CIPD Professional Development Scheme

People and Organisations

Managing in a Business Context

By David Farnham

I bought this to help me with my CIPD course, and it is an excellent book. Bought on EBay as used but even though I have used it as well it is in very good condition and has no writing or highlighting on pages or signs of wear; other than having been read.

'Managing in a Business Context introduces and describes the framework in which businesses are working in Britain today. Beginning with the nature of strategy and how strategy can be converted into practice, it goes on to place HR and business management generally in the wider context of UK society and the world'

• economics and the economy
• the social structure of the UK
• technology and its interface with people
• globalisation andinternational factors
• responsibility and business ethics