ISBN: 9781559635998

<pSustainability Strategies for Industry contains essays by members of the Greening of Industry Network that examine the emerging picture of sustainability and its implications for ind… More...

<pSustainability Strategies for Industry contains essays by members of the Greening of Industry Network that examine the emerging picture of sustainability and its implications for industry and for the relationship between industry and other social actors-consumers, employees, and the community at large. The book seeks to define sustainability in an industrial context, and addresses how the shift to sustainaibility will affect the role of industry in society, its managerial functions, and its relationships with stakeholders and the environment.<pAn introductory chapter establishes the scope of the book and its contents, sets out the historical context, and explores the unifying concepts and themes running through the text. Chapters examine.<p<lithe meaning of sustainability for industry from a theoretical stance <licorporate environmentalism <licompany paradigms <litechnology <lireporting and management systems <lithe role of networks and systems <lideveloping country perspectives <liimplications for business research and management educatio.<pContributors-including Thomas Gladwin, Richard Welford, Andrew Hoffman, John Ehrenfeld, David Pearce, and others-offer a bold vision of the sustainable industrial organization of the future and the role and approach that managers in sustainable organizations will assume.<pSustainability Strategies for Industry represents an important work for those interested in the relationship between sustainability and environmental management and protection, and for those interested in the future direction of industrial organization. It will be a valuable text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in business and economics, as well as in environmental studies programs, and for researchers interested in business strategy and interactions between business practice and the environment. New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>Nature & Wildlife>Environmental Issues>Environmental Issues, Island Press Core >1 >T<

ISBN: 1559635991

[SR: 1848882], Paperback, [EAN: 9781559635998], Island Press, Island Press, Book, [PU: Island Press], 1998-08-01, Island Press, 268290, Management, 659904, Balanced Scorecard, 268302, Bud… More...

[SR: 1848882], Paperback, [EAN: 9781559635998], Island Press, Island Press, Book, [PU: Island Press], 1998-08-01, Island Press, 268290, Management, 659904, Balanced Scorecard, 268302, Budgeting & Finance, 659902, Business Process Reengineering, 659908, Call Centre Management, 659906, Change Management, 659910, Distribution, 659912, Human Resources, 268305, Information Management, 659926, Knowledge Management, 268098, Management Accounting, 268295, Management Science, 659930, Management Skills, 268306, Office Management, 268296, Operational Research, 268297, Organisational Theory & Behaviour, 268308, Production & Quality Control, 268298, Project Management, 268309, Purchasing & Supply, 268299, Quality Assurance & Total Quality Management, 268321, Sales & Marketing Management, 659964, Six Sigma, 268150, Strategy, 68, Business, Finance & Law, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 278081, Conservation, 278080, Environment & Ecology, 57, Science & Nature, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<