In its 2015 World Report on Ageing and Health, the World Health Organization defined long-term care as encompassing “activities undertaken by others to ensure that those with a significant ongoing loss of physical or mental capacity can maintain a level of ability to be and...
In today’s business world, all companies, regardless of their size, business model and scope of activities, are required to understand and comply with a plethora of laws and regulations, including common law legal relationships with employees, creditors, and landlords; various licensing requirements imposed by federal,...
From the very time they are launched, companies need to engage in a careful and deliberate process of developing, implementing and continuously improving policies and practices with respect to development, acquisition and protection of the technology and other intellectual property rights that are necessary for...
Strategic planning is a process of carefully and thoughtfully aligning the strengths of a company’s business to the opportunities that are available to the company in its chosen business environment. While strategic planning is both a science and an art, it is generally believed that...
MANAGEMENT TOOLS Checklists and Questionnaires Questionnaire for International Joint Ventures Training Materials Cross Cultural LeadershipCultural EnvironmentCulture and LeadershipEvaluating Foreign Markets (BCI)Global Business Conditions and Implications for ManagementLeadership Across CulturesLeadership and Management in a Global EnvironmentProject GLOBE - Deciphering CulturesValue Dimensions of Culture and National Differences ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Chapters or Articles in...
LABOR PRACTICES AND WORKING CONDITIONS Human resources are arguably the most valuable asset for any company, regardless of how important cash, natural resources and technology might be to a specific business model. The minimum obligation of companies to their employees is to abide by applicable legal...
Financing is an essential element for establishing a new business, launching a new product or service, or expanding an existing business through internal growth or acquisition. For example, cash is necessary in order for a company to continue operations while awaiting payment from customers and...
Academics, policymakers, business people, members of civil society and individuals have all recognized the significant effect the activities of the private sector have on employees, customers, communities, the environment, competitors, business partners, investors, shareholders, governments and others. It is also becoming increasingly clear that firms...
SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING AND COMMUNICATIONS In order to know whether or not the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative and its related commitments are actually improving the company’s performance, it is necessary to have in place procedures for reporting and verification, each of which are important tools for...
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT It is believed that the term “stakeholder” in relation to organizations has been used since the 1930s, when it was first suggested that businesses had at least four major groups of stakeholders: shareowners, employees, customers and the general public. Decades later, as interest in...