Staff Resources: Chester Fritz Library

AVON has professional development video topics: 

• Training and instructional materials, including Wiley For Dummies, SpringerNature and Software Training
• Instructional series for learning new skills, such as ASL, with series like Sign With Robert
• Workplace instructional series such as the Project Management Channel or the Marketing Strategy Channel or Two Minutes to Success Series
• General knowledge materials to help you learn and remember information, such as PBS Crash Course and Memorize Academy
• Professional resources to advance your career such as JIST Career Solutions

Faculty, staff, and students have full access to the Chronicle through the CFL - use the link below.

Credo is an online encyclopedia and dictionary of credible sources compiled by experts. It is particularly useful for gaining a broad understanding of a topic and for refining research questions. 

• General Reference: various dictionaries and general encyclopedias for everyday use
• Management: resources related to business and management practices
• Jobs and Career: resources related to the workplace as well as various job descriptions and outlooks

Business Source Ultimate is a database that provides a wide variety of business full-text journals and magazines, including expanded access to Harvard Business Review’s (HBR) top 500 articles. Includes company information on over 1 million public and private companies with case studies, SWOT analysis, market research reports, and Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys. Also offers resources from Academy of Management, HBR, Bloomberg and IGI Global.

• Harvard Business Review Articles
• Academy of Management
• Bloomberg

Workplace Issues

• Communication Skills for Business Professionals by Dr. Celeste Lawson, et al.
• Creating Gender-Inclusive Organizations edited by Ellen Ernst Kossek and Kyung-Hee Lee
• Employee Training and Development by Raymond A. Noe
• I Never Thought of it That Way by Mónica Guzmán

Leadership

• Designed Leadership by Moura Quayle
• The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership by Jeffery K. Liker and Gary L. Convis
• Learn to Lead, Lead to Learn by Mary B. Herrmann
• The Genius Habit by Laura Garnett

Strategic Planning

• The Tao of Strategy by L. J. Bourgeois
• HBR Guide for Women at Work from Harvard Business Review Press
• Organization Design edited by John Joseph, et al.
• Strategizing: New Thinking about Strategy, Planning, and Management by Eric J. Bolland
• Strategic Human Resource Management by John Storey, et al. 

Presenting & Public Speaking

• Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds by Carmine Gallo
• Develop your Presentation Skills by Theo Theobald
• How to Think Like Shakespeare by Scott L. Newstok

Teaching Transformation and Development Academy (TTaDA)

• TTaDA offers a variety of professional development workshops and events for faculty and staff focused around four competency areas: Personal & Professional Development, Policy & Procedure, Software & Technology and Teaching & Learning. They also offer workshops and specialized training to departments on a variety of topics.
• For more information on resources available to staff, see the Staff Resources Page

Seeds for Success Grant

• Fully benefited staff members may apply for the Seeds for Success Grant for the purpose of workshops, training and/or classes that enhance one’s education or career at the University of North Dakota

Campus Services

• Information for faculty and staff including UND offices, UND news, and Faculty and Staff Events