Business in contemporary society: framework and issues
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In: Problems in a business society
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 466, Heft 1, S. 215-216
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 465, Heft 1, S. 151-152
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 464, Heft 1, S. 235-236
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 458, Heft 1, S. 215-216
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 453, Heft 1, S. 300-305
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 458, S. 215-216
ISSN: 0002-7162
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 425, Heft 1, S. 156-156
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 411, Heft 1, S. 248-250
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 407, Heft 1, S. 253-254
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The journal of business, Band 40, Heft 2, S. 214
ISSN: 1537-5374
In: The journal of business, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 394
ISSN: 1537-5374
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 343, Heft 1, S. 1-9
ISSN: 1552-3349
Instead of profit maximization as a single goal of big business, organization-theory, game-theory, and behavioral- science views indicate that the objectives of modern enterprise are plural and complex. Organization theory emphasizes the coalition character of big business, suggesting that with many participants comes variety in goals. Games in theory and in experiment reveal that players often carry to circumstances of rivalry and bargaining ideas of fairness and mutual restraint. The normative aspects of business affairs and changing role expectations concerning big business make available a be havioral basis for discussion of nonprofit goals. These views of business goals offer analytical frameworks by which social responsibility and ethics can be studied. Such behavior thus is not an odd mutation in a world of profit maximization. It reflects the coalition dimension of big business and the social environment in which decisions are made. To complicate things, these models also indicate the importance of profit, efficiency, and innovation goals in business, confronting par ticipants in big business and the people of the United States with dilemmas of choice. These choices are serious, for with them comes simultaneous impact upon the institutional ar rangements of the American economy.
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 343, S. 1-9
ISSN: 0002-7162
Instead of profit maximization as a single goal of big business org-theory, game-theory, & behavioral-sci views indicate that the objectives of modern enterprise are plural & complex. Org theory emphasizes the coalition character of big business, suggesting that with many participants comes variety in goals. Games in theory & in experiment reveal that players often carry to circumstances of rivalry & bargaining ideas of fairness & mutual restraint. The normative aspects of business affairs changing role expectations concerning big business make available a behavioral basis for discussion of nonprofit goals. These views of business goals offer analytical frameworks by which soc responsibility & ethics can be studied. Such behavior thus is not an odd mutation in a world of profit maximization. It reflects the coalition dimension of big business & the soc environment in which decisions are made. To complicate things, these models also indicate the importance of profit, efficiency, innovation goals in business, confronting participants in big business & the people of the US with dilemmas of choice. These choices are serious, for with them comes simultaneous impact upon the instit'al arrangements of the US economy. AA.
In: Behavioral science, Band 12, Heft 5, S. 353-372