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Professor:  Prof. Brenda Koechling
Course:  Principles of Management

Goals:  Information on…

1. Creating a business travel budget.
2.  Development of business plans for small businesses.
3.   Finding articles in academic journals, general business and trade magazines, and newspapers.

 Business Travel

 Parts of a travel budget included in a corporate travel policy: 

• Air travel
• Lodging
• Ground transportation
• Meals
• Entertainment

 [Source Darryl Jenkins, Savvy business travel: Management tips from the pros, Business One Irwin, 1993, pages 37-45; Ref. G156.5 B86 J46 1993]

 Recordkeeping for tax purposes.

 Keep a diary of daily expenses to include:

• Date
• Location
• Appointments
• Meals
• Auto-related expenses
• Flight & other travel information
• Incidental business expenses
• Multiple bueinss dealings
• Credit card charges
• Gifts

[Source: Jack Cummings, The business travel survival guide, John Wiley & Sons, 1991, pages 320-323;  Ref G156.5 B86 C86 1991]

Small Business: Creating Business Plans

Business Plans:

• http://www.sba.gov
  See "Starting Tools, Checklists and Resources to Help You"

• http://www.bplans.com/sp/index.cfm?a=bc
  Sixty free business plans from smaller companies.

Articles on business topics

Proquest (trade and scholarly periodicals)
       Example: Enron & whistleblowing

• Do simple keyword search, or

• Go to Search Methods-Guided Search

• To get subject headings do keyword search, and look for subject headings that come up, or go to Search Guide

• To narrow search: add (keyword or subject) or go to Browse Lists

Lexis Nexis (trade magazines and newspapers)

• Search section: Business-Industry & Market-select an industry from the list
• Use keywords.

Academic Search Premier

A general database with some business content

For more assistance on business databases @ SHU, go to:

http://library.shu.edu/business-databases-shu.htm

Richard E. Stern, Ph.D.

            Business Librarian

            sternric@shu.edu

Updated: 06/07/03                                                    since 02/03/03