Fundamentals of Management, 11/e

Importance of Social Media to the Manager’s Job

Managing in a sustainable way is so important to Dell Technologies that the company enlisted actor and environmental activist Adrian Grenier as a Social Good Advocate to communicate its sustainability initiatives to stakeholders. Dell is embedding sustainability into every aspect of its operations, from product design to zero-waste manufacturing and green packaging and shipping.

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You probably can’t imagine a time when employees did their work without e-mail or Internet access. Yet, some 20 years ago, as these communication tools were becoming more common in workplaces, managers ...