. Market size, performance, and outlook; top companies; SWOT and industry structure (Porter’s Five Forces); supply chain; industry ratios. Search by keyword or NAICS code.