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New normal, radical shift : changing business and politics for a sustainable future / Neela Bettridge and Philip Whiteley

Author
Bettridge, Neela
Published
Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Gower, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Physical Description
1 online resource (154 pages)
Additional Creators
Whiteley, Philip
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Reframing -- A multi-polar world: and a finite one -- The myths that hold us back -- Beyond the balance sheet -- Into the future: the leadership challenge -- Beyond left and right -- Conscious leadership: the personal agenda -- New populism and the dangers -- From supply chain to supply circle.
Summary
"Our traditional ways of looking at economics, business and politics are not fit for purpose. The causes of the recent crisis were behavioural and international, but our measures are superficial and financial, recorded at a national or company level. This is combined with a fervent quest for endless 'growth', no matter how unsustainable. Theory has to catch up with reality. Many books chart different courses for economic and business management but New Normal, Radical Shift is different. Using examples from international organizations around the world, it analyses not only the business model that failed, but challenges wider economic and political beliefs that employees' interests always conflict with those of managers and business owners. Neela Bettridge and Philip Whiteley argue that the right messages about good practice in business struggle to be heard, not because of indifference or inertia, but because dysfunctional philosophies are still supported not only within business and business schools, but also within political circles and by trade unions, NGOs and others campaigning for workers' rights. The central belief of the 'old normal' is that profits are made by exploiting workers and the environment. In this book the authors' arguments - all supported by exemplary case studies -demonstrate that this belief is false, opening up enormous possibilities in a 'new normal' of enhanced working lives, environmental protection and business success."--Publisher's website.
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9781409455752 (electronic bk.)
1409455750 (electronic bk.)
9781409455745 (print)
1409455742
1317088301
9781317088301
1317088298
9781317088295
1299184146
9781299184145
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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