Organisation Studies Resources

News and Commentary

• BBC News: Business.
  Business news from the BBC
• Financial Times.
  The companion website to the Financial Times newspaper provides current information about stock markets, company performance, the economy within the UK and around the world. The full text of the newspaper is available via the Nexis database.
  A Guide to Finding the Financial Times newspaper on Nexis UK is available.
• DirectGov
  Umbrella site providing links to over 1000 government departments and public service web sites. Many official publications are freely available online via the relevant web site.

For other news resources, see the Library News Resources page.

Organisation Studies tags

Gateways and related Library web pages

Gateways are websites which contain links to other webpages. They usually impose some form of organisation and quality control on these links, dividing them by subject area.

• Intute.

Related UWE Web Pages

• Bristol Centre for Leadership and Organisational Ethics (BCLOE).

Leadership

• Big Dog: Leadership Page.
  Provides an introduction to leadership, then the skills and knowledge needed to implement effective leadership.

Organisational Analysis and Change

Organisational behaviour

• Institute of Work and Psychology.
  ESRC centre based at University of Sheffield. Includes a series of white papers and summaries of current research projects.
  
  
• UK WON (Work Organisation Network).
  Researching new ways of organising work 'that meet the competitive challenges of contemporary economic, technological and cultural change'. Includes extensive collection of case studies and full text resources.
• The Work Foundation.
  Formerly the Industrial Society. An independent thinktank aiming 'to improve the productivity and the quality of working life in the UK.' Includes full text reports.

Organisational Change

• Change Management Learning Center.
  Includes case studies, articles and benchmark reports. Not all information is freely available.
  Web site sponsored by the company Prosci.

Organisational Learning and Dialogue

Organisational Learning

• Campaign for Learning.
  Partnership of public, private and voluntary sector organisations, all dedicated to developing a learning society. Site includes quizzes, publications and case-studies online, as well as links to other useful websites and projects.
• Infed.org: the Learning Organization.
  Part of the UK National Grid for Learning, this site brings together information about the theory and practice of informal education and lifelong learning.
  Special feature on the Learning Organization.

Knowledge Management

• @Brint : Knowledge Management.
  Good collection of papers, articles and resources relating to Knowledge Management. Need to register (free).
• The Knowledge Management Resource Center.
  Offers a selection of reviewed sites and resources, including news items and Case Studies.

Teaching and Learning Process

• Electronic Journal of E-Learning (EJEL).
  A peer-reviewed online journal concerned with both the theory and practice of e-Learning.
• The Higher Education Academy
  Promotes and develops good practice in learning and teaching for Business, Management and Accountancy. Website includes full text reports, case studies, audio and video.
• Index of Learning Styles (ILS).
  Produced by North Carolina State University.
• Infed.org: Informal Learning.
  Special feature on Informal Learning

Non-profit making sector

• Local Government Employers.
  Provides 'advice and information on people management and development in local government'. Coverage includes leadership, life-long learning and organisation development with links to publications and case-studies.