The Business Environment - Softcover

Worthington, Ian; Britton, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273704249 ISBN 13: 9780273704249

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2006

Synopsis

By encouraging students to explore the challenges and opportunities managers face in the business environment, this text will provide students with a solid foundation from which to build upon their business knowledge.

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From the Publisher:

Business environment model: The text introduces and analyses the business environment model and presents tools and methods of assessment to analyse the model, allowing students to view the business environment both internally and externally to determine business strategies.
Holistic Approach: The 4e has moved away from the marketing emphasis of the 3e towards a more broad outlook of the business environment, helping students to understand how business organisations operate in economic, political, social, technological, and legal environments. `Thinking around the subject' boxes have been developed to encourage students to think about the business environment in a broader context.
The international scene: As a result of the increasing globalisation of business, a chapter has been dedicated to the international business environment, allowing students to relate what they have learnt to a broader international context.
Currency: The 4e has strengthened its currency by reflecting the most up to date changes in the business environment and incorporating them into the text.
Pedagogy: Comprehensive range of learning features and assessment material is integrated throughout the text to support students' study and reinforce topics covered in each chapter. Chapter objectives at the start of the chapter serve as a useful guide for both lecturers and students, highlighting what the author aims to achieve in each chapter. Each chapter concludes with insightful vignettes, review questions, a chapter summary and links to other chapters, which serve as a valuable revision tool and encourage students to cross-reference throughout the book tying the themes of the book together. Additionally, there are extensive suggestions for further reading and websites to allow students the opportunity to explore issues raised in the chapter.
Case studies are integrated throughout the text to encourage students to apply their acquired knowledge to practical situations in the business environment.
Extensive online support: is provided for both lecturers and students, including an instructor's manual, cases, essay questions, Power Points, revision notes.

From the Back Cover:

 

A vibrant and contemporary introduction to the business environment, Worthington and Britton comprehensively examine how external influences affect the decisions and operations of today’s organisations.

 

 

What roles do culture, diversity and ethics play in the dynamic world of business today? How do unpredictable political and economic conditions affect an organisation? What are the impacts of globalisation, social and technological change on business decisions?

 

Using well-known examples and case studies from the public and private sectors, this 5th edition of The Business Environment addresses these key questions and many more. Encouraging students to considerthe challenges and opportunities that managers face in the business environment, it provides a strong basis from which to build an overall understanding of the context of business.

 

Key Features

 

Learn about the latest issues in business: technology and e-business, corporate responsibility, and socio-cultural influences

 

Apply theory to practice through the diverse cases and examples, covering both private and public sector, such as Amazon, Toyota and the mobile phone market

 

Study online! Test your knowledge through self-assessment questions, and find useful weblinks at www.pearsoned.co.uk/worthington.

 

 

 

 

Ian Worthington is a Reader and Chris Britton a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Strategy and Management at Leicester Business School, De Montfort University.

 

 

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0273704249
• ISBN 13: 9780273704249
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 560