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Business Management Library

This section contains links to short and full-length articles and documents that contain useful information for managing your business or personal life. If you cannot find information on the topic you are searching for, please use the search feature on the Resource Center's homepage.

To save one of the articles below, move your cursor over the link and click your right mouse button. Select "Save Target As..." and choose where on your computer you would like to save the file to view it later. Some of these files may be in Adobe Acrobat format (.PFD). If you find that you cannot open files in PDF format, click here.

Personnel e.bulletin

Contractors need access to current and reliable personnel management information and policies. The Foundation's Personnel e.bulletin delivers timely and accurate information about employee human resources/personnel management issues each month via an e-mail newsletter. These e.bulletins are also archived here on the Contractor Resource Center.

March 2010: Human Resources' Impact on Taxes (Word)     PDF Version
February 2010: Training: You Can't Afford Not To! (Word)     PDF Version
January 2010: HR New Year's Resolutions (Word)     PDF Version
December 2009: A Different Approach to Performance Reviews (Word)     PDF Version
November 2009: Exempt or Not? Commissioned Techs and Other FLSA Pitfalls (Word)     PDF Version
October 2009: Immigration - Reality and Responsibility (Word)     PDF Version
September 2009: Workers' Compensation - Who Needs It? (Word)     PDF Version
August 2009: Who is Hourly vs. Exempt & Other Common Pitfalls: FLSA (Word)     PDF Version
July 2009: Keeping Clean on Who is a Contractor vs. an Employee(Word)     PDF Version
May/June 2009: Tough Times – Tough Decisions: Actions for Survival in the Downturn (Word)     PDF Version
April 2009: Sexual Harassment: "It's My Business, I Can Do What I Want To..." (Word)     PDF Version
March 2009: 2009 COBRA Changes: Employers Will Have to Rush to Comply (Word)     PDF Version
February 2009: How Do the New Employment Law Updates Affect Your Company? (Word)     PDF Version
January 2009: Investing in People Matters - Now More Than Ever (Word)     PDF Version
December 2008: Termination: War or Peace? (Word)     PDF Version



Business Management Short Articles

Follow the link below to our "Facts and Stats" archive. You will find over 300 quick-read business management tips on a wide variety of construction and service topics.
Facts and Stats Business Tips Archive


Full-Length Articles

You may wish to print these pieces to review offline (articles can be up to 50 pages). To save one of the articles below without viewing it online, move your cursor over the link and click your right mouse button. Select "Save Target As..." and choose where on your computer you would like to save the file to view it later. Some of these files may be in Adobe Acrobat format (.PFD). If you find that you cannot open files in PDF format, click here.

Article #1: Acheiving Tomorrow's Construction Workforce     PDF Version
Article #2: Refuse to Be An Average Company (Word)     PDF Version
Article #3: Seven Rules of Contractor Education (Word)     PDF Version
Article #4: Tech Soft Skills Series (Word)     PDF Version
Article #5: Business Improvement Resolutions (Word)     PDF Version
Article #6: Analyze Your Data to Prevent Business Disaster! (Word)     PDF Version
Article #7: Implementing Total Quality Mngt. in Your Business (Word)     PDF Version
Article #8: How to Manage Change in Your Business (Word)     PDF Version
Article #9: Choosing an Estimating Software Package (Word)     PDF Version
Article #10: Exit Planning     PDF Version
Article #11: Consider Selling Your Business (Word)     PDF Version