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The business environment : a global perspective / Ed Thompson, Ian Worthington and Chris Britton.

By: Thompson, Edward, 1986- [author].
Contributor(s): Worthington, Ian, 1946- [author] | Britton, Chris [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Pearson, [2023]Edition: Ninth edition.Description: xxv, 507 pages : color illustrations. 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781292417844 (paperback).Subject(s): Industrial management -- Great Britain | Industrial policy -- Great Britain | Industrial policy -- European Union countries | International economic relations | Business | Great Britain -- Commerce | European Union countries -- CommerceDDC classification: 658
Contents:
Part one: Introduction -- Business organisations: the external environment -- Business organisations: the internal environment -- The global context of business -- De-globalising factors: sovereignty, conflicts and political priorities -- Part two: The political environment -- The macroeconomic environment -- The demographic, social and cultural context of business --The resource context: people, technology and natural resources -- The legal environment -- The ethical and ecological environment -- Part three: Firms -- Legal structures -- Size structure of firms -- Industrial structure -- Government and business -- Part four: The market system -- Market structure -- International markets and trade -- Pandemics and Covid- 19 -- Governments and markets -- Part five: Conclusion -- Strategy and the changing environment.
Summary: "The business environment is our environment, it is the world we live in and all aspects of the business environment should be viewed in terms of people. Business ethics is about fairness in how a business operates; a business environmental policy is about how we pollute or preserve our own world; employment and unemployment are about people's ability to house and feed themselves. This is a book about all of us and how we interface with the world and each other, because businesses are just organisations of people and material things"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MTU Cork Module MGMT 7078 - Core reading. 00220348
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A deep dive into the internal and external environments in which a business operates today.

The Business Environment: A Global Perspective, 9th Edition, by Thompson, Worthington and Britton offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to how local and international business environments operate. Employing a PESTLE model which is relevant to all industries, this best-selling textbook takes you through contexts, types of organisation and markets, dealing with contemporary issues in socioeconomic, political and legal structures.

The new edition offers a clear explanation of economics such as why the prices of the things you buy might go up or down, or why employment might be harder or easier to find at any given time. New chapters on the global Covid-19 pandemic and de-globalising factors, including Brexit, give an all-round perspective on how factors influence one another, and convey the complexity of the business environment. The wealth of contemporary case studies from local and international organisations, helps you put theory into practice.

Includes index.

Part one: Introduction -- Business organisations: the external environment -- Business organisations: the internal environment -- The global context of business -- De-globalising factors: sovereignty, conflicts and political priorities -- Part two: The political environment -- The macroeconomic environment -- The demographic, social and cultural context of business --The resource context: people, technology and natural resources -- The legal environment -- The ethical and ecological environment -- Part three: Firms -- Legal structures -- Size structure of firms -- Industrial structure -- Government and business -- Part four: The market system -- Market structure -- International markets and trade -- Pandemics and Covid- 19 -- Governments and markets -- Part five: Conclusion -- Strategy and the changing environment.

"The business environment is our environment, it is the world we live in and all aspects of the business environment should be viewed in terms of people. Business ethics is about fairness in how a business operates; a business environmental policy is about how we pollute or preserve our own world; employment and unemployment are about people's ability to house and feed themselves. This is a book about all of us and how we interface with the world and each other, because businesses are just organisations of people and material things"-- Provided by publisher.

MTU Cork Module MGMT 7078 - Core reading.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ed Thompson is an Associate Professor and Director of Apprenticeships in Leicester Castle Business School at De Montfort University. His research is focused on organisational behaviour and crisis management. He is also a member of the editorial board of the SGEN Research Review in the Philippines.

Ian Worthington is an Emeritus Professor of Corporate Sustainability at De Montfort University, UK. He has published in, and reviewed for, a variety of academic journals in both the UK and the US.

Chris Britton was formerly Principal Lecturer at De Montfort University where her teaching and research interests included industrial economics, labour markets and executive recruitment.