Scope and Purpose:
Three major foci underlie the library collection of the department of Management: quantitative methods, behavioral science, and use of computers. These centers of curricular interest are found in a broad range of the classification system. Quantitative methods are found in operations research, statistics and probabilities, supply chain/operation management, standardization, and management of industrial enterprises. The behavioral area, which makes heavy demands on the library collection, is located in applied psychology, labor, business organization and administration, corporations and industry. Materials on the use of computers in business are in the several areas of computer applications. Because of the breadth of management's concerns, these aaspects of the collection are also of interest to the other departments in the College of Business Administration, Economics, Psychology, Public Administration and Urban Studies, Educational Foundations and Leadership, Nursing, and Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics.
Curriculum:
The management department offers three degrees. At the undergraduate level, there is a bachelor of science in industrial management, which has options in Human Resource Management, Supply Chain/Operations Management, Materials Management, Industrial Accounting, Information Systems Management, and E-Business Technologies. At the graduate level, the master of business administration has a management concentration and there is a master of science in management with options in Information Systems Management and Human Resource Management. The department is responsible, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, for the capstone course for all students in the college, business policy, and business strategy and policy, respectively.
Geographical Coverage:
Coverage of management techniques is worldwide. Materials on labor relations are limited to the United States.
Language:
Only English language materials are collected.
Period Coverage:
The focus of the collection is on current developments in management. Classics in the field are acquired when necessary to support specific courses in the curriculum.
Publication Types:
Scholarly and professional works, handbooks, and serially updated materials are collected. Popularizations and collections are also purchased in very limited quantities.
Formats:
Print formats comprise about ninety percent of the collection with the remainder in videotapes and computer software.
Remote Sources:
When required, use is made of other academic library collections through OhioLINK and traditional interlibrary loan
Exclusions:
Legal texts and periodicals are collected by the law library.
Policy Revised: 02-2004
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