Below are links to other websites and resources that may be of help to you, as managers and HR and OD professionals. Please feel free to visit any of the sites at your own leisure. Roffey Park is in no way responsible for content found on any of the websites.
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Note for users: This is in no way intended to be an authoritative guide to management and business on the Internet. Inclusion of sites carries no weight or meaning other than they have been encountered in the past and considered useful at the LRC in Roffey Park
Management Websites
Appraisal and Feedback
360 Degree Feedback - from Team Builders Plus, NJ, USA. A consultancy with lots of useful public information.
Upward Feedback - from Leaderskill Group Pty, Australia. Lots of public information.
Case studies
EUROPEAN CASE CLEARING HOUSE
The Times 100 Case Study Web Site
Change Management
Bpubs Change Management Section USA. Range of articles.
Centre for the Study of Change London. Useful site with papers available to read.
Change Management Online UK - another useful site with papers available to read.
Change Management Learning Center A useful public portal sponsored by Prosci, Colorado USA.
Consulting
Association of Management Consulting Firms (USA)
FEACO (European Federation of Management Consultancies Associations)
ICMC (International Council of Management Consulting Institutes
Institute of Management Consultancy UK
Institute of Management Consultants USA
Management Consultant Network (USA)
Management Consultancies Association (UK)
The Worshipful Company of Management Consultants (UK)
Corporate Governance
Conference Board Journals - titles like 'Across the Board' USA and useful.
Corporate Governance Bibliography In depth US site
Corporate Library - a full USA corporate governance site - very good
Independent Director Network (UK) Now closed but handy links to two main sites remain.
International Corporate Governance Network USA & worldwide.
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales Check in the Technical & Business Topics box.
LegalDay Corporate Governance A UK site from LegalDay (See Law). News and links.
Creativity
AbleStable UK Provides high quality services and free resources for creative people.
Creativity Unleashed Ltd. (UK)
Edward de Bono
Strategic creativity A USA on-line journal aimed mostly at non-profit and very interesting.
Tony Buzan's Mind Map site
Buzan Centre - Australia A very good alternative to the main site - less graphical
Finance and Accounting
Accounting Web (UK)
British Accounting Association
Centre for Regional Public Finance
CFO Europe Useful senior-level portal
CIMA Website full of really useful information.
CioT (Chartered Institute of Taxation)
CIPFA
European Accounting Association
ICAEW
ICAS (Scotland)
IASB (International Accounting Standards Board)
Money Extra UK personal finance site
Gurus
Top fifty Management Gurus Derek Stockley, Australia
Kurt Lewin Institute
Kurt Lewin’s Change Model
Management Gurus and Heroes on line resources from Robert Bacal, Canada.
Management for the Rest of Us guide to gurus By Lyndsay Swinton. The whole of this excellent site is well worth exploring.
Top 50 Management Thinkers (Gurus) Listing from Suntop / EFMD.
Knowledge Management
Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management
Gurteen Knowledge Website from David Gurteen.
Knowledge Board European KM Community
Knowledge Management Forum
Knowledge Management & Organizational Learning: @BRINT (tm)
Inside Knowledge was: Knowledge Management Magazine
Knowledge Research Institute (Karl Wiig - USA)
The KNOW Network (UK) An international Network
Leadership
Business Publications (USA) articles on leadership
Center for Creative Leadership
Centre for Developing Women Business Leaders Cranfield
Centre for Leadership Studies University of Exeter
Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership (UK)
Excite UK Portal on Leadership
I Boss Well Useful USA leadership site.
Institute of Leadership and Management (UK)
Leader Values Leadership Development Excellent USA site
Leaders Direct.Com UK/USA the Self Renewal Group Consultancy UK.
Management & Leadership Network Northern Ireland
National College for School Leadership (UK)
Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership USA
Learning (See also Creativity)
Campaign for Learning
Commonwealth of Learning International Government site
E-Learning Post Link to daily articles and reports on all aspects of e-learning, corporate learning, etc. (USA)
International Centre for Distance Learning (Open University)
LearnDirect Government site
Learning Citizen EU Site
Learnthings Guardian Newspaper - for school teachers.
Lifelong Learning DfEE site
NIACE National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
21st Century Learning Initiative
Management and Business
Work 911 (USA) From Robert Bacal, Canada. Large range of resources for work and the workplace. Useful!
Brint.Com Business Portal from the Brint Institute, New York, USA.
Business Balls by Adrian Chapman. Free resource for OD and Personal Development - Excellent!
Business Browser - Japan and Asia; useful directory and portal.
Business.Com USA search engine and business directory
DTI Management Best Practice
Ecademy - Business network and discussion boards (UK originated and international)
EUROPEAN CASE CLEARING HOUSE
HR Gateway UK - this appears to have ceased (Oct 06)
Quick MBA Internet Centre for Management and Business Administration (USA)
Intute (Social Sciences Information Gateway - SOSIG) UK. Was SOSIG, now Intute.
Training Zone UK
Appreciative Inquiry A web site dedicated to this topic.
Value Based Management Management portal explaining management methods, models and theories on strategy, performance, finance, valuation, change, corporate governance, communication, marketing, leadership and responsibility. An excellent resource!
Management for the Rest of Us Created by Lindsay Swinton, UK. A "Six Sigma Black Belt"! Excellent support for all managers and managers-to-be.
Flexibility - Flexible working (UK) Useful source of information on flexible working.
12Manage This is a superb management portal that summarizes over 300 management methods, models and organizational theories. Free and very useful. The work of Mr. Jaap de Jong, Bilthoven, Netherlands.
Management and Business Discussion, Forums, Groups
There are many subject forums on the Internet. These are a selection.
Asia Business Forum
Asia Pacific Management Forum
Business Balls by Adrian Chapman. Free resource for OD and Personal Development
Business Forum (Emerging and entrepreneurial)
CRM Insight Exec Forum
CRM Association Forum
Ethnic Minority Business Forum (UK)
Facilities Management Forum
FT Mastering Management series
Information Management Forum
International Business Forum
IT Service Management Forum
Project Management Forum
Project Management Inst (PMI) Web Site
Stanford Global Supply Chain Forum
Business Women's Internet Directory A very useful resource.
Management and strategy
Strategic Management Club by Forest David, North Carolina, USA.
Strategic Management Journal (Wiley International) Current contents; subscription required or pay-as-you-go for full articles.
Strategic Management Society Purdue University, USA
Strategic Management - SOSIG UK Portal - now Intute. Search under "Strategy"
Strategic Management - Quick MBA Internet Centre for Management and Business Administration (USA).
Management colleges and schools worldwide
All Business Schools (USA)
ABS Association of Business Schools UK plus comprehensive list of courses.
British Council course database of professional courses
Business School Webs - Marr and Kirkwood official guide USA
Business Schools Network - German with quite a lot of useful information like rankings, etc.
Harvard Business School
MBA Info Comprehensive World Directory of MBAs.
Study Link all courses - global and useful.
Warwick University Careers Information UK and World - useful
On Line Business & Management Course Directory UK by ABS and Bized. Searchable.
Management comedy
Dilbert Zone
Management Institutions and Associations worldwide
Academy of Management Online (USA)
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Home Page
AMED
Association for Project Management (UK)
Australian Institute of Management
British Academy of Management
Canadian Institute of Management
Chartered Management Institute UK
EFQM Homepage
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Institute of Careers Guidance UK
Institute of Management Consultants USA
Institute of Management Consultancy (UK)
Irish Management Institute
Management Consultancies Association (UK)
New Zealand Institute of Management
Self-Management Institute's Welcome Page From Canada.
CIPD Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Mentoring and Coaching
Coaching and Mentoring Network (UK)
European Mentoring and Coaching Council
International Mentoring Association USA
Mentors Forum (UK) supplied by Exemplas Ltd
National Mentoring Network (UK)
Others:
Book Shops
Please note purchasing items from these on line bookshops is a contract between you and the Internet book shop. LRC staff will not intervene in any purchase or dispute arising from a purchase.
Amazon UK
Books On Line UK. Now called Book Giant.
W H Smith UK, W.H. Smith. Used to host the Internet Book Shop and still a great source.
Book Crossing
Company Information
Many people expect company information to be comprehensive and free. Most providers charge for detailed and up-to-date information. These sites at least will help in tracing some company information free of charge.
AAA World Banks Directory
Ask Alix UK search directory of all businesses - buy further reports if required
Business credit management portal UK - a lot is pay / register based.
Big Book USA Superpages business directory
British Companies UK - light reference
Bureau van Dijk Global access to brief company information
Business Browser - Japan and Asia
Carol UK company reports on line
Companies House
Europages - European Portal to company information
Financial Times Free Annual Reports Service provided by FT.Com and WLink
GlobalEdge Company Directories from Michigan University.
HemScott UK
Hoovers UK
Hoovers USA
Top 500 European Companies
UK Business Directory
UK Business Park
Northcote Internet Excellent company information resource.
Conference Sites
All Conferences.Com Sugar Land, Texas USA
CSA Celebrity Speakers (UK)
C5 (Euroforum)
TSNN Event Service Net - UK suppliers for events
Exhibition UK
First Conferences
Guardian Newspaper upcoming conferences
Informa Conferences UK
LinkSpider Conferences Directory - useful directory
Local Government Association forthcoming events
Management Forum
Speakers for Business UK
Speakers.com (USA)
UK Conferences from Logical Venue - list of forthcoming and recent conferences.
Education
Study Link Course Directory (UK) Postgraduate courses.
BBC Learning Home Page Numerous sources of learning and self help information. Excellent.
Department for Education and Skills In itself a very useful portal for education.
Education Guardian - newspaper
Education Line from Leeds University. A useful database on research and policy
Management Development UK Courses
Government and NGO Sites
Arts Council for England
Audit Commission
Bank of England
British Standards Institute
Confederation of British Industry
Government Front Page
Government Northern Ireland
Government Scotland / Pàrlamaid na h-Alba
Government Welsh Assembly / Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru
Investors in People
Local Government Information Unit
Local Government Management Board
National Audit Office
Office for Public Management
Patent Office
Public Private Partnerships Forum
RSA
Tagish's Local Government
Ten Downing Street
United Kingdom Parliament
The Work Foundation (was the Industrial Society)
Health and Social Services
Department of Health (Government, UK)
HSJ Online: Health Service Journal Online UK
Institute of Healthcare Management
Integrated Care Network
King’s Fund See the links section for many useful NHS organisations
NHS Confederation
NHS Home Page
Social Work Search A useful portal for Social Work information
Law and Legal Sites
Court Service UK Magistrates Courts
Law Commission
Law Gazette online newsletter
Law Links on the Net Sarah Carter, Kent University Library
Law Society
Legal Day Vast newsletter and links site for the UK.
Legal 500.com International Centre for Commercial Law
National Solicitors Network
Library Sites
British Library
European National Libraries Gateway - UK gateway to European National Libraries.
Library of Congress USA
Libraries OnLine (USA) Fairly light. UK site closed down.
Libraries portal UNESCO Listing. Link keeps changing every few weeks - gets exhausting.
UK Higher Education and Research Libraries from Exeter University
UK Public Libraries on the Web comprehensive - Sheila & Robert Harden
Redlightgreen Kind of Union Catalogue for a range of US college and other libraries. Useful book searching tool.
Literature Databases, Free
Some supply full text for free, others are free to search but require payment for the full text or a low level subscription to access the full text.
Business Publications Search Engine USA, free to use.
Find Articles USA, open access full text Gale Group database
HighBeam USA, free to search; reasonable $100 annual subscription for full text.
Infomine University of California Scholarly Internet Resources. Explore it.
Ingenta UK / International, free to search - pay to download or retrieve full text articles (not a Roffey service).
MagPortal (USA) Large range of free text articles, including business. Excellent.
Redlightgreen Kind of Union Catalogue of US college and other libraries. Useful for books.
News networks
ABC Network News USA
Ananova News Services
BBC News
CBS News USA
Channel 4 News
CNN Interactive
Fox News USA
ITN Online
News.com AU Australian news
Reuters UK
United Nations News
ZDNet UK Computer news
Newspapers, journals and magazines
Accounting Web (UK) Electronic Journal
Administrative Science Quarterly FindArticles free search for this title
Authentic Business - electronic magazine of free business articles (UK)
Electronic Telegraph
Executive Grapevine on the Internet Executive careers and who’s who
Fast Company USA business magazine
Financial Times Group
Guardian
Independent
Investors Chronicle Front Page UK
Fortune Magazine on line USA business magazine
Irish Times
IRS Employment Review Need a subscription to see articles.
Latin Trade Useful business news from South America
Local Government Chronicle network Latest issue only available.
Newspaper Society Home Page
Newspapers and news sites from around the world The Big Project (UK) - Excellent list
Newspapers on the WWW. (A Swedish Index) (Good)
New York Times on the Web
Observer and Guardian
Personnel Today
Sunday Business Post (Ireland) Online: home page useful Irish business paper.
This is London (Evening Standard)
TIMES Newspapers - main entry to all.
Washingtonpost.com - News Front
Organisational development
Diversity change resources USA - wide access point to loads of useful resources
Employers Organisation for Local Government - Now closed, but 2 useful links to follow.
Organisational Development from the Integrated Care Network (UK NHS)
Organization Development Network (USA)
Roffey Park Institute Ltd
Personal Development Internet Sites
Internet Career Guide (UK) A very useful portal with lots of good links.
IVillage Personal and Career Development (UK) For women.
Lynda Field Self Esteem Site UK and very useful
Mind Tools for Career Success Primarily UK but with plenty of US and other content
Palgrave Study and Self Development (UK) from Macmillan Publishers
Skills and Development - a massive resource full of personal and career development materials created and maintained by Kathryn Hake, graduate of www.juniata.edu (USA)
St. Thomas University study guides - a free and really useful site of self-study guides (USA)
Uncommon Knowledge Personal Development (UK). A very useful source of information.
Study Guides and Strategies Created by Joe Landsberger, Minnesota, USA.
Self Help Magazine On-line magazine for all personal issues.
Publishers Internet Sites
ASE Solutions Psychological testing materials
Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation
Office of Public Sector Information Rebrand of HMSO - jump to HMSO from here. See also the TSO site (below).
TSO The Stationery Office
NFER-NELSON education and health assessments.
Northern Lights Solutions Publishers Catalogues International Index
Northern Lights Solutions Publishers Catalogues UK
Pfeiffer & Company Plenty of management training materials
Publishing information for the UK - Sheffield University Library
Publishers' Catalogues - Home (UK) Leeds University Library
Searching the Internet: Portals and Directories
Subject portals are useful starting points where you already have a subject in mind. Here are some we use:
Brint.Com Business Portal from the Brint Institute, New York, USA.
Business Browser - Japan and Asia
Business.Com USA search engine and business directory
Global Business Centre
HR Gateway UK
Social Sciences Information Gateway (SOSIG) UK
Training Zone UK
Web Ring Portal indexing all the web rings on numerous topics worldwide.
Searching the Internet: Reference Works
This list is not comprehensive
BT Directory Enquiries
Economist Business Encyclopaedia
Encyclopaedia Britannica
InfoBel International Telephone Directory
Librarian’s Guide to the Internet USA from Richmond California
Macroreference Large USA free encyclopaedia
My Virtual Reference Desk (USA). Vast - do scroll down and explore.
Quotations from Great-Quotes.Com USA site.
Yellow Pages (BT) UK
Your Dictionary from YourDictionary.Com, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Includes languages. Oct 06 - unavailable.
Searching the Internet: Tools
This list is not definitive - merely some of the popular engines available. Yahoo indexes a wide range of Search Engine tools.
Altavista
Excite
Google
Search Engine Colossus A portal into search engines by country around the world.
Sink or Swim - guide to searching the Internet - Now closed?
Yahoo
Yahoo Directory of Search Engines
Freeality Internet Search Engines (USA) An interesting starting point.
Universities
Universities and Colleges UK alphabetical listing - incredibly useful, by Wolverhampton University School of Computing & IT..
COPAC Union Catalogue Union catalogue of 24 major UK University Libraries - search for free.