Colin Hutchinson

Vitality and Renewal

A Manager's Guide for the 21st Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is for those who want their company to prevail in the coming post-petroleum era. Using charts, diagrams, tables, and checklists, the book's principal aim is to make understandable to senior and middle managers issues surrounding the search for sustainable development - and the central role business organizations of every kind can play in the search for new and appropriate solutions. Vitality and Renewal is appropriate for any manager eager to provide 21st century leadership within his or her sphere of influence. It is also appropriate for those working as agents of change in consulting and training as well as environmental organizations which face their own challenges as awareness of the predicament grows.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9780275952341
• ISBN-10: 0275952347
• Artikelnr.: 25569357

Autorenporträt

COLIN HUTCHINSON, formerly chairman of the management consultants Sheppard Moscow, is an independent environmental management consultant specializing in strategic approaches to individual and organizational change. While with Sheppard Moscow he led major assignments with companies such as Shell UK, Lloyds Bank, British Petroleum, Rank Xerox, ICI, and Hewlett Packard. His lifelong interest in the environmental threat to the Earth's life support system led him in 1971 to become chairman of the Conservation Society, and in 1978 chairman of their educational charity. He was a director for the Environment Council from 1992 to 1994 and chairman of their Environmental Resolve Committee. He is currently a director of the Global Action Plan UK Limited and also a council member of AMED, the Association for Management Education and Development.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Executive Summary The Predicament The Nature of the
Predicament How People Are Responding Values and Beliefs The Opportunities
for Business What Is Sustainable Development? Tactical Responses to the
Challenge Strategic Responses to the Challenge Self Development Who Is in
Charge? Approaches to Management Organizational Change Personal Growth and
Organizational Learning Making It Happen Processess and Techniques Getting
the Most from the Process Appendix I: An Environmental Checklist Appendix
II: Organizations with Environmental Policies Appendix III: Business
Charter for Sustainable Development Appendix IV: The Earth Summit Agreement
Bibliography Index