These sources can explain concepts and terms in this area of study and provide background information on their historical development, the various schools of thought, key theories and important contributors.
- 12 Manage Management Dictionary
Website: http://www.12manage.com/management_dictionary.html
Covers management theories, models and authors in an alphabetic listing as well as a listing grouped into twelve method categories such as "Change & Organization" or "Leadership."
- Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Organizational Behavior
Book: HD30.15 .B445x 1997 Hayden Stacks
- Management Methods, Models, and Theories
Website: http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/index.html
- Sage Handbook of Organizational Behavior
Book: HD58.7 .S233 2009 Hayden Stacks
- Sage Knowledge
Database (ASU access only): https://libguides.asu.edu/sageknowledge
Provides access to a collection of encyclopedias and handbooks published by Sage including these titles useful for Organizational Studies:
--Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (also print copy)
--Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology (also print copy)
--Encyclopedia of Leadership (also print copy)
--International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies
--Sage Handbook of Organizational Discourse (also print copy)