Chapter 1. Business Organisation and Environment
- 1.1 Introduction to business and management
- 1.1.1 The role of a business in combining resources
- 1.1.2 Functions of a business
- 1.1.3 Business Sectors
- 1.1.4 Sectoral Change
- 1.1.5 Entrepreneurship vs. intrapreneurship
- 1.1.6 Reasons for starting up a business
- 1.1.7 Steps in the process of starting up a business
- 1.1.8 Factors to consider when starting up a business
- 1.1.9 Problems that a new business might face
- 1.1.10 Elements of a business plan
- 1.2 Types of organisations
- 1.2.1 Public vs. private sectors
- 1.2.2 For profit (commercial) organisations
- 1.2.3 For-profit (social) enterprises
- 1.2.4 Non-profit social enterprises
- 1.3 Organisation objectives
- 1.3.1 Vision and mission statements
- 1.3.2 The need for change in objectives
- 1.3.3 Corporate social responsibility and business ethics
- 1.3.4 Purpose of ethical objectives
- 1.3.5 The evolving role and nature of CSR
- 1.3.6 SWOT Analysis
- 1.3.7 Ansoff matrix
- 1.4 Stakeholders
- 1.5 External environment
- 1.6 Growth and evolution
- 1.6.1 Economies and diseconomies of scale
- 1.6.2 Small vs. big businesses
- 1.6.3 Internal vs. external growth
- 1.6.4 External growth methods
- 1.6.5 The impact of globalisation on business growth and evolution
- 1.6.6 Reasons for the growth of MNCs
- 1.6.7 The impact of MNCs on host countries