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The green management revolution: Lessons in environmental excellence, Waldemar Hopfenbeck , Prentice Hall (1993), 326 pp., 35.00
Development 1993, World Bank (19931, 393 pp., $24.95, as well as a number of other publications of the World Bank. The United Nations is also the source of many publications, including Economic Growth in the Market Economies 195(t2000, ANDREWBRITTON,(19911, 31 pp., $25.00.
Corporate Planning and Policy Planning in the Pacific, GAVIN BOYD, Pinter Publishers (19931, 233 pp., s40.00. Much of the dynamism of the East-Asian economies comes from forms of government-business collaboration which have evolved in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. By comparing the different types of corporate planning and policy making in those countries with those in the USA, the author draws lessons for future policy makers.
Strategic Survey 1992-1993, Brassey’s, for The International Institute for Strategic Studies, (1993). 247 pp., $32.00. Provides
the Institute’s
annual
analytical
review and assessment of security-related events around the world. A useful background survey for those who have significant political inputs into their strategic decision taking.
The Green Management Revolution: Lessons in Environmental Excellence, WALDEMAR HOPFENBECK, Prentice Hall (1993), 326 pp., 35.00. Contains examples of many European and American companies which lead the field environment-friendly production in methods and products. The original German edition (published in 19901 has been expanded to include more international examples and broadened the specifically German legal and financial detail in the earlier version. Badly needed in all parts of the world but pity no reference to articles from Long Range Planning. But in the consumer driven society more never seems to be enough and the natural resources cannot cope with these never ending demands. If we are to achieve healthier and more rewarding lives, we have to understand what the
Earth can sustain. Unless we do, other efforts to avert environmental crisis will fail. Issues well argued in How much is enough? The consumer society and the future of the earth, ALAN THEIN DURNING, Earthscan (19921, 200 pp., X8.95. Some other general books written for busy managers are The 10 Commandments of Management, MALCOLM PEEL and BOB NORTON,Century Business (19931,154 pp., X9.99; Successful Manager’s Handbook: Development Suggestions for Today’s Managers, BRIANL. DAVIS, CAROLJ. SKUBE, HELLERVICK, SUSAN H. LOWELL W. GEBELEIN,and JAMESL. SHEARD,Personnel Decisions Inc, (1992). 723 pp., X40.00; Principles of Operations Management, R. L. GALLOWAY,Routledge (1993), 190 pp., 611.99; Key Business Concepts: A Concise Guide, BENGT KARLOF, Routledge (19931, 211 pp., E9.99; Business Sense: Exercising Management’s Five Freedoms, DAN THOMAS, The Free Press (19931, 288 pp., El7.95; Training for Profit: A Guide to the Integration of Traing in an Organization’s Success, PHILIP DARLING, McGraw-Hill (1993), 161 pp., fZ19.95; and Future Edge: Discovering the New Paradigms of Success, JOEL ARTHUR BARKER, William Morrow (1992), 240 pp., $25.00.
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Corporate Planning and Policy Planning in the Pacific, GAVIN BOYD, Pinter Publishers (19931, 233 pp., s40.00. Much of the dynamism of the East-Asian economies comes from forms of government-business collaboration which have evolved in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. By comparing the different types of corporate planning and policy making in those countries with those in the USA, the author draws lessons for future policy makers.
Strategic Survey 1992-1993, Brassey’s, for The International Institute for Strategic Studies, (1993). 247 pp., $32.00. Provides
the Institute’s
annual
analytical
review and assessment of security-related events around the world. A useful background survey for those who have significant political inputs into their strategic decision taking.
The Green Management Revolution: Lessons in Environmental Excellence, WALDEMAR HOPFENBECK, Prentice Hall (1993), 326 pp., 35.00. Contains examples of many European and American companies which lead the field environment-friendly production in methods and products. The original German edition (published in 19901 has been expanded to include more international examples and broadened the specifically German legal and financial detail in the earlier version. Badly needed in all parts of the world but pity no reference to articles from Long Range Planning. But in the consumer driven society more never seems to be enough and the natural resources cannot cope with these never ending demands. If we are to achieve healthier and more rewarding lives, we have to understand what the
Earth can sustain. Unless we do, other efforts to avert environmental crisis will fail. Issues well argued in How much is enough? The consumer society and the future of the earth, ALAN THEIN DURNING, Earthscan (19921, 200 pp., X8.95. Some other general books written for busy managers are The 10 Commandments of Management, MALCOLM PEEL and BOB NORTON,Century Business (19931,154 pp., X9.99; Successful Manager’s Handbook: Development Suggestions for Today’s Managers, BRIANL. DAVIS, CAROLJ. SKUBE, HELLERVICK, SUSAN H. LOWELL W. GEBELEIN,and JAMESL. SHEARD,Personnel Decisions Inc, (1992). 723 pp., X40.00; Principles of Operations Management, R. L. GALLOWAY,Routledge (1993), 190 pp., 611.99; Key Business Concepts: A Concise Guide, BENGT KARLOF, Routledge (19931, 211 pp., E9.99; Business Sense: Exercising Management’s Five Freedoms, DAN THOMAS, The Free Press (19931, 288 pp., El7.95; Training for Profit: A Guide to the Integration of Traing in an Organization’s Success, PHILIP DARLING, McGraw-Hill (1993), 161 pp., fZ19.95; and Future Edge: Discovering the New Paradigms of Success, JOEL ARTHUR BARKER, William Morrow (1992), 240 pp., $25.00.
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