If you are unfamiliar with or confused by the constantly evolving language and landscape of Web 2.0 and the almost endless surge of emerging technologies, BusinessWeek has come to the rescue in the form of monthly primers targeted specifically at top executives and organizational leaders.

While primarily targeted at folks who occupy the “C-Suite“, and therefore more of a general overview as opposed to an in-depth exploration of a topic, these primers are nonetheless a great resource to gain a basic understanding of the topics and technologies that are shaping the current business landscape regardless of where you sit in an organization.

This series appears to have been published monthly since June 2006 and have thusfar covered the following topics:

• Wiki Special Report (Articles) | The CEO’s Guide to Corporate Wikis (Podcast)
• Virtual Work Special Report (Articles) | The CEO’s Guide to The Virtual Workplace (Podcast)
• Video Blogging Special Report (Articles) | The CEO’s Guide to Video Blogging (Podcast)
• Where the Workers Are Report (Articles) | The CEO’s Guide to Where the Workers Are (Podcast)
• Guide to Mashups (Articles) | The CEO’s Guide to Enterprise Mashups (Podcast)
• Location Aware Technologies (Articles) | The CEO’s Guide to RFID (Podcast)
• Social Networks (Articles) | The CEO’s Guide to Social Networks (Podcast)
• Prediction Markets (Articles) | The CEO Guide to Prediction Markets (Podcast)
• Internet Telephony (Articles) | The CEO’s Guide to VoIP (Podcast)
• Web 2.0 (Articles) | O’Reilly’s Guide to Web 2.0 (Podcast)

Included in the special section are numerous print articles as well as the content in podcast format. And for those of you who are so inclined, there is also an RSS feed of all of their Technology and Science (rss link) related material that you can add to your reader to eliminate one additional trip out to the web.

This is a great resource to come up to speed on some of the technologies you are hearing about and may be unfamiliar with or like to know more about, because they provide both detail and context.