Synopses & Reviews
Delivering a wealth of compelling data on global change, this is the perfect book for learning how to manage risk and opportunity in today's global society. Everybody's Business provides compelling evidence to show how revolutionary change across the globe -- in technology, markets, demographics, and popular values -- is impacting on companies. It highlights rising expectations from key stakeholders, who demand transparency and accountability throughout a product's lifecycle and along extended supply chains. The job of a manager is this fast-moving business environment is both exhilarating and perilous, as companies remain largely unprepared for the effect on their operations. Everybody's Business is vital for anyone who wants to understand and successfully manage these challenges. The book demonstrates how significant business risks and opportunities are created as crucial management issues emerge in the areas of ecology and environment, health and well being, diversity and human rights, and communities. It shows how these issues, previously regarded as marginal to success, are now at the forefront of business, and guides the manger through the implications for their organization -- for business strategy, for major job functions, for different industry sectors, and for those running small and medium-sized companies. A practical handbook, Everybody's Business brings theory to life with examples of companies that recognize the importance of the emerging management issues and plan accordingly, and companies who count the cost of failing to do so. The final section includes a seven-step process for minimizing risks and maximizing opportunities, giving mangers the expertise to make positive changes in business that can also impact beneficially on society.
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This handbook provides a unique, practical resource for managers at all levels to consider the wider social, environmental and economic impact of our business operations. (Rod Eddington, Chief Executive, British Airways)
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A must-read for any global business manager. It belongs on the bookshelf next to The Lexus and The Olive Tree -- only it goes one important step further. It doesn't just repeat the laments about globalization, but it presents the opportunities of corporate citizenship and offers concrete initiatives which business managers can employ. (Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
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Perhaps above all, for a book that attempts to be so all-encompassing, Everybody's Business is highly readable. (Across the Board)
Synopsis
This practical handbook, brings theory to life with examples of companies that recognize the importance of the emerging management issues and plan accordingly, and companies who count the cost of failing to do so.
About the Author
Adrian Hodges directs the Americas operation of The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (PWIBLF). He specializes in issues of corporate social responsibility as they relate to international business strategy and practice. He has managerial experience in business, local government, and non-governmental organizations, and was worldwide Head of Corporate Communications for The Body Shop International. David Grayson is a director of Business in the Community and of the pubic affairs consultancy EPPA. He has led a number of private-public institutions concerned with small business, disability, and business development. He is a regular speaker to businesses and business schools internationally. Between them, the author's have 40 years' experience in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, working around the world with international business leaders and managers to help them understand and respond to rising expectations and emerging management issues. Everybody's Business is published in association with The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum and Business in the Community. It is sponsored by the public affairs consultancy EPPA.