PART A: THE BUSINESS ORGANISATION, ITS STAKEHOLDERS AND THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT Study Guide A1 The purpose and types of business organisation (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Define ‘business organisations’ and explain why they are formed. Describe common features of business organisations. Outline how business organisations differ. List the industrial and commercial sectors in which business organisations operate. Identify the different types of business organisation: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Commercial
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® Academy o/ Management Executive. 2004. Vol. 18. No. 2 Business ethics and customer stakeholders O.C. Ferrell A common view of the firm holds that employees, customers, shareholders, and suppliers are key organizational stakeholders.^ While obligations to these stakeholders are sometimes considered to be motivated by organizational self-interest, the ethical perspective asserts the rightness or wrongness of specific firm actions independently of any social or stakeholder obligations.^ Customers
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Design 14-15 4.0 Results 15 5.12 Demographic/ Sample Characteristics 15 5.13 How Do Consumers Define CSR? 16-17 5.14 Is CSR an Important Purchasing Decision Factor? 18 5.15 How influential are CSR activities in order to create brand awareness? 29 5.0 Discussions 20-21 6.0 Conclusions and Implications 22 Limitations and Suggestions Appendix Referencing
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Corporations………………………………………………………………………………..9 The Effects………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 The Final Remarks…………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 Country Risk……………………………………………………………………………………………………………14 The Definition………………………………………………………………………………………………………….15 Various approaches of the literature on country risk (table)……………………………………17 The Historical Background………………………………………………………………………………………17 Country Risk Types and Measurements…………………………………………………………………..18 The Factors……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Opportunities in South Africa Reasons for Going International Respond to Global Downturn Strategic Formulation Process Steps in Developing International and Global Strategies Mission and Objectives Environmental Assessment Institutional Effects on International Competition Sources of Environmental Information Internal Analysis Competitive Analysis Strategic Decision-Making Models Global and International Strategic Alternatives Approaches to World Markets Global Strategy Regionalization/localization
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT UNIT- I STRATEGY AND PROCESS 9 Conceptual framework for strategic management, the Concept of Strategy and the Strategy Formation Process – Stakeholders in business – Vision, Mission and Purpose – Business definition, Objectives and Goals - Corporate Governance and Social responsibility-case study. Concept, Meaning, Definition: Strategy is the determination of the long-term goals and objectives
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The Rise and Fall of the G.D.P. By JON GERTNER Published: May 13, 2010 Whatever you may think progress looks like — a rebounding stock market, a new house, a good raise — the governments of the world have long held the view that only one statistic, the measure of gross domestic product, can really show whether things seem to be getting better or getting worse. G.D.P. is an index of a country’s entire economic output — a tally of, among many other things, manufacturers’ shipments, farmers’ harvests
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CHAPTER 1: Creating/Capturing Customer Value Marketing: aim of marketing is to create value for customers and to capture value from customers in return * The activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging products that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large -The Firm’s Stakeholders: these include employees, unions, customers, competitors, activists, government and the press (these people affect company)
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( Ryka, INC.: Lightweight Athletic Shoes for Women Business and Industry Analysis) Ryka is doing business of athletic shoes for women, which are made on the shape of a woman’s foot, and are designed and developed considering women’s unique fit needs. It is the only athletic footwear company, which is exclusively for women, by women, and now supporting women. Because a woman’s needs in a comfortable, attractive, high performance athletic shoes that are attractive, comfortable, and well suited for
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sometimes questionable methodologies, these rankings attract considerable publicity. As a result, CSR has emerged as an inescapable priority for business leaders in every country. Many companies have already done much to improve the social and environmental consequences of their activities, yet these efforts have not been nearly as productive as they could be – for two reasons. First, they pit business against society, when clearly the two are interdependent. Second, they pressure companies to think
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