Business Resources
AmosWEB GLOSS*arama
The AmosWEB GLOSS*arama is a searchable database of 2,000 economic terms and concepts
http://amosweb.com/gls
Analyst and Stock Reports
Analyst and Stock Reports, UNC Greensboro
http://library.uncg.edu/depts/ref/biz/stocks.asp
Bureau of Labor & Statistics
The Bureau of Labor & Statistics provides relevant U.S. census information relevant to many areas of a Business Concentration. Statistics are available regarding population census, labor census information, salary census, job injury and workplace violence, for example.
http://www.bls.gov/
Business Administration Resources
Business Administration Resources from the University of North Carolina - Greensboro
http://library.uncg.edu/depts/ref/bibs/ba.asp
Business and Computer Science
This site provides a bibliography of resources on using active learning to teach business and computer science.
http://www.cte.usf.edu/bibs/active_learn/business/bib_business.html
Business Career Resources
Business Career Resources contains many relevant links for persons interested in pursuing careers in a business related field. It will also prove useful for anyone researching strategic policies of certain industries.
http://www.refdesk.com/business.html
Business Finance Articles
Article archive of Business Finance magazine
http://businessfinancemag.com/archivesearch/article/archives
Business Simulations
Business simulations by Smith and Golden
http://home.att.net/~simulations/simhome.htm
Business Spanish
In this website you will find the tools that will teach you how to speak and write business and conversational Spanish by listening and repeating examples and simplified grammar rules. All lessons and each topic contain vocabulary with recorded sound. This is a very useful resource. Grammar, lessons, and vocabulary are very well explained.
http://www.businessspanish.com/Homepage/todaylesson.htm
Business Terms
Glossary of tax, financial, real estate, and business terms
http://www.smbiz.com/sbgl001.html
Business Week Online
Offers one of the premier business magazines in an online format. Most information is available without charge.
http://www.businessweek.com/
Career Clusters - Business
Business, Management and Administration career clusters project
http://www.careerclusters.org/clusters/16cc.php?cluster=ba
Classroom Materials
A teachers' resource kit from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants designed to be used along with the Money Means Business online, self-paced workshop for students.
http://tinyurl.com/yy9opk
Employment Law Guide
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Law Guide is a comprehensive compilation of laws and regulations relating to Wage & Hour, Safety & Health, Health Benefits & Retirement Standards. Other relevant standards include those related to Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Whistleblower Protection, Plant Closings & Mass Layoffs, Lie Detector Testing and the Employment of Non-U.S. Citizens. The guide is also available in Spanish.
http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/guide.htm
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's website covers topics relating to discrimination, Affirmative Action, and other relevant topics of Employment Law. This is a good site for students who need statistics for their research. The site also provides practical suggestions for human resource managers.
http://www.eeoc.gov/
Federal Business and Trade Information
Business and Trade information
http://library.uncg.edu/depts/docs/us/business.asp
FedStats
FedStats is a gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal Agencies. The database is searchable by agency name or category and by geographic region. A link is also available to Federal Budget Information, including copies of the agency budgets.
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Hoover's, Inc.
The Hoover's, Inc. site provides comprehensive company, industry, and market information required in performing strategic research for companies and industries.
http://www.hoovers.com/free/
HR-Guide.com
The HR-Guide.com website offers an excellent resource for developing personnel handbooks and documents. There are links to various examples of materials used for selection/staffing, compensation, incentive plans, job evaluations, law/legal issues, employee behavior problems, job analysis, benefits.
http://www.hr-guide.com/
Kiplinger.com
The Kiplinger site is organized to help you learn, plan and meet your financial goals, as well as assist you in getting the most for your money. It introduces you to the basics, updates you on the latest news, trends, tax, investment and product information.
http://kiplinger.com/
Math Skills for Introductory Economics
Math Skills for Introductory Economics offers a web-based tutorial to introduce the basic math concepts, specifically graphs, useful in an introductory economics class. It covers both linear and nonlinear relationships with self-help tests and answers
http://tinyurl.com/lluosn
Money Means Business
A self-paced workshop designed to introduce students to business and accounting while giving them a taste of real-life corporate decision-making and insight into the financial aspects of the business world.
http://www.startheregoplaces.com/games/mmb/?SSID=C34A75680AAD4E408F3835570BB68BC0
Multinational Monitor
This site provides critical essays on corporations.
http://www.essential.org/monitor/
NOLO: Your Legal Companion Since 1971
This website is hosted by a commercial business that provides information on a wide variety of legal subjects. This is a great site to explore human resource management responsibilities such as creating Employee Handbooks and handling personnel files
http://www.nolo.com/index.cfm
North Carolina Department of Labor
The North Carolina Department of Labor's website is similar to the federal government's Department of Labor site. Here you can explore topics such as wage & hour rules, discrimination, workplace safety, and much more. This is a great site to conduct in-depth research on virtually every topic covered in the course as it relates to the Tar Heel state.
http://www.nclabor.com/
Personality Pathways
What is your Myers-Briggs Personality Type? This site provides an individual an opportunity to take an informal evaluation of his/her MBTI. It is a useful tool in Human Relations or Organizational Behavior classes while studying personalities.
http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html
Peterson Institute for International Economics
The Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. Topics addressed by this site include: Country & Regional studies, Globalization, International Finance, The World Bank, Exchange Rates and the World Economy.
http://www.iie.com/
Problem-Based Learning in Business Education:
"Problem-Based Learning in Business Education: Curriculum Design and Implementation Issues" is a journal article in which John E. Stinson and Richard G. Milter discuss their eleven years experience using a problem-based approach.
http://www.ouwb.ohiou.edu/this_is_ouwb/papers/paper3.htm
Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration site provides detailed information and links to other relevant sites for those interested in starting a small business. There are free, downloadable workbooks available for preparing business plans, financing plans and marketing plans for the small business owner. Information is also available on rules and regulations specific to small businesses.
http://www.sba.gov/index.html
Small Business Association
Small Business Association (NC homepage)
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/nc/
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration website provides information on Medicare, FICA, Disability and applications/forms relevant to this department.
http://www.ssa.gov/
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Society for Human Resource Management is a special interest organization devoted to the human resource management profession. The site contains pertinent information related to many topics covered in the Human Resource Management curriculum and offers updates, links, and more. Please note that while much information is free, there is a cost for membership. You may also be interested to learn more about opportunities for national certification as a professional HR Manager offered by SHRM.
http://www.shrm.org/
The Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service site provides federal tax information for individuals, businesses, charities & non-profits, government entities, tax professionals and retirement plans. Also available are forms, publications, and tax statistics
http://www.irs.gov/
Total Quality Management
A simplified TQM Diagnostic Model
http://tinyurl.com/kofl9q
U.S. Demographics & Market Research
U.S. Demographics and Market Research
http://library.uncg.edu/depts/ref/biz/demographics.asp
U.S. Department of Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor website contains information on employment laws and regulations. Here you will find valuable information on wage & hour rules, discrimination, Affirmative Action, immigrant workers, occupational health & safety, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and much more.
http://www.dol.gov/
World Fact Book
The World Fact Book provides facts geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues of all countries. For example, economic information includes: GDP, real growth, per capita, household income and consumption, labor force, unemployment rate, budget, industries, import/export information, utility consumptions, debt, and exchange rates.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
