Operating Environment An Active Learning Approach

by Hamilton, Leslie; Burden, Tom; Webster, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780631196730
• ISBN10: 0631196730
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-29
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Since spring 1995 Blackwell Business has published the BTEC approved materials for the new Higher Nationals in Business. All the materials have been jointly commissioned and developed with BTEC and The Open Learning Foundation.Written at a level appropriate for a BTEC Higher National core module, each of the workbooks is directly linked to the new learning outcomes of the fully revised BTEC syllabus providing the definitive and authoritative coverage for students. The material has been designed to permit a paced progression through each module allowing for the individual learning style of each student, and delivering approximately 80 hours of fully supported learning. Case studies are built into the workbooks.

Author Biography

Leslie Hamilton is the editor of Operating Environment: An Active Learning Approach, published by Wiley. Tom Burden is the editor of Operating Environment: An Active Learning Approach, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

The National Economic Context

The UK labour force

The UK economic system

The financial sector

Economic policy

Industrial policy

Environmental Factors Affecting Business Activities

Social stratification

Social welfare and state policy

Technology and society

The political process

Business Firms in Markets

The competitive environment

The legal regulation of business

Regulatory agencies

Resources

'Samsung plans $450 m UK plant'

'Fresh ferment for the brewers'

'The price police - the sleuthing skills of the EU's competition division'

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