A long history of cooperation has brought together librarians from the French graduate schools of business. Numerous exchanges and common projects have allowed them to create a broad network of information, education and mutual assistance. In 1993, an association was formed (ACIEGE, Association des responsables des centres d’information des écoles de gestion/Association for the directors of business school libraries).

The most commonly used documentation system is the Management Thesaurus. This is based on the work of Bureau Van Dijk and Georges Sandeau whose third edition dates from 1986. As of 1976, it was clear that constant updating was required to remain in step with the rapid evolution of the subjects covered by the Thesaurus. It also needed to be adapted to the increasing demands of teaching in business schools without neglecting the fact that future managers must be trained to seek to rationally use information.

The work group, composed of representatives from ten graduate business schools, guarantees a constant and carefully guided evolution of the thesaurus. Procedural rules ensure this : suggested modifications are examined during a semi-annual review meeting which then validates the creation or suppression of key words or equivalent terms, as well as the establishment of judicious links between terms. These operations guarantee that the Thesaurus will remain highly functional and up-to-date. Great care is taken to ensure coherence and a confirmed methodology.

Each semantic field was analyzed and entirely restructured. This is a living tool and must be particularly adapted to the use of informational resources in business schools.

The Management Thesaurus is now available in English, French and Spanish and in several formats.
We welcome any comments or suggestions that might help us to further improve future editions of the Management Thesaurus.

Worked on the present edition of the Management Thesaurus:
KEDGE Business School - Christelle Quillacq
EDHEC Business School - Régine Laborier and Anne-Rose Lombart
EMLYON Business School - Audrey Zaccardelli et Lauriane Minaire
EUROMED Management - Yannig Lavocat
EMD Management - Elisabeth Daroit
Grenoble Ecole de Management - Mireille Gavarri et Florence Lyx
Groupe ESC Dijon - Sylvie Fournier et Sophie Miramont
FBS - Eve Ichard
Toulouse Business School - Sophie Folio
Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci - Karim Merabti
NEOMA Business School - Chloé Mazoyer
SKEMA Business School - Patricia Laronze et Eve-Line Boulle

Jean-Luc Flahaut (computer support)
Grenoble Ecole de Management - Julie Perrin-Halot (English-American translation - 2002)

Worked on the Spanish translation - 2011 with the work group:
- Grenoble Ecole de Management : Lola Rabanis (trainee) - Laetitia Cuschieri (librarian) - Ana Cerro-Sanchez and Silvia Navarro-Fortuno (teachers) - Gwenaëlle Legal (student)
- Toulouse Business School Barcelona Campus : Irène Pons

Coordination of the ACIEGE Management Thesaurus work group:
Mireille Gavarri
Grenoble Ecole de Management
BP 127 - 38003 Grenoble cedex 1
00-33 (0) 4 76 70 60 36
mireille.gavarri@grenoble-em.com