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University of Sunderland

BA (Honours) Business Management

SIM337

Contemporary

Developments in Business

and Management

Version 5.0

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Contemporary Developments in Business and

Management

Contents

How to use this workbook

Introduction

Unit 1

Introduction to the business environment

Introduction

The business as a transformation system

Analysing the environment

Approaches to organisations

Organisational structures

An alternative view

Summary

References

Further reading

1

2

7

19

26

31

32

36

36

Unit 2

Introduction to the international business environment

Introduction

International business

Barriers to international trade

International finance and trade

Key issues relating to globalisation of trade

Summary

References

Further reading

39

40

50

57

65

67

71

72

Unit 3

The political environment

Introduction

Political ideologies and business

North-South and East-West...