ELA Organizational Development & Strategies

ELA BUSINESS
Organizational Development,
Strategies & Non-Profits

Improve productivity...

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ASSOCIATIONS
Association of Management (AoM/IAoM) academicians & professional management practitioners, nonprofit
EnterpriseNation.com UK club

Fedral Government Data Committee (FGDC)
• I-Team Use It!

Geospatial Information Inititiative, cooperative inter-governmental planning (state, local, national)

Federation for Enterprise Knowledge Development (FEND) federation of copmanies & universities
The International Personnel Management Association (IPMA)
National Federation of Independent Business: (NFIB)
National Alliance of Business
The Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership & Leadership Institute for Higher Education (LIHE)

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BALANCED SCORECARD
(also see...Total Quality Management)

Balanced Scorecard (BSC) Home Page Use It!

US DOE

Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Inc. (BSC) learning center, glossary

The Balanced Scorecard Institute Use It!

(includes Dept. Navy & other government agencies)
• About, Forum, Links (Management), Metrics, Resources, Search, White Papers

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BENCHMARKING

The Benchmarking Exchange and Best Practices Homepage (Benchnet.com)
• FAQ, Past, Present and Future, What is Benchmarking?

The Benchmarking Network-Best Practices: Well.com
Benchmarking Study Report & Glossary & References: Library, National Partnership for Reinventing Government
DOE's Business Practices Benchmarking Homepage US Dept of Energy

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BOOKS
MCB University Press academic and professional management titles

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BUSINESS SCHOOLS
Business Management & Entrepreneurship Business Education Resource Consortium
Harvard Business School Research

SmallBusinessSchool.org (Sb2000.com).. as seen on PBS!
• Eight Steps

Thomas A. Read Center for Distribution Research and Education Texas A&M U

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BUSINESS PLANS & STARTUPS, TRAINING, TUTORIALS
also see.. NonProfit

Bplans.com software & free sample plans, About, Links, SiteMap from Palo Alto Software
• "largest single collection of free sample business plans online"
• Business Calculators online: Break Even, Cash Flow, Starting Costs..
• Finance and Capital
• Glossary
• Sample Plans

Business Plans from Website101.com
ChooseWhat.com tools, tips & tactics, Forums

Idea Cafe entrepreneurs help, Links, Search, SiteMap
• Business Planning and Sample Plans

istart.org, About
• Competitions

kickstart.com

LearningMatters.com ($) search it with Google
• BUSINESS: The Ultimate Electronic Resource

MIT Open Courseware Use It!

All Courses Index, Audio/Video Courses
• Sloan School of Management

Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
• Small Business

Oaktree-Research.com/, About
• Management Theories
• Risk Management

Score.org free & confidential small business mentoring, About, News, SiteMap
• Business Tools
• Online Workshops
• Women Entrepreneurs

Scottish Development International
• Free export training for Scottish business

SmallBusinessSchool.org (Sb2000.com).. as seen on PBS!
• Eight Steps

StartupJournal.com, About
• Columnists
• How-To
• Ideas
• Financing, http://www.startupjournal.com/franchising/ Franchising
• Running a Business

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COMMUNITIES & SOCIAL CAPITAL

BetterTogether.org Use It!

building social capital, sustained, broad-based social change
• Report online
• 150 Things You can do to Build Social Capital
• Stories

Chicago Public Library
• Digital Collections
º Historical Gallery

Community Development Foundation, Tupelo, MI, History, Links

DoSomething.org children changing the world through participation & leadership, About, FAQs

Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) Roxbury/North Dorchester area of Boston
• Historic Timeline

National Bureau of Economic Research PDF files:
• Industrial Areas Foundation Campaigns to Improve Training/Pay of Low-Wage Workers

OrganizationForCommunityNetworks, Ohio
The Politics of Community Mobilization from Brown U

Tresser.com
• Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)

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CONSULTANTS
Herholdt's Home Page starting a business, SAP
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences: INFORMS
Kennedy Information News, Directory, Research, Directory of Consultants
Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. integrate knowledge base/critical thinking skills with strategy, structure & systems
Management Consulting Firms on the Web: Kennedy Information
MGeneral.com New Ideas on Leading Your Organization, Community, Self

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COOPERATIVES, COLLABORATIONS
also see.. §Credit Unions§

Bill Moyers & Company
• Chat with Economist Richard Wolff
• Richard Wolff on Curing Capitalism

Centre of European Information and Documentation on Public, Social and Cooperative Economy (CIDEC)

Coop.org, About
• Featured Articles
• Getting Started
• How it Works Membership Qualifications

European Federation of Employee Share Ownership (EFES) Links
• All about Employee Ownership

Givat Haviva Israel
• Program Overview
• Why Shared Communities?

istart.org

MONDRAGON Corporation International Business Group, since 1956
• Co-operative Experience
• Co-operativism Links
• MONDRAGON Automoción presents its “Electric car/Sustainable mobility” project
• Social Web Use It!

why not participate? (Videos)

National Cooperative Business Association USA
• Co-op Principles
• Start a Co-op

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Cooperatives
• Cooperative Topics
• How Do You Start a Cooperative?
• Research & Publications

Wikipedia
º Category:Cooperative federations
º Category:Cooperatives
º Category:Cooperative movement
º Category:Mondragon Corporation
º Category:Worker cooperatives
º History of the cooperative movement
º List of co-operative federations
º List of worker cooperatives
• Co-operative studies
• Co-partnership housing movement
• History of the cooperative movement
• Arizmendiarrieta, José María
• Cooperative federation
• Mondragon Corporation
• Worker cooperative
• Wolff, Richard D.

World Council of Credit Unions

Youtube.com
• Capitalism Hits the Fan - Richard Wolff

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CORPORATION

Wikipedia
º Category:Corporate taxation in the United States
º Category:Types of business entity
• Flow-through entity
• Joint stock company
• Limited liability
• Limited liability company
• Piercing the corporate veil
• S corporation

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FIND
also see.. Focus

Free Management Library Use It!

Portal, integrated library for nonprofits & for-profits
Internet Survival Guide of Industrial/Organizational Psychology Use It!

by Filip Lievens
• Links: Organizational ( Development, Psychology ), Teams, Total Quality

Knowledgebase: theManager.org
MIT E-Commerce Architecture Program information architecture legal, business, technical inputs

National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Prodects, SiteMap
• central information source for U.S. Government business publications
• Business products

SmallOffice.com Acctg, Employee/HR, Finance, Marketg, Insurance, Law, Technology, Training

Society for Human Resource Management - Links, Site Map

St Charles City County Library, Business & Public Management Services Resources & Links Use It!

U Florida, Warrington College of Business: Links for General Business Information Use It!

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FOCUS on these sites!
also see.. Find

Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia & How-To's

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GOVERNMENT & ALLIANCES also see.. §US GOVERNMENT§ )

WEB DIRECTORIES (Government)

dmoz.org:
º Countries
º United States
º State
º Municipal
Yahoo.com:
º US, State, Local
WWW Virtual Library:
º U.S. Government Information Sources, States
U.S. State & Local Gateway

Alliance for Redesigning Government National Academy of Public Administration
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME): AFL-CIO
Asset.gov leading edge tools for asset management, Ausralia

Balanced Scorecard (BSC) Home Page Use It!

US DOE

Benchmarking Study Report & Glossary & References: Library, National Partnership for Reinventing Government
Best Practices Links: U.S. State & Local Gateway
Best Practices of City Goverments: U.S. Conference of Mayors
CIO Council interagency forum improving information resource design, use & performance
Civic.com magazine for state & local IT professionals
Community Quality Electronic Network Communities together achieve more than individually
The Council for Excellence in Government E-Government Award Competition, News

Fedral Government Data Committee (FGDC)
• I-Team Use It!

Geospatial Information Inititiative, cooperative inter-governmental planning (state, local, national)

FirstGov locating governnment information on the Internet
Government Affairs Page presenting information technology (IT) industry positions

GovTech.net events, information technology, News, publications, solution center
• Resources

ICMA Retirement Corporation retirement plan solutions for public sector employees

Local Government Commission (LGC) - Search, SiteMap
•aonprofit organization building livable communities
• Design, Economic Development, Energy, Transportation

National Academy of Public Administration
nicusa.com benchmarking the e-government revolution

National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Prodects
• central information source for U.S. Government business publications
• Business products

Personal & Workplace Resource Centre Bacal & Associates
Public Sector Continuous Improvement Site Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Server, Clemson U
The Public Sector Network A Division of ASQ (American Society for Quality)

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LABOR, UNIONS & WORK
FedWorld.gov, Service Contract, Wage Determinations Decisions ( User's Guide )
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (AFL-CIO/CLC)

International Labor Organization Use It!

(UN) Databases, Library, Links, Safety, Site Map, Training
• Key Indicators of the Labour Market
º Employment-to-population ratio, Hours of work, Unemployment
• Indicator Trends

Labor Project for Working FAmilies (LaborProject.org) About, Links
• Publications & Materials

Meaning of Working (MOW) International Research Program, role work plays in people's lives

PBS television: Juggling Work and Family, About, Forum
• Employers
• Help
• Union Initiatives

Report Reveals Worker Motivation, Commitment, Skills: Internat'l Personnel Mangmnt Assoc (IPMA)

US Dept Labor, SiteMap & Search
• Benefits Review Board
º Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
• Compliance Assistance
º Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act
º pdf Service Contract Act
• Employment Standards Administration (ESA)
º Laws and Regulations

WWW Virtual Library: Labour and Business History

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LAWYERS
also see.. §LAW§

Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia, Search ( lawyer )
• Do I Need a Business Lawyer?

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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES (LLC's)

Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia, Search ( LLC )
• How to Form an LLC
• LLC Basics

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LOANS
also see.. §Grants/Fundraising/Funding§

BrightIdeasTrust.com UK

Gov.UK: Start your own business
• Business finance and support finder

StartupLoans.co.uk
YoungBritain.com

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LOGISTICS
LogLink - LogiBook: 1,500 Logistics Bookmarks

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MASTERS

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DEMING, W. EDWARDS (1900 - 1993)

British Deming Association
Deming Electronic Network Web Site
Deming Prize info
Electronic Deming Study Group Guide W. Edwards Deming
Electronic Network JUSE Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers
W. Edwards Deming
W. Edwards Deming Institute (Deming.org)
Wikipedia.org, W. Edwards Deming
World Wide Deming Web

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DRUCKER, PETER FERDINAND (1909 - )

Drucker Archives with featured articles, Links, Search

Economist.com some articles by Peter Drucker
• The next society Nov 1st 2001

Inc.com, Magazine
• When Peter Drucker Speaks by Newt Gingrich

InContext.org (Context Institute) humane sustainable culture
• New Priorities, article by Peter Drucker

Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management ($) Claremont Graduate U

Leader to Leader Institute,
• (formerly Peter F. Drucker's Foundation for Nonprofit Management)
• Articles by Peter F. Drucker
º Civilizing the City
º Managing Knowledge Means Managing Oneself
º The New Pluralism
º The Shape of Things to Come
• Thought Leaders Forum: Peter F. Drucker, Biography

Peter-Drucker.com, About Peter F. Drucker, Links

U Western Ontario, Western Libraries, Business Library
• Peter F. Drucker (1909 - )

Use It!

Wikipedia.org ( Peter Drucker ) & Wikiquote.org ( Peter Drucker )

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NONPROFIT HOW-TO's
also see.. Business Plans, §GRANTS & FUNDRAISING§, §Groupware & Computer Collaboration§

AllianceForJustice.org, About, Links, News, SiteMap
• Nonprofit Advocacy Project
• Publications
• Technical Assistance and Resources via email, phone, letters
º NAP Tools E-Advocacy & State Offices

CommunityTheater.org
• Why a non-profit theater company?

Council on Foundations
• Starting a Foundation
Empower Web by and about non-profit organizations
GreatNonprofits.org listings & reviews

GuideStar.org national database of nonprofit organizations, About, FAQ, Search Use It!

nonprofits, SiteMap
• Free Benefits, Help With Your Web Site
• IRS Form 990 guide to finding & interpreting the information
• Glossary
• ($) Grant Explorer

iComm internet community helping non-profits, About
• first step in getting your non-profit online at no cost

Idealist.org 40,000 nonprofit & community organizations, About, FAQ, Search or Browse: Organizations
• a project of Action Without Borders
• Jobs at non-profits
• Volunteer

IRS, Charities & Non-Profits
• Churches and Religious Orgs
• Contributors
• Life Cycle of a Public Charity filing for tax-exempt status, annual returns, mission & purpose changes..
• Other Non-Profits
• Political Orgs
• Private Foundations
• Search for Charities exempt organizations list & how much of a contribution is tax deductible

Leader to Leader Institute,
• (formerly Peter F. Drucker's Foundation for Nonprofit Management)
• Articles by Peter F. Drucker
º Civilizing the City
º Managing Knowledge Means Managing Oneself
º The New Pluralism
º The Shape of Things to Come
• Articles, Books, Resources, Article Index by Author
º Aligning Action and Values
º The Conductor-less Orchestra
º Discipline of Collaboration
º Discipline of Virtual Teams
º Global Power of Tribes
º Goodbye, Command and Control
º Journey To Authenticity
º Leading Resonant Teams
º Managing Quietly
º Secrets of Great Groups
º Sustaining the Ecology of Knowledge
• Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool clarify mission, define results, set goals & develop a plan
º Choosing a Facilitator
º Five Essential Quetions
º Process Guide: Mission Statement, Self-Assessment, Recommended Reading
º Sample Plans
• Thought Leaders Forum: Peter F. Drucker, Biography

Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia, Search ( Non Profit )
• FAQ
• Five Reasons to Incorporate Your Nonprofit Association
• How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation
• Nonprofit Basics
• Protecting Your Nonprofit Corporation's Tax-Exempt Status
• Tax Concerns When Your Nonprofit Corporation Earns Money

Nonprofit Times

Wikipedia
º Category:Non-profit corporations
º Category:Non-profit organizations
º Category:Non-profit organizations by type
º Category:Nonprofit technology
• Nonprofit organization

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OPERATIONS RESEARCH (OR)
also see.. §MATHEMATICS§, §Optimization§

High School Operations Research (HSOR.org) developing instructional materials for high school mathematics, developing math concepts in real-world contexts
• Modules
• What is Operations Research

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS.org), About, Links ( Practitioners Portal ), Search
• Library: Decision Analysis, Mathematics of Operations Research, Operations Research, Organization Science
• OR/MS Resource Collection
• ScienceOfBetter.org copyright INFORMS.org

MultiSimplex.com ($) process industry optimization tools, Links, Search
Operational Research Society of New Zealand with examples of OR/MS in practice

Shane Dye, U Canterbury
• Min and Max the O.R. Heroes

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ORGANIZATIONAL-LEARNING / DEVELOPMENT (OD)
( also see.. §PSYCHOLOGY-Learning§ )

Apollo root cause analysis (RCA) training, consulting & software
ASTD Linking Learning and Performance
Chesapeake Bay Organization Development Network - About, OD Links
Keirsey Temperament and Character Web Site - The Four Temperaments, Temperament
Odyssey Mentoring professional mentoring skills, networking, strategic partnerships
The Organization Development Institute
Organizational Learning: Knowledgebase, theManager.org
Philadelphia Region Organization Development Network (PRODN) Info Central - About, OD Links
The Society for Organizational Learning (SOL) - Books, Glossary (12 word), Search
Thoughts on Problem Solving: U Michigan
Towards a New Learning Paradigm Training, new paradigm
vnulearing.com (lakewoodconferences.com) - Free Courses: White Papers
The Wisdom Page awareness of wholeness, particularity, concreteness, & the intricacies of interrelationships

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
also see.. §Creativity§

Edward De Bono Web Site (Author of) Thinking Hats and Lateral Thinking techniques
EnneagramInstitute.com books, Forum, RHETI sample, Dynamics Diagrams, Links, type descriptions
Enneagram Introduction Thomas Chou, Harvard University Graduate Student - Neuroscience
Enneagram Monthly articles, archives

Free Management Library Use It!

Portal, integrated library for nonprofits & for-profits
• Personal Productivity

International Enneagram Association events, Links, web ring
Situation Puzzles Exercises in Critical Thinking

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RETIREMENT
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - (PBGC) government insured private pension benefits
PensionRights.org America's only consumer organization solely for protecting and promoting pension rights
PSCA Profit Sharing/ 401(k) Council of America - 401(k) Plans, 401(k) Plan Glossary

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SPEAKERS
National Speakers Bureau “best speakers in canada”
Odyssey Mentoring keynote speaker, workshop or breakout session leader for professional mentoring skills, networking, strategic partnerships
OutsideTheBoxThinking.com: Inspire, Challenge & Motivate with Einstein, Franklin, Lincoln, Rogers..

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SYSTEMS THINKING
PARNet - Participatory Action Research Cornell University & The Cornell Local Government Program
The Thinking Page Organizational Thinking
What is a System? discUssion and links

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QUALITY, TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM)
also see... Balanced Scorecard, Deming, W. Edwards

American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) - Balanced Scorecard, Benchmarking, Knowledge Management
American Society for Quality: Company Search, FAQ, Glossary, Site Search, Standards
Changing the Culture: Implementing TQM... CAUSE-Assoc for Managing/Using Information Resources
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Server Clemson University
National Quality Program The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Operations Management - Quality / Standards: Knowledgebase, theManager.org

Quality Digest Use It!

Search, News
• Articles, Archive
• Buyers Guides
• ISO 9000 Database
• Software

Quality Industry ads, books, classifieds, forum, news, products, software, suppliers directory
Quality Resources Online
Search Articles, CQPI-Quality & Productivity Improvement U Wisconsin, Madison
TQM BBS File Area Clemson University
TQM In The Public Eye from a book by Robert Bacal

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UTILITIES

SurveyMonkey.com

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