Introduction
Welcome to the University of Zimbabwe Library Faculty of Business Management Sciences and Economics Liaison Page. The Liaison page has been designed to assist academics, researchers and students with academic activities associated the teaching, learning, research, community service, innovation and industrialisation. The Subject Information Specialists for the Faculty of Business Management Sciences and Economics play a key role in liaising between the faculty staff and students; and the library. Our fundamental task is to synchronise communication between the faculty and the library to ensure seamless support for faculty endeavours drawn from the University mission and strategic goals. Listed for your information are resources and services that include e-books, e-journals, open access resources, training services, these and referencing and citation. We invite you to navigate these via the tabs provided.
Contact information and location
Subject Information Specialist
Ms P. Mwatsiya
Featured books in our Print collection
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Business accounting by Frank Wood and Alan Sangster Call Number: HF5635 WOO |
Costing and management accounting: An introduction by Colin Drury Call Number: HF5686.C8 DRU |
Financial markets and institutions: A European perspective by Jakob de Haan, Sander Oosterloo and Dirk Schoenmaker Call Number: HG186.A2 HAA |
International economics: Theory and Policyby Paul Grugman and Maurice Obstfeld Call Number: HF1359 KRU |
Principles of economics in context by Neva Goodwin et al Call Number: HB171 GOO |
Principles of corporate finance by Richard A. Brealey et al. Call Number: HG4026 PRI |
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Principles of marketing by Philip Kotler and Gary Armstrong Call Number: HF5415 KOT |
Public relations by Edwards L. Bernays Call Number: HF5381 BER |
Strategic marketing management: Planning, implementation and control by Richard M. S, Wilson and Colin Gilligan Call Number: HF5415.13 WIL |
Tourism and entrepreneurship: International perspective by Jovo Ateljevic and Stephen J Page Call Number: G155.A1 ATE |
Faculty Business Management Science and Economics Resources
There are many relevant e- journals and e-books available related to business management and economics that are accessible via the UZ website. You visit the address (https://library.uz.ac.zw) and then under e-resources you click Campus Access or off campus access when you are not within the university campus/ or the university internet network. You will be able to access e-books and e-journals available from the University. Below is a selection of databases recommended for topics related to business management and economics. Click on any of the databases in order to start accessing e-journals and e-books.
For remote access please log in here: https://uz.remotexs.co
Open Access Resources
Open Access Resources are research materials that have been made available to the general public, free of charge. Open access authors have chosen to share freely, so anyone can use the works legally without permission or fees.
Selected Open Access Resources
Open Access E-journals
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
https://doaj.org/
Nearly 10,000 journals on multiple topics; about half are searchable at the article level.
Google scholar
https://scholar.google.com/
Google Scholar allows you to search across a wide range of academic literature. It draws on information from journal publishers, university repositories, and other websites that it has identified as scholarly.
Wiley Open Access
https://authorservices.wiley.com/open-research/open-access/index.html
Wiley Open Access is a program of fully open access journals. All research articles published in Wiley Open Access journals are immediately freely available to read, download and share. The fully open access journals are published in collaboration with authoritative journals and societies as well as supported by internationally renowned editorial board members.
SAGE Open Access
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/pure-gold-open-access-journals-at-sage
The following lists open access journals published by SAGE. All articles published in the journals provide worldwide, barrier-free access to the full-text of articles online, immediately on publication under a creative commons license. All articles are rigorously peer-reviewed retaining the quality hallmarks of the academic publishing process that authors would experience in publishing in any traditional SAGE journal.
SpringerOpen
https://www.springeropen.com/
SpringerOpen, launched in June 2010, includes Springer’s portfolio of 160+ peer-reviewed fully open access journals across all areas of science ranging from very specialized titles to SpringerPlus, our interdisciplinary open access journal that covers all disciplines. SpringerOpen journals and books are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication. They are subject to high-level peer review, author and production services ensuring quality and reliability of the work.
Open Research Online
http://oro.open.ac.uk/
Open Research Online is the Open University’s repository of research publications and other research outputs. It is an Open Access resource that can be searched and browsed freely by members of the public.
Elsevier A-Z Directory of open access Journals
https://www.sciencedirect.com/browse/journals-and-books
All articles published in Elsevier open access journals are peer reviewed and upon acceptance will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
Open Access E-books
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
https://www.doabooks.org/doab
The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. The directory is open to all publishers who publish academic, peer reviewed books in Open Access and should contain as many books as possible, provided that these publications are in Open Access and meet academic standards.
E-Books Directory
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/
E-Books Directory is a free web resource which contains links to free downloadable e-books, technical papers, documents, as well as user contributed content, articles, reviews and comments. E-Books Directory is a service to students, researchers and e-book lovers.
InTech Books
https://www.intechopen.com/books
InTech is a pioneer and world’s largest multidisciplinary open access publisher of books covering the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. Since 2004, InTech has collaborated with 87430 authors and published 2434 books and 6 journals with the aim of providing free online access to research.
- Reference Management-referencing, citation and use of electronic reference management software Mendeley and the Harvard citation style.
- Literature discovery– identifying research topics; planning and performing a literature review; running effective searches using e-resources and staying up to date with chosen research topic.
- Tools for research Collaboration– using writing collaborative tools such as Google Docs, literature searching collaborative tools like Mendeley, ResearchGate and Academia and using tools for connecting with other researchers.
- Research Impact tracking– Use of citations and alternative metrics to track research impact using tools such as Google Citations and Social Media metrics
- Strategies to increaseresearch visibility and discoverability– how to increase the visibility of research outputs through the use of institutional repositories; sharing preprints, establishing online researcher profiles and using social media for research.
- Publishing in reputable journals– selecting a book publisher and selecting a journal, differentiating predatory, accredited journals, and Open Access routes to getting research output more visible and citable.
- ResearchCommunication-the training equips researchers on how to communicate their research to a broader audience so as to achieve optimum impact of research findings. It also explores the various ways in which research can be shared.
Available trainings can be booked here: https://forms.gle/zkeJRkE1JphNG92f7
How to find business management sciences and economics theses and dissertations in University of Zimbabwe Libraries.
Masters and doctoral theses from the Faculty of Business Management Sciences and Economics that have been submitted to UZ Library are for most part, available electronically through the UZe-scholar Institutional repository
Faculty of Business Management Sciences and Economics theses can be located by searching the institutional repository using this link:https://ir.uz.ac.zw/handle/10646/1377
Other UZ theses can also be found through searching the repository by issue date, author, title and subject. Alternatively use a community search including the title of the community for example “Faculty of Business Management Sciences and Economics “.
In general, UZ Libraries does not keep Undergraduate theses although departments often keep their own copies but these are not reflected in the Libraries’ catalogue.
Referencing and citation
Referencing (also known as citation) is the practice used to acknowledge the sources you have used in writing up your assignments or projects. Referencing enables you to refer to, or borrow from, the work of other individuals without being accused of plagiarism. Plagiarism involves the use of someone else’s creative works such as research, writings and ideas and presenting them as your own. This is a dishonest act and considered a serious offence by the University of Zimbabwe. To avoid plagiarism, it is important to provide proper citation and referencing of the sources used in scholarly work.
Referencing and citation consists of two elements:
- in-text citations in the body of the paper with the last name of the author(s) and the year of publication
- an alphabetically arranged reference list at the end of the paper giving full bibliographic details for the in-text citations of the sources you have used in your write up.
The Faculty of Business Management Sciences and Economics use Harvard citation style. This refers to the rules and conventions established for scholarly writing and acknowledging sources used in an assignment or academic piece of work.
Harvard style covers the aspects of scholarly writing most pertinent to writing in sciences, business, economics, engineering, and related fields
For individual or group sessions on using the citation style, book an appointment with a Faculty Subject Information Specialists on the emails provided.
Online Reference Management
Students can also receive training on using open reference management software Mendeley to manage referencing and citation from the Faculty Subject Information Specialists. This reference manager and academic social network can; help you create and manage citations, organize your research, collaborate with others online, find relevant papers based on what you are reading and discover the latest research.
For training you can book an appointment on any of the emails provided on the Faculty Liaison introductory page
Business Management Sciences and Economics Core Textbooks
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Financial Accounting and Reporting: A Global Perspective/ Herve Stolowy & Michel J. Lebas.
2013 The re-titled second edition of Corporate Financial Reporting, has become respected and widely used over the four years since it first appeared. This updated and redesigned edition is an introduction to financial accounting for business students who need a global perspective in accounting. Teaches students of financial accounting in international universities or business schools to appreciate, understand and analyze a variety of accounting and reporting issues from a global theoretical and generic point of view
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Frank Wood’s Business accounting 2/ Frank Wood and Alan Sangster
2012 Business Accounting is the world’s bestselling textbook on bookkeeping and accounting. This volume builds on the clear and straight forward introduction of volume 1 to provide students with coverage of more advance aspects of financial accounting. Each topic is back up by a wealth of worked examples, as well as a rich pool of self assessment material, so that students can monitor their own progress and understanding
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Frank Wood’s Business accounting 2/ Frank Wood and Alan Sangster
2012 Business Accounting is the world’s bestselling textbook on bookkeeping and accounting. This volume builds on the clear and straight forward introduction of volume 1 to provide students with coverage of more advance aspects of financial accounting. Each topic is back up by a wealth of worked examples, as well as a rich pool of self assessment material, so that students can monitor their own progress and understanding
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Macroeconomics (8th Edition)/ Andrew B. Abel, Ben Bernanke, Dean Croushore
2005 Abel, Bernanke, and Croushore present macroeconomic theory in a way that prepares students to analyze real macroeconomic data used by policy makers and researchers. With a balanced treatment of both classical and Keynesian economics, the comprehensive coverage makes it easy for instructors to align chapters to fit their own syllabi.
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Managerial economics: a problem solving approach/ Nick Wilkinson
2005
This textbook covers all the main aspects of managerial economics: the theory of the firm; demand theory and estimation; production and cost theory and estimation; market structure and pricing; game theory; investment analysis and government policy. It includes numerous and extensive case studies, as well as review questions and problem-solving sections at the end of each chapter. Nick Wilkinson adopts a user-friendly problem-solving approach which takes the reader in gradual steps from simple problems through increasingly difficult material to complex case studies
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Principles of corporate finance / Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers, Franklin Allen and Pitabas Mohanty
2014
The integrated solutions for Brealey’s Principles of Corporate Finance have been specifically designed to help improve student performance, meaning that students are prepared for class and can successfully solve problems and analyse the results. Resources within Connect Finance provide unlimited opportunities for students to practice solving financial problems and apply what they have learned.
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Principles of marketing / Philip Kotler, Gary Armstrong
2016 Principles of marketing helps students master today’s key marketing challenges: to create vibrant, interactive communities of consumers who make products and brands a part of their daily lives. The fifteenth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the major trends and forces impacting marketing in this era of customer value and high tech customer relationship.
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Strategic marketing planning / Colin Gilligan and Richard M.S. Wilson
2009 Strategic Marketing Planning concentrates on the critical planning aspects that are of vital importance to practitioners and students alike. It has a clear structure that offers a digest of the five principal dimensions of the strategic marketing planning process.
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Strategic marketing: planning, implementation and control /Richards MS Wilson, Collin Gilligan
2009
The book retains the key features that make it essential reading for all those studying the management of marketing:- a strong emphasis on implementation, up to date mini cases, and questions and summaries in each chapter to reinforce key points. Widely known as the most authoritative, successful and influential text in the sector the new edition remains an irreplaceable resource for undergraduate and graduate students of business and marketing, and students of the CIM Professional Postgraduate Diploma.
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Understanding the business environment: inside and outside the organisation / Claire Capon
2009 Understanding the Business Environment provides you with a clear and concise introduction to all of the most important activities taking place inside and outside organisations. Written by experienced author and lecturer Claire Capon, this popular textbook examines and explains; how political, economic and social conditions – both nationally and internationally – affect organisations of all types and sizes |