The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072K6R99T |
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| Number of Pages | : | 366 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Most Useful Management Book Today This book goes beyond anything available today on structuring companies for success. This is not just a theoretical treatise, but addresses case studies and implementation methods.In today's highly dynamic business environments, executives struggle to create value across an array of stakeholders; customers, employees, shareholders, and so forth. The model Sanford defines identifies not only the traditional actors, but those that are traditionally excluded from business planning, such as sustai. "A WAKE UP CALL WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR" according to Max Shkud. As a committed practitioner of organizational learning and change, I consume plenty of books, articles and posts covering various developments in the field. Carol Sanford’s “The Responsible Business” is in a league of its own. I am convinced that it is by far the most important book written on the subject in decades.WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK SO IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL?The harsh reality is that the field of organizational learning and change has rarely lived up to its promise. With t. C. Vandemore said Really excited about business again. This is an amazing book for business people and if enough of us read it this will be an amazing time for business. Carol Sanford reminds us that business is not just a way people make money - it one of the primary activities our whole species does here on earth and we have the potential for it to be so much more effective, meaningful, interesting and fun than it is now.I am not sure how we have backed ourselves into a corner, volunteering to feel helpless and limited. But I am sure what Carol
Throughout the audiobook, Sanford demonstrates how to make responsibility integral to all aspects of a business as an engine for innovation, profitability, and purpose.. The Responsible Business outlines a framework for building a responsibility and consciousness infrastructure that applies a living systems view to the business and inspires all of its stakeholders, including shareholders. "When most people think of corporate responsibility, they are focusing on a business's effect on and relationship to stakeholders. A responsible business sees stakeholders as full partners and meaningful instruments for the evolution of healthier communities and more successful businesses." (From the introduction) The Responsible Business offers a new and strategic approach to doing business that holistically integrates responsibility into all aspects of an organization, allowing for returns at every level, business and social. From innovation, product development, and production processes to business management, strategic planning, and shareholder development, the author shows