Free Management Library
Since 1995Whether you are looking to improve yourself, how you work with others or how you work with groups, here are 1,000s of free, well-organized and online resources to do that!
Or, if you are thinking about starting a new organization, or wanting to improve how you lead and manage in your current organization, then you've come to the right place.
- You might start by reading How to Use the Library.
- Then scan down the following six sections to notice the many categories of topics. Remember that all topics reference numerous, free online resources.
- You might also use some of the assessments to the right in most of the sections to identify which topics that you want to work on.
- Then pick which topics you need to master.
So where do you want to start? How to:
How to Improve Yourself
Reading
Writing
Building Blocks
Writing Process
Types and Styles
Types of Correspondence
- Advertisements
- Bad News Letter
- Business Plans
- E-mail vs. Voice
- Email Writing
- Evaluation Reports
- Final Report
- Fundraising Proposals
- Journaling
- Memo - Sample
- Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Report
- Newsletters
- Netiquette
- Policies
- Procedures
- Questionnaires
- Resumes
- Sales Proposals
- Strategic Plans
- Surveys
- Trip Report
- Work Plan
Thinking
Learning
- Adult Learning
- Concentrating
- Continuous Learning
- Learning in Courses
- Group Learning
- How to Study
- Key Terms in Learning
- Improving Your Learning
- Improving Your Thinking
- Learning Styles
- Memorizing
- Mindsets
- Online Learning
- Reading
- Self-Assessments
- Self-Reflection
- Taking Tests
- Types of Learning
- Thinking
- Using Study Guides
- Writing
Decisions / Problem Solving
Planning and Organizing
Managing Yourself
Personal Wellness
Career Advancement
How to Work With Others
Communication to Others
Understand Others
Getting Along With Others
Persuading Others
Helping Others
How to Work With Groups
Types of Groups
Developing Groups
Managing Teams
Facilitating Meetings
Group Evaluating and Learning
How to Lead and Manage in Your Organization
Entrepreneurship
Leading Organizations
Management
- Basic Terms
- Business Data Analysis
- Business Ethics
- Business Law
- Communications (Interpersonal)
- Communications (Writing)
- Coordinating
- Current Theories
- Historical Theories
- Facilities Management
- New Paradigm
- Operations Management
- Organizing
- Product Development
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Quality Management
Planning
Human Resources
Financial Management
Customers and Products
Sales and Marketing
Risk Management
Organizational
- Capacity Building
- Cost Cutting (Sustainability)
- Organizational Alliances
- Organizational Behavior
- Organizational Change
- Organizational Communications
- Organizational Culture
- Organizational Design
- Organization Development
- Organizational Evaluation
- Organizational Performance
- Organizational Reorganizing
- Organizational Sustainability
How to Improve Your Organization
1. Organizational Cycle: Organizational Performance Management
- Overview
- Description
- Performance Management: Traditional and Progressive Approaches
- What is Organizational Performance Management?
- General Guidelines for Implementation
- Performance Planning Phase
- Performance Appraisal Phase
- Performance Development Phase
- Process Evaluation and Improvement
- It's All About Performance in Organizations (video)
2. Organizational Purpose and Goals: Strategic Planning
3. Organizational Structure: Strategy Toward Goals
- Overview
- Description
- What is an Organization?
- What Makes Each Unique
- How They're the Same: They're Systems
- System Within Each Management Function
- Basic Overview of Life Cycles
- Basic Overview of Organizational Culture
- Legal Forms and Traditional Structures
- Driving Forces and New Paradigm
- Emerging Nature and New Structures
- Current Trends in Organizations (video)
- How to Design Your Organization's Structures
- Wrap Up: Grasping the Big Picture (video)
4. Organizational Behavior: Strategy Toward Goals
- Overview
- Description
- What is Organizational Behavior?
- Practices to Influence and Sustain Desired Behaviors
- Cultivating the Right Organizational Culture
- Applying the Right Leadership
- Understanding How to Develop Great Leaders
- Finding the Right People
- Understanding Nature and Needs of Employees
- Sustaining Strong Job Satisfaction
- Developing High-Performing Teams
- Maintaining Strong Performance
5. Organizational Evaluation: Status Toward Goals
- Overview
- Description
- Benefits of Organizational Assessments
- Guidelines for Successful Evaluation
- Adjust for Your Personal Biases
- Do Not Design Evaluation Alone
- Design Your Organizational Evaluation Plan
- Critical Role of Diagnostic Models
- Implement Your Organizational Evaluation Plan
- Example Application of Diagnostic Model
- Potential Types of Issues Found in Organizations
- Common Types of Recommendations to Improve Organizations
- Free, Online Assessment Tools for For-Profits
- Free, Online Assessment Tools for Nonprofits
6. Organizational Change: Adjustment Toward Goals
- Overview
- Description
- Nature of Organizational Change
- Types of Organizational Change
- Why Change is Difficult
- Requirements for Successful Change
- Principles for Successful Change
- Organizational Change Models
- Roles During Change
- Understanding Yourself as Change Agent
- Most Change Efforts Fail?
- Choosing Strategies for Change
- Types Strategies to Use
- Competencies for Change Agents
- Foundations of Change (video)
- Planning Your Change (video)
- Focusing Your Change (video)