Management for a Small Planet: Strategic Decision Making and the EnvironmentToday's organizations must face up to environmental concerns. Consumers are demanding environmentally safe products, investors are demanding environmentally responsible business practices and governmental regulation is targeting environmental protection. In light of these demands, how can managers make strategic decisions that are both economically viable and environmentally sensitive? The Second Edition of this topical book presents current United States and global environmental issues, particularly as they relate to business activities and management practice. The authors provide an overview of the social, scientific and economic concepts related to making environmentally sensitive strategic decisions and offer a new deci |
Contents
When Business Meets a Small Planet | 1 |
The Issue Wheel | 20 |
Management Happens on Earth | 42 |
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Management for a Small Planet: Strategic Decision Making and the Environment W. Edward Stead,Jean Garner Stead No preview available - 1996 |
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achieving sustainability assumptions basic Ben & Jerry's billion biophysical business organizations Chapter closed-loop value chain cognitive concept consumers costs depletion developing nations discussed E. F. Schumacher Earth ecocentric ecological economic activity economic growth economic success economic system economic theory ecosys Ehrlich employees energy enterprise strategy entropy environmental management environmental marketing environmental performance ethical firm firm's focus framework Gaia Gaia hypothesis Gaia theory GEMI Gladwin global goals Herman Daly human humankind impacts implementing important improve increase individual industrial ecosystems levels living system Loblaw long-term means ment mental mental management natural capital natural environment nomic organizational Ottman paradigm population principles processes product stewardship recycling relationships requires ronmental says Schumacher Senge Shrivastava Small Planet social society species stakeholders Starik Stead & Stead strategic decisions structures subsystems survival sustainability strategies sustainable strategic management technologies tegic tion tive toxic TQEM value chain wastes