Take advantage of free online business management magazines

Business information-aggregator websites offer a wide sampling of business management articles. Nielsen Business Media has a number of good online articles for business information that offer management tips and advice

I recommend: BPubs.com is a business publications search engine with a large selection of articles submitted by government agencies and business pundits. Nielsen Business Media has a number of good online articles for business information that offer management tips and advice.

Browse publications for managers at local magazine stands

Some people prefer hard copy reading to online reading. Magazine stands should preferably be located in a large bookstore, where browsing and in-store reading is acceptable behavior. Favor print magazines that also have significant online presences which may include Internet-exclusive information and special subscriber-only features.

I recommend: BusinessWeek's management section offers management-related news along with expert advice, reviews of business management books, and Internet-exclusive articles on their website. Forbes Magazine has a very robust Leadership section on their website. Inc. Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine also have extensive online management sections; their content, however, is aimed at a more entrepreneurial audience.

Consider online-only sources of information such as a business management journal or blog

In recent years, some people have preferred getting their business information online, in blog format.

I recommend: The CEO Refresher offers a blog format with multi-author posts, each author highly respected in the business management field. FastCompany's management section is geared more toward a wired audience with an active blog focused on management issues.

Utilize academic-oriented business publications for managers

There are a variety of options if you prefer to explore a more statistically-driven theoretical approach to business management thinking.

I recommend: The Sloan Management Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's journal of management research and ideas, is a business management publication. Issues are available by subscription and individual articles can be accessed by subscribers or purchased from their searchable database. Working Knowledge offers sample articles from their academic journal as well as an online forum on business leadership issues from the faculty of the Harvard Business School, including excerpts from various management books.

Review available operations management and administration publications

If you're a chief executive officer, chief information officer, or in middle management and moving upward, these job-specific magazines may be for you.

I recommend: Chief Executive Magazine's website has sample articles offering advice on upper management issues from other CEOs. For the more wired executive, CIO Magazine provides sample articles aimed toward chief information officers at technology companies.  

Find articles and business books on management published by corporate or trade associations

Some major corporations and associations publish business magazines, articles and journals, online and otherwise.

I recommend: PeopleReady is an online business resource from the Microsoft Corporation with a focus on disseminating information on management issues to businesses. Sponsored by the nonprofit National Federation of Independent Business, MyBusinessMag.com includes a blog aimed at management issues and an archive of articles from MyBusiness magazine.

Choose business management articles geared toward companies that are globally oriented

In a growing global economy, it makes sense to keep up with cutting-edge management trends in countries around the world.

I recommend: Venerable Europe-based financial magazine, The Economist, offers an online source of business management news, opinion, and information from a global perspective. London-based international management publication, The Financial Times, offers up-to-date world news and information with a focus on business management issues.