The New Business of Business by HARMAN - ISBN: 9781576750186
Paperback
A collection of twenty-one articles from the World Business Academy’s Journal, Perspectives on Business and Global Change. The articles describe the systematic change taking place in the world today and point out the failures of current systems of economics, finance, organizational management, and the environment.

The New Business of Business

Sharing Responsibility for a Positive Global Future

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2018

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Summary

“The business of business is business!“For many years, this credo, articulated by General Motors President Alfred T. Sloan, Jr., in 1923, has justified virtually every decision made in the business world. Especially in the United States, there was little doubt that the function of the private sector was to provide for the needs of society and to generate wealth. Other matters would be dealt with by public-sector bodies and agencies. To be sure, corporations were called upon to assume a reason…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781576750186
ISBN-10:1576750183
Author:HARMAN
Publisher:Berrett-Koehler
Imprint:Berrett-Koehler
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:1 January 2018
Weight:422g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm x 20mm
Series:Berrett-koehler
About The Author

HARMAN

Willis Harman was president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a founding board member of the World Business Academy. He was also emeritus professor of engineering at Stanford University.Maya Porter has been a freelance editor since 1987 with a wide range of clients. She was the editor of Perspectives on Business and Global Change, the journal of the World Business Academy, from 1994 to 2002, and co-edited the book The New Business of Business with Willis Harman in 1997. She now specializes in articles, books, and grant proposals for university professors in the field of social work.

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