Students of commerce and management need to know the overall environment they are to live and work in. Only then they know the importance of the impact of different environmental factors have on business activities. This book mainly covers, UG level, simple explanation on (1) Political Environment, (2) Economical Environmental, (3) Socio-cultural Environmental, (4) Natural Environmental, and (5) Global Environmental. Contents : 1. Introduction to Business Environment 2. Political Environment 3. Economic Environment 4. Technological Environment 5. Socio-Cultural Environment 6. Natural Environment 7. Global Environment 8. Business Ownership Skill Development Exercises

What can be said about the new, globalized, borderless economy facing managers today and in the future that has not already been said before - perhaps only this 'uncertainty'. The challenge in the uncertain global economy is to learn and effectively practice global strategic and international management. Strategic management has been strongly influenced by the global strategies in recent times. In the aftermath of globalization and the opening up of the markets, students of management are badly in need of a suitable text book covering all these aspects including the latest developments. Global Strategic Management is designed to fulfill this need. It covers both traditional strategic management topics and new topics, thereby; it combines a strategic and managerial approach to global issues. This book, through a comprehensive coverage will give the students a thorough understanding of the wide range of issues, theories, future trends - including Global Economy, Globalization and World Developments, Managing Global Environment, Cultural Context, International Strategic Management, Implementation of Strategy, Leadership, Group Behaviour and Motivation, Strategic Human Resource Management, Developing Global Management Cadre, Challenges of Global Management, Innovation and Global Organizations, and Global Strategic Management in a New World. Global Strategic Management includes key questions, further readings and cases - both world wide and corporate, for students to analyze global strategic issues in emerging markets and real business situations thereby facilitate better learning. Book Content of Global Strategic Management 1. Global Economy 2. Globalization and World Developments 3. Managing Global Environment 4. Cultural Context of Global Management 5. International Strategic Management 6. Implementation of Strategy 7. Leadership and Group Behaviour 9. Strategic Human Resource Management 10. Developing a Global Management Cadre 11. Challenges of Global Management 12. Innovation and Global Organizations 13. Global Strategic Management in a New World Case Studies

Nowadays organisations are increasingly embracing outsourcing, leveraging cost savings opportunities to improve competitiveness, as well as utilising highly specialised services to recognise the benefits of increased business flexibility. Combined, this allows managers to concentrate on new opportunities and future products and positions them to better capitalise on their firm's innate strategic strengths or core competencies. Outsourcing is one of the most prevalent trends in today's business environment. Nearly every company outsources some part of its business, though it may not realise it. Today's fast-changing environment with emphasis on knowledge, flexibility and performance is causing organisations to rethink their paradigms. Organisations are questioning whether their traditional paradigm of 'owning' the factors of production is the best way to achieve competitive advantage. The outsourcing concept of moving activities out of the organisation to where the experts exist, as opposed to owning all of the resources is being accepted by more and more organisations. The idea of outsourcing started way back when manufacturers started shifting the manufacture of goods to countries with cheaper labour during the Industrial Revolution. During 1970s, many industries radically changed their manufacturing structure to respond strategically to the globalisation of markets and consequent increase in competition. For many firms, the key to successful restructuring has been to focus on core competencies or strategically important activities. Manufacturing outsourcing has become a strategically important activity for many manufacturing firms. Contents - 1 : Business Process Outsourcing – An Overview 2 : The BPO Revolution 3 : Understanding Business Process Outsourcing 4 : Career - Opportunities in the BPO Industry 5 : Contact Centre BPO 6 : Planning for Outsourcing 7 : Sourcing Strategy 8 : Strategic Outsourcing 9 : The Outsourcing Process 10 : Identifying and Managing the Costs of BPO 11 : Outsourcing the Manufacturing Function 12 : Outsourcing Accounting Function 13 : Outsourcing Computer Services/Information Technology 14 : Outsourcing the Customer Service Function 15 : Outsourcing the Engineering Function 16 : Outsourcing the Human Resources Function 17 : Outsourcing the Maintenance Function 18 : Outsourcing Materials Management Functions 19 : Outsourcing Sales and Marketing Functions 20 : Outsourcing the Administration Function 21 : Vendor Selection and Contracting 22 : Managing the BPO Related Change 23 : The Future of Outsourcing References

In today's dynamic, complex, competitive global market, “customer satisfaction” has increasingly become the cardinal principle governing any successful business. In today’s rapidly changing environment, the ability to learn faster, reconfigure processes faster and execute processes faster provides a significant competitive advantage. As old ways and processes have become severely inadequate, what is needed is the customer-focused and market-driven in its external relations and process focused and team-oriented in its internal operations. Only such an organization can look at the way work is performed across functions seek and to make those cross functional operations more logical, effective and efficient. Such an Effort is at the heart of an approach know as Business Process Re-engineering. Reengineering projects are taken up in response to a breakthrough goal for rapid, dramatic improvements in process performance. Manufacturing firms have undertake reengineering by implementing concurrent engineering, lean production, group technology, cellular manufacturing and pull-type production system. Rapid advances in information technology and its applications have enabled service firms to implement business process reengineering in their services. For reengineering to be successful in organization, managers need to have a clear vision and strategic motivation for change, have genuine interest in listening to their customers, view their system as a set of processes overlapping functional areas and rethink and simplify how value is provided to their customers. In view of the above, it is needless to emphasize the importance of learning the subject “Business Process Reengineering” as a part of MBA program of any university. This book consists of eight chapters and presents a concise view of the various topics which are relevant to understand the concepts and techniques of business process reengineering. This book concise of exhibits, box illustrations, review question, process reengineering in action, case exercises in addition to subject index. Contents : 1. Introduction to Business Process Reengineering 2. Understanding Business Processes 3. Managing Business Process Flows 4. Implementation of Business Process Reengineering 5. Making Effective Business Process Reengineering 6. Process Mapping and Simulation 7. Business Process Modeling and Simulation 8. Business process Management Annexure 1: Process Reengineering in Action Annexure 2: Case Illustrations Annexure 3: Case Analysis

The book is written in a cogent and simple to understand manner. The book has number of current examples directly drawn from Indian Industry and 'Strategy-in-Action' boxes that illustrate the various concepts. The readers would find examples from both bricks and mortar and click and mouse firms suitably interspersed in the text. cases have further enhanced the utility of the book. The book is expected to appeal to post graduate students of management and the faculty. Book Content of Strategic Management 1. Introduction to Strategic Management 2. External Environmental Analysis 3. Internal Environmental Analysis 4. Strategy Formulation 5. Nuances of Strategy Implementation 6. Strategic Control

Strategic Management is one of the key aspects of Management and it is vast and big area of study and never-ending process too. The need for effective strategy is as strong as ever in today's highly competitive and global business environment. The challenge for academics and practitioners alike is how best to formulate and implement to secure strategic advantage in global market. This book offers adequate and up-to-date information on the current challenges and problems to be faced by the managers in the global market. In fact, such challenges must be viewed as golden opportunities to be capitalised by the organisation with the help of integrated plans and strategies. Such planned and timely responses can easily secure best rapport with dynamic economic and social demands and deliver rich dividend to the multinational enterprises. Contents - 1. Strategic Management - An Introduction 2. The Environment of Strategic Management 3. The Social Environment and Social Responsibility of Business 4. The political and Legal Environment 5. Technological Environment 6. The Economic Environment 7. Mission, Vision and Goals and Organizational Assessment 8. Tools of Strategic Management 9. Strategies - Integration, Diversification, Disinvestment, Downsizing 10. Defensive, Generic, Portfolio and Turnaround and Mergers and Acquisitions Strategies 11. Organisational Structure 12. Resource Mobilization - Money, Markets, Machine, Material and Men (Human Resources) 13. Role of Leadership and Motivation 14. Role of Creativity and Innovation 15. Evaluation and Control of Strategies 16. Summary of the Book Case Studies

Most organisations know their businesses, and the strategies required for success. Each professional group has a unique perspective, rooted in values and strategies, on the ability to achieve change within the environment. Barriers to effectiveness of organisation includes lack of resources, multi-disciplinary collaborative teamwork, congenial organisational climate and culture, management of organisational stress, learning ability, etc. The topics included in this text have tried to accentuate upon the upcoming People and Culture realities and has a unique feature which distinguishes it in the presentation style from currently available titles. This book discusses in details: - Strategic Management - Management By Objectives - Human Behaviour in Organisation - Organisational Development - Change Management - Organisational Culture and Climate - Conflict Management - Team Building - Organisational Effectiveness - Organisational Stress Management - Learning Organisation - SWOT Analysis. Organisations across the globe strive to attain higher volumes and maximize their proceeds. To achieve these goals, it explores new ideas; launch innovative products and solution; scale up their resources; and introduce various strategies. But along with these activities, it is also imperative to prepare their people for the high. Aligning their roles to the objectives of the business, makes them aware of the contributions expected from them, and results in achieving the organisational excellence. This book is especially designed for Strategic Leadership in People and Culture Management in Organisation. Contents : 1. Strategic Management 2. Management By Objectives 3. Human Behaviour in Organisation 4. Organisational Development 5. Change Management 6. Organisational Culture and Climate 7. Conflict Management 8. Team Building 9. Organisational Effectiveness 10. Organisational Stress Management 11. Learning Organisation 12. SWOT Analysis Case Studies Bibliography

Macro Business Environment for Visvesvaraya Technological University, M.B.A. students. I hope that this book will definitely achieve wide acceptance among students and teachers associated with this subject. This book is divided into 26 chapter as well one separate part on recent issues strictly according to students of MBA of Visvesvaraya Technological University with issues confronting our economy. This book has been written in a precise manner as well as in simple language and I hope, that, it will the help students to understand every topic easily and conveniently. Contents : Module I : Introduction to the Indian Economy and Business Environment Module II : Global and Technological Environment Module III : Global Environment and International Culture Module IV : Trade Cycle, Inflation, unemployment and National Income Module V : Industrial Sector in Indian Economy Module VI : Advanced Topic of Policy Formulation and Banking Structure Reforms Module VII : Structure of Indian Economy Module VIII : Agriculture Practical Component

This book has prepared in accordance with the syllabus of Business Environment and Sustainable Development of the MBA course of the Biju Patnaik University. Book Content of Business Environment and Sustainable Development MODULE 1 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Meaning, Nature and Scope of Business − Characteristics of Business − Environment of Business − The Nature of Business Environment − Internal Environment − External Environment − Micro Environment − Importance of Business Environment at National and International Levels − A Brief Overview of Some Business Environments and Impact on Business − Economic Systems − Capitalism − Socialism − Mixed Economy of India − Macro Economic Scenario − Primary Sector − Services Sector − Structure Of Indian Industry − Neoliberal Profile of the Economy − Liberalisation − Money and Capital Markets − Capital Market Reforms and Recent Developments − Stock Exchange and Regulation − Meaning, Importance and Functions − OTCEI − National Stock Exchange of India − Stock Holding Corporation of India − Regulation of Stock Exchange − Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act − SEBI and Investor Protection − Currency Convertibility − Exchange Rate and Convertibility of Indian Rupee − Capital Account Convertibility − Foreign Exchange Management Act − Summary − Model Questions MODULE 2 BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT : INDIAN PERSPECTIVE Functions of State − Classification of Functions of State − The State, Institutions and Economic Outcomes − Economic Roles of Government − Economic Planning in India − Review of the Plans − The 11th Five Year Plan − Performance of the Plans − Foreign Trade Policy (Exim Policy) − Industrial Policy − Industrial Policy up to 1991 − The New Industrial Policy − Village and Small Industries − Promotional Measures − Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act − Institutional Structure − Khadi and Village Industries − Ancillary Industries – Drawbacks and Problems – Privatisation in Indian – Taxation Policy – Summary – Model Questions MODULE 3 Managing Environmental ISSUES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Environmental Management as a Competitive Advantage – Greening Management – economic Development and Pollution – Pollution Levels – Global Environmental Issues –Sustainable Development – World Business Council for Sustainable Development - Summary – Model Questions CASES Cases 1 The Mc Donald’s Way Cases 2 Transformation of Indian Two Wheeler Market Cases 3 Procter and Gamble Cases 4 Human Rights Protection Cases 5 Globalisation of Pop Culture Cases 6 Green Marketing?

This book 'Business and Government', which is the result of considerable amount of research and teaching experience, is the best-seller in India on the subject. The introduction of this work about three decades ago, when the literature on this subject was scanty and information sourcing was very difficult, filled a very critical gap, serving the needs of teachers and students of management and several other disciplines and others who were eager to know the government regulation and promotion of business in India. The book has been revised and modified frequently, capturing the changes in the government-business linkages in particular and the business environment in general. This book, like the other works of this renowned author, is acclaimed for its critical approach, lucid and succinct treatment and logical presentation of the subject matter. Margin notes which highlight salient points is an attractive feature of this book. Contents : 1. Business and Government − An Introduction 2. Business and Government in India 3. Industrial Policy 4. IDRA and Industrial Licensing 5. Public, Private, Joint and Cooperative Sectors 6. Privatisation and Disinvestment 7. Village, Small and Ancillary Industries 8. Industrial Sickness 9. Monetary and Fiscal Policies 10. Money and Capital Markets 11. Stock Exchange and Its Regulation 12. Industrial Finance 13. Industrial Financial Institutions 14. Indian Company Law 15. Patents and Trade Marks 16. Competition Policy and Law 17. Price and Distribution Controls` 18. Consumer Rights, Consumerism and Business 19. Labour Legislation 20. Labour Welfare and Social Security 21. Industrial Relations 22. Trade Unions 23. Workers` Participation in Management 24. Exit Policy 25. Planning in India 26. GATT/WTO and Global Liberalisation 27. Foreign Investment 28. Development and Regulation of Foreign Trade 29. Foreign Exchange Management Act 30. Corporate Social Responsibility and Triple Bottom Line