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Book Stakeholders of the Organizational Mind

Download or read book Stakeholders of the Organizational Mind written by Ian I. Mitroff and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1983-10-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a new way of analyzing and treating problems of organizational behavior and deicision making.

Book Redefining the Corporation

Download or read book Redefining the Corporation written by James E. Post and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how the modern corporation must meet the expectations of diverse constiutents who contribute to its existence and success, the stakeholders: resource providers, customers, suppliers, alliance partners, and social and political actors. It argues that the corporation must be seen as an institution engaged in mobilizing resources to create wealth and benefits for all its stakeholders.

Book Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking

Download or read book Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking written by Jörg Andriof and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book – the first of a two-volume series – argues that, today, stakeholder thinking has evolved into the study of interactive, mutually engaged and responsive relationships that establish the very context of doing modern business, and create the groundwork for transparency and accountability. This book makes it clear that in today's societies successful companies are those that recognize that they have responsibilities to a range of stakeholders that go beyond mere compliance with the law or meeting the fiduciary responsibility inherent in maximizing returns to shareholders. If in the past the focus was on enhancing shareholder value, now it is on engaging stakeholders for long-term value creation. The process of engagement creates a dynamic context of interaction, mutual respect, dialogue and change – not a one-sided "management" of stakeholders. Indeed, the authors believe the very term "stakeholder management" to be outdated and corporate-centric. Companies can manage their relationships with stakeholders, but frequently cannot actually manage the stakeholders themselves, because, as the activist and collaborative initiatives described in this volume suggest, company-stakeholder relationships are not one-way streets and different institutions bring different agendas, goals and priorities to the engagement. There are clear implications to the way in which stakeholder thinking is unfolding today. If in the past corporate "social" responsibility was simply seen as profitability plus compliance plus philanthropy, now responsible corporate citizenship – or corporate responsibility – means companies being more aware of and understanding the societies in which they operate. Corporate responsibility means recognising that day-to-day operating practices affect stakeholders and that it is in those impacts where responsibility lies, not merely in efforts to "do good". Companies are now faced with a wide array of challenges that mean that senior executives and managers need to be able to deal with issues including greater accountability, human rights abuses, sustainability strategies, corporate governance codes, workplace ethics, stakeholder consultation and management. Stakeholder thinking needs to capture these new realities. The global reach of multinational corporations has served to highlight the need for the (re)integration of business into society, relationships into stakeholder relations, and ethics into managerial practice. The rise in power of global activism involving NGOs, and global business involving multinational corporations, makes it even more critical today for companies to consider the power and interests of corporate stakeholders when developing strategic plans. The interactivity and mutuality of relationships described in this book make it clear that firms and stakeholders share the power and responsibility to influence both the profit potential of the firm and how the benefits of the firm's success impact on society. This important volume brings together leading academic thought on stakeholder thinking for the first time. Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking will be indispensable to corporate managers, NGOs and academics seeking greater understanding of the dynamics of stakeholder thinking in a world of rapidly changing responsibilities.A companion volume, Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking 2, focusing on practical issues such as relationship management, communication, reporting, and performance, is also available.

Book Stakeholder Theory

Download or read book Stakeholder Theory written by R. Edward Freeman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1984, R. Edward Freeman published his landmark book, Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach, a work that set the agenda for what we now call stakeholder theory. In the intervening years, the literature on stakeholder theory has become vast and diverse. This book examines this body of research and assesses its relevance for our understanding of modern business. Beginning with a discussion of the origins and development of stakeholder theory, it shows how this corpus of theory has influenced a variety of different fields, including strategic management, finance, accounting, management, marketing, law, health care, public policy, and environment. It also features in-depth discussions of two important areas that stakeholder theory has helped to shape and define: business ethics and corporate social responsibility. The book concludes by arguing that we should re-frame capitalism in the terms of stakeholder theory so that we come to see business as creating value for stakeholders.

Book Knowledge Management  Theoretical Foundations

Download or read book Knowledge Management Theoretical Foundations written by Alex Koohang and published by Informing Science. This book was released on 2008 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stakeholder Management

Download or read book Stakeholder Management written by David Wasieleski and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-02 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together leading scholars in the field of stakeholder management to bring to light new and cutting edge perspectives on this important field. It is intended as a resource for both emerging and established scholars to create innovative advances in stakeholder management.

Book Stakeholder thinking in marketing

Download or read book Stakeholder thinking in marketing written by Michael Jay Polonsky and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stakeholder thinking in marketingStakeholder thinking is becoming a "core" part of marketing as well as other businessrelated disciplines. A search of the business source primmer database found that priorto 1995 there are 58 articles using the term stakeholder in their title and 27 academicmarketing related articles with stakeholder as a key term. The interest in stakeholdertheory has however grown rapidly, between January 2000 and November 2004 therewere 228 articles using stakeholder theory in the title and 140 academic marketingrelated journal articles that examined stakeholder issues. In fact the American Marketing Association's (AMA, 2004) new definition ofmarketing expressly incorporates our responsibility to consider how marketingactivities impact stakeholders:Marketing is an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways thatbenefit the organization and its stakeholders. Thus the AMA has recognised the core role of stakeholder thinking. While there is an increased interest in stakeholder thinking in marking, anexamination of the literature would seem to suggest that there is no unified view ofhow stakeholder thinking can be or should be integrated into theory or practice. Manyof the stakeholder works, marketing and in other disciplines, still focus on the socialand ethical impacts of stakeholders. This may have been where much off stakeholderthinking initially gained its prominence, but it is a broader strategic tool that canbenefit a range of areas and was in fact the focus of Freeman's (1984) original work inthe area. This is not to suggest that the general strategic implications of stakeholderthinking are not being consider, as an increasingly number of works are looking atstakeholder implications in regards to exchange networks, relationship marketing, andother issues related to strategy development. The papers in this special issue have considered a range of varying perspectivesincluding: corporate social responsibility, the impact of interacting with stakeholders, relationship issues, and broader discussions of stakeholder theory as a strategic tool. These papers have taken a diverse range of perspectives including conceptual works, case studies, qualitative approaches, and various empirical approaches to examiningthe issues of interest within various pieces. The scope of papers included in the special, as well as those not included, identifies the breadth of relevance stakeholder thinkinghas for the application of all aspects of marketing theory and practice. The question of how stakeholders and stakeholder theory can be considered inorganisational activities and marketing theory is an issue that most certainly seems towarrant further consideration. The works in this special issue have advanced thisdebate and identified some directions that could be considered. Stakeholder thinking ishowever not necessarily a paradigm shift in marketing thinking, although some mightbelieve it is, but rather it broadens existing concepts such as relationship marketing, network theory, organisational social responsibility and other areas. Hopefully thepapers presented in this special issue will encourage others to consider the inclusion ofstakeholders into broader areas of marketing. Any special issue editor has to thank a range of people for assistance withdeveloping the special issue. I would like to thank Audrey Gilmore and David Carson, editors of EJM, for allowing the special issue to be developed. Their input through theprocess has been invaluable. I would also like to thank the many authors ofunsuccessful papers for submitting their work. It was of course impossible to includeall papers in the special issue, but the breadth of coverage, in regards to topics andgeographic areas would seem to demonstrate the growing interest in stakeholderthinking within marketing. Lastly, it is imperative that I thank the reviewers, withouttheir assistance the special issue would not have been possible. The following peoplereviewed papers for the special issue:. Anupam Jaju - Gorge Mason University;. Bill Kilbourn - Clemson University;. Bob Heiser - New Mexico State University;. Catherine Elder, [email protected] . ;. Cathy L. Hartman - Utah State University;. David Waller - University of Technology Sydney;. David Stewart - Monash University;. Devashish Pujari - McMaster University;. Dr Russell Casey - Clayton State University;. Duane Windsor - Rice University;. Edwin R. Stafford - Utah State University;. Felix Mavondo - Monsah University;. Frank de Bakker - University of Amsterdam;. Hamish Ratten - University of Queensland;. J. Tomas Gomez Arias - St Mary's College of California;. Jeanne M. Logsdon - University of New Mexico; . John F. Mahon - University of Main;. John Stanton - University of Western Sydney;. Kamal Ghose - University of South Australia;. Kelly Strong - Iowa State University;. Kirk Davidson - Mount St Mary's University;. Kim E. Schatzel - University of Michigan-Dearborn;. Les Carlson - Clemson University;. Linda McGilvray - Massey University;. Marie-Louise Fry - University of Newcastle, Australia;. Mary McKinley - ESCEM School of Business and Management;. Michael Beverland - Monsah University;. Michael Hyman - New Mexico State University;. Mike McCardle - Western Michigan University;. Mike Reid - Monash University;. Nick Grigoriou - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology;. Peter Scholem - Monash University;. Rita Ferreira - University of Navarra;. Romana Garma - Victoria University, Australia;. Ruhi Yahan - Victoria University, Australia;. Rujirutana Mandhachitara - Long Island University;. Sabrina Helm - Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf;. Scott Vitell - The University of Mississippi;. Sema Sakarya - Bogazici University;. Srikanth Beldona - University of Delaware;. Stacey Hills - Utah State University;. Taras Danko - National Technical University;. Ulrich Orth - Oregon State University; and. William E. Martello - St Edwards University. Michael Jay PolonskyGuest EditorPreviously published in: European Journal of Marketing, Volume 39, Number 9/10, 2005

Book The Character of Organizations

Download or read book The Character of Organizations written by William Bridges and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2000-06-27 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work on organizational character - once again in the forefront of new ideas An organization's character shapes how decisions get made and new ideas are received. In this book, William Bridges identifies 16 organizational character types using the framework of MBTI (Myers-Briggs) personality types and shows how these influence an organization's growth and development.

Book Organizational Stakeholders Second Edition

Download or read book Organizational Stakeholders Second Edition written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Management personnel recognize the monetary benefit of Organizational stakeholders? What prevents me from making the changes I know will make me a more effective Organizational stakeholders leader? Is the Organizational stakeholders organization completing tasks effectively and efficiently? Does our organization need more Organizational stakeholders education? Which customers cant participate in our Organizational stakeholders domain because they lack skills, wealth, or convenient access to existing solutions? This premium Organizational stakeholders self-assessment will make you the established Organizational stakeholders domain assessor by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Organizational stakeholders challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Organizational stakeholders work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Organizational stakeholders task and that every Organizational stakeholders outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Organizational stakeholders costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Organizational stakeholders advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Organizational stakeholders essentials are covered, from every angle: the Organizational stakeholders self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Organizational stakeholders outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Organizational stakeholders practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Organizational stakeholders are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Organizational stakeholders self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.

Book Stakeholder Theory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Maria Bonnafous-Boucher
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2016-11-08
  • ISBN : 3319443569
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book Stakeholder Theory written by Maria Bonnafous-Boucher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an academic introduction to, and presentation and defence of stakeholder theory as a model for the strategic management of businesses and corporations, as well as of public organizations and institutions. The concept of the stakeholder is generally applied to parties that affect or are affected by the activities of private or public organizations. Distinct from shareholders, stakeholders are those individuals, entities or communities that have a connection with the activities of a corporation, a firm or an organization. The notion of the stakeholder is intimately linked to a conception of the business firm as an entity founded on negotiated governance, in which the maximization of value for the shareholder is not the ultimate criterion. In this model, issues and interests that are not directly associated with shareholders and investors, but which go beyond capital to encompass the concerns of civil society, are considered to be of central importance. This book provides a broad overview of stakeholder theory, presenting it as an ethical approach to strategic management that is both pragmatic and applicable to developing democratic practices within corporations, while at the same time suggesting ways in which elements of a social contract can be elaborated within the context of globalization.

Book ECIE2011  6th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Download or read book ECIE2011 6th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship written by Alexandros Kakouris and published by Academic Conferences Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Intelligent Organizations

Download or read book Intelligent Organizations written by Markus Schwaninger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a book about how to run a company. It is about how to look at the world differently. Ultimately, this will help the reader to deal with complexity more effectively. The market today is flooded with books which claim to show paths to higher organizational effectiveness. Most of these recommendations are given as “recipes for success” and on pragmatic grounds. This book, however, is targeted at all those who want access to the powerful models of systemic manageme nt in order to improve their skills in coping with complexity. The contents are of interest to people who deal with organizations – as leaders and mana gers or specialists, or as advanced students. The purpose is to give them conceptual and methodological guidelines by means of which they can. • Increase the “intelligence” of exis ting organizations by introducing or substituting a better design; • Shape new organizations so that they are “intelligent” from the very start. What are the distinctive features of this book? The book is the result of a long term research effort in to the deep seated, invariant features of organizations, ba sed on the Systems Approach, namely, Organizational Cybernetics and System Dynamics. These sciences have specialized in uncovering such basi c properties. They convey a fresh, sophisticated and unorthodox perspective. It is therefore worthwhile acq uiring the capability of looking at the social world in this different way.

Book Leading Organizations

Download or read book Leading Organizations written by Gill Robinson Hickman and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of Leading Organizations offers an expanded focus on the fluid roles of leaders and participants (followers) and their mutual responsibility for organizational leadership. Like the first edition, this text contains chapters on implementing the organization's mission, structure, culture and strategy written by leading scholars in the fieild. New features include: - Strategic leadership - Virtual leadership - Leadership, organizational change, and conflict - Building a culture of leadership

Book Actor and Strategy Models

Download or read book Actor and Strategy Models written by Leon M. Hermans and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical how-to guide for more effective planningthrough multi-actor modelling Careful planning is the cornerstone of a successful initiative, and any plan, policy, or business strategy can only be successful if it has the support of different actors. These actors may beactively pursuing their own agendas, so the plan must not only offer an optimal solution to theproblem, but must also fit the needs and abilities of the actors involved. Actor and Strategy Models: Practical Applications and Step-wise Approaches provides a primer on multi-actormodelling, based on the fundamental premise that actor strategies are explained by investigatingwhat actors can do, think, and want to achieve. Covering a variety of models with detailed background and case examples, this book focuses on practical application. Step-by-step instructions for each approach provide immediately actionable insight, while a general framework for actor and strategy modelling allows the reader to tailor any approach as needed to optimize results in terms of situation-specific planning. Oriented toward real-world strategy, this helpful resource: Provides models that shed light on the multi-actor dimensions of planning, using a variety of analytical approaches Includes literature, theoretical underpinnings, and applications for each method covered Clarifies the similarities, differences, and suitable applications between various actor modelling approaches Provides a step-wise framework for actor and strategy modelling Offers guidance for the identification, structuring, and measuring of values and perceptions Examines the challenges involved in analyzing actors and strategies Even before planning begins, an endeavor's success depends upon a clear understanding of the various actors involved in the planning and implementation stages. From game theory and argumentative analysis, through social network analysis, cognitive mapping, and beyond,Actor and Strategy Models provides valuable insight for more effective planning.

Book Introduction to Global Sustainable Management

Download or read book Introduction to Global Sustainable Management written by Colin Combe and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when the effects of climate change are becoming all too real for ordinary citizens around the world, this essential textbook offers insight into how managers can shape and influence the development of sustainability practices as a means of tackling some of the most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges. Featuring a distinctly international array of case studies and examples, as well as learning outcomes, definitions, questions, tasks and further reading, Introduction to Global Sustainable Management provides readers with a valuable understanding of how sustainable management practices can be implemented in different industry sectors across the globe. Suitable for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students of sustainable management-related courses. A Tutor’s Guide, PowerPoint slides and selected SAGE Business Cases are available to instructors via the companion website. Colin Combe is a senior lecturer in strategic management at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.

Book Personnel Literature

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Office of Personnel Management. Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1985
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 676 pages

Download or read book Personnel Literature written by United States. Office of Personnel Management. Library and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ethics and Organizations

    Book Details:
  • Author : Josep M. Lozano
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-12-06
  • ISBN : 9401139415
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book Ethics and Organizations written by Josep M. Lozano and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of the core issues in the field of business ethics from both an historical and a systematic standpoint. It analyzes corporate social responsibility, stakeholders, ethical codes, corporate cultures, and other issues. But the analysis takes place within a framework specially designed by the author in order to integrate the various dimensions of present-day business ethics. This integration is linked to an interpretation of business ethics as an organizational learning process in the context of the social and cultural changes caused by the emergence of a knowledge society. This approach makes it possible to adopt a focus and language, which can simultaneously take into account ethical concerns and corporate and organizational development. A previous version of the book (written in Catalan) was awarded the 1998 Joan Sardà Dexeus prize for best book on corporate economics by the Catalan Association of Economists.