Book description
This book is a brief introduction to sustainability as it applies to business and offers an overview of how sustainability is applied throughout the organization. Chapters are organized by familiar departments or functions of the business and cover the applications and terminology of sustainability throughout each area. Whether you are an executive, an entrepreneur, an employee, or a business student, this book will help you understand the big picture of what it means to be a sustainable business.
Table of contents
- Sustainable Business: An Executive's Primer
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Sustainability Throughout the Organization
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Operations Management
- Chapter 3: Human Resources
- Chapter 4: Finance
- Chapter 5: Research and Development
- Chapter 6: Marketing
- Chapter 7: Information Technology and Management Information Systems
- Chapter 8: Accounting
- Chapter 9: Next Steps: Sustainability Strategy
- Part II: Sustainable Business: Case Examples
- Appendix: Resources for the Sustainable Business
- Notes
- References
Product information
- Title: Sustainable Business
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2009
- Publisher(s): Business Expert Press
- ISBN: 9781606490495
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