The Corporate Environment (Management studies series)

by Daniel Farnham (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $4.38

  The IPM examination system provides a unique route into professional personnel practice. The Management Studies series forms the essential reading for all IPM students. Management Studies I provides practical introductory texts ideally suited to students on the Professional Management Foundation Programme while Management Studies 2 covers the core subject areas of the IPM Stage 2 syllabus. All these texts will prove equally useful for practising managers who wish to enhance their understanding of contemporary management techniques and methods. This students' text examines social structures and population patterns, pressure groups and voting behaviours, economic theory and the European scene. This edition has revised and updated chapters on politics, demography and the legal frameworks. The result is a useful introduction for anyone seeking to understand today's business environment. The book should be of interest to students on Stage I of the IPD course, and is recommended for a wide range of other diploma- and degree-level business and management courses, including: BA in Business Studies, Diploma in HRM, Diploma in Management Studies, Diploma in Business Administration, NVQ Level IV Management Environment, MSC in Public Service Management, HNC in business and Finance and HNC in Housing Studies. David Farnham is the author of Personnel in Context and Employee Relations .

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $4.23

  The IPM examination system provides a unique route into professional personnel practice. The Management Studies series forms the essential reading for all IPM students. Management Studies I provides practical introductory texts ideally suited to students on the Professional Management Foundation Programme while Management Studies 2 covers the core subject areas of the IPM Stage 2 syllabus. All these texts will prove equally useful for practising managers who wish to enhance their understanding of contemporary management techniques and methods. In this students' text, David Farnham sets out the major features of the corporate environment in contemporary Britain: the different sectors of the economy; changing population patterns and social structures; the political and legal systems; the nature of markets and the price mechanism in the mixed economy; international trade; the different schools of economic thought; the impact of interest groups; the state of employment and consumer protection legislation.