The Business Environment Themes and Issues

by Wetherly, Paul; Otter, Dorron

• ISBN13: 9780199579600
• ISBN10: 0199579601
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This successful text provides a unique and stimulating approach to the business environment. While the classic 'PESTLE' structure is outlined in Part One, Part Two is used to explore key issues such as globalization, sustainability, equal opportunities, and entrepreneurship. Written in a highly engaging and accessible style, the book introduces students to critical thinking via the 'stop and think' boxes. The coherent themes running throughout the book enable students to gain a holistic understanding of the business environment. Online Resource Centre (ORC) For Students: o Multiple choice questions o Flashcard glossaries o Web exercises o Oxford News Now (RSS feeds provide news articles, taken from a variety of sources, which are specially filtered to be relevant to the business environment) o Guide to further reading and learning resources o Web links o Learning objectives For registered adopters of the text: o Additional cases o Figures and tables from the text o Lecturer's guide o PowerPoint slides (updated and extended) o Answers to review questions

Author Biography

Paul Wetherly is Reader in Politics at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Dorron Otter is Head of the School of Applied Global Ethics at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
1. Business and Its Environments, Paul Wetherly
PART ONE: ENVIRONMENTS
2. The Economic Environment, Dorron Otter
3. The Technological Environment, Dorron Otter
4. The Political Environment, Paul Wetherly
5. The Legal Environment, David Amos
6. The Social and Cultural Environment, Paul Wetherly
PART TWO: ISSUES
7. Keeping the Economy Stable?, Chris Mulhearn and Howard Vane
8. Globalization of Business: Good or Bad?, Dorron Otter
9. Can the Marketplace Be Ethical? Corporate Responsibility, Simon Robinson
10. Global Warming and Sustainability: Is Business the Problem, and Can It Be Part of the Solution?, Eamonn Judge
11. Does Business Have Too Much Power?, Paul Wetherly
12. Are Opportunities in Business Equal?, Stephen Taylor and Paul Wetherly
13. European Business: A Deepening or Widening Union?, Stratis Koutsoukos
14. The Changing Public Sector: Becoming More "Business-like"?, Richard Rooke
15. Entrepreneurship and Enterprise: National Drivers of Economic Performance?, Alison Price and Martyn Robertson
CONCLUSION
16. Themes and issues: Looking Ahead, Paul Wetherly and Dorron Otter