Business in Context - Softcover

Needle, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861529929 ISBN 13: 9781861529923

Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA, 2004

Synopsis

Business in Context 4e provides an introduction to the business environment and the key functions of business placed within a managerial, organizational and environmental context. Offering a dynamic and contemporary global perspective on business, key issues are debated and supported by practical cases from well-known international companies. The latest edition of David Needle's best-selling functional business environment text has been thoroughly revised and rewritten, with expanded coverage of management, new chapters on globalization and ethics, new cases, improved pedagogy and text design, and increased web support for the lecturer and student.

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From the Publisher

For anyone seeking an accessible introduction to business.
From the Asian Tigers . . . to London Zoo, cultural influences on business . . . to transfer pricing and the global firm, Disneyland® Paris . . . to the telemarketing of flowers, ecommerce . . . to lean manufacturing . . . Business in Context is a dynamic and contemporary global perspective on business for anyone requiring an accessible introduction to the subject. Using practical case studies from a diverse and well-known range of international companies, David Needle debates the key issues within business in a practical context.

Needle’s exciting text incorporates new and updated case material, and has been entirely rewritten to include two key themes of globalization and the effect of technology on business. In addition the third edition of this best-selling text retains this successful approach:

** assumes no prior knowledge and illustrates theories and concepts with real-world examples

** written clearly using a student-centred approach which includes criticism, definitions of key terms and concepts, discussion and advice on further reading

** balanced coverage of the social, international and comparative aspects of business as well as the different internal functions.

Business in Context is an ideal introduction to the key activities of business for students at degree or equivalent level on business-related courses. It is also appropriate for use at Diploma and MBA level and by students of other disciplines seeking an overview of the business field.

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About the Author

David Needle is Lecturer in International Business in the Department of Management, King's College London. He joined the Department Management as a Teaching Fellow in 2008. He was an undergraduate at the University of Liverpool and completed an MSc in Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics. He began his academic career teaching English to mining apprentices and training shop stewards. He has worked in the UK university sector for over 30 years. He joined Kings from the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary, where he spent four years. For several years he was a Head of Department in the Business School at the University of East London, in which capacity he managed and taught postgraduate courses in Singapore, Malaysia, China, Portugal and Germany. During his time with UEL he was seconded to for a period to Ford Motor Company. He teaches courses in international business, comparative management and the evolution of modern business. His consultancy work focuses on human relations issues and change management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1861529929
• ISBN 13: 9781861529923
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 544