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The business environment : challenges and changes / Ian Brooks and Jamie Weatherston.

By: Brooks, Ian, 1956-.
Contributor(s): Weatherston, Jamie.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow ; New York : Financial Times ; Prentice Hall, 2000Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 460 p. ; 24 cm + pbk.ISBN: 0273646907.Subject(s): Industrial management | Business | CommerceDDC classification: 658
Contents:
Part I: The business environment -- The business environment / Ian Brooks -- The competitive environment / Jamie Weatherston -- The international economic environment / Mark Cook -- The technological environment / Stephen Swailes -- The social and demographic environment / Ian Brooks and Jamie Weatherston -- The ecological environment / Alistair Sutton and Jamie Weatherston -- The political and legal environment / Alistair Sutton and Jamie Weatherston -- The public sector environment / Ian Brooks -- Challenges and changes / Ian Brooks and Alistair Sutton -- Part II: Case studies.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00071346
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An introductory text book aimed at students studying business context and organizational and enviroment modules, as part of business studies of management course. Each chapter looks first at environmental characteristics, then how these forces influence organizations.

Previous ed.: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: The business environment -- The business environment / Ian Brooks -- The competitive environment / Jamie Weatherston -- The international economic environment / Mark Cook -- The technological environment / Stephen Swailes -- The social and demographic environment / Ian Brooks and Jamie Weatherston -- The ecological environment / Alistair Sutton and Jamie Weatherston -- The political and legal environment / Alistair Sutton and Jamie Weatherston -- The public sector environment / Ian Brooks -- Challenges and changes / Ian Brooks and Alistair Sutton -- Part II: Case studies.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Part I The Business Environment
  • 1 Environmental Forces
  • 2 The Competitive Environment
  • 3 The International Economic Environment
  • 4 The Technological Environment
  • 5 The Social and Demographic Environment
  • 6 The Ecological Environment
  • 7 The Political and Legal Environment
  • 8 The Public Sector Environment
  • 9 Challenges and Changes
  • Part II Case Studies
  • 1 Growth and Dynamism in Higher Education
  • The Case of University College Northampton
  • 2 Unilever
  • 3 South-East Asia
  • Boom to Bust
  • 4 Europe's Largest Employer
  • The National Health Service
  • 5 HP Bulmer Holdings PLC
  • Living with New Realities
  • 6 Environment and Competition
  • The Case of Scania
  • 7 Book Retailing
  • The Storm after the Calm
  • 8 Responses to Change in the Business Environment
  • The Case of Rugby League Football
  • 9 The Hotel Industry
  • An Anglo-French Perspective
  • Index

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