Business organisation and environment

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - introduction
2. 1.1 Nature of business activity - notes
3. 1.1 Nature of business activity - questions
4. 1.2 Types of organisation - notes
5. 1.2 Types of organisation - questions
6. 1.3 Organisational objectives - notes
7. 1.3 Organisational objectives - questions
   1. Nature of objectives - short answer questions
   2. Ethical objectives - case study
   3. Ethical objectives - short answer questions
   4. Intel and CSR
   5. What is ethical investing?
   6. CSR and its link to personal and moral integrity
   7. A legal right to drill, but do they have a moral right?
   8. Social entrepreneurship
8. 1.4 Stakeholders - notes
9. 1.4 Stakeholders - questions
10. 1.5 External environment - notes
11. 1.5 External environment - questions
12. 1.5 External environment - simulations and activities
13. 1.6 Organisational planning tools - notes
14. 1.6 Growth and evolution - notes
15. 1.7 Growth and evolution - questions
16. 1.7 Growth and evolution - simulations and activities
17. 1.6 Change (HL only) - notes
18. 1.9 Globalisation - notes
19. 1.9 Globalisation - questions
20. Print View

Social entrepreneurship

Two of the aims of the business and management programme refer to ethics and to social responsibilities of organisations:

To:

• promote awareness of social, cultural and ethical factors in the actions of organizations and individuals in those organizations
• appreciate the social and ethical responsibilities associated with businesses operating in international markets.

So the IB programme encourages a broad view of business, from profit-making to non-profit making, and asks students to examine what business is and what it does, or should do, in a number of national and international contexts.

In this section we examine a relatively new approach to employing business techniques in a not-for-profit setting, to improve social conditions and opportunities.

Read the articles:

• Social Entrepreneurs (and listen to the podcast if you have time)
• Business skills solving social ills

(you can read these in the windows below or follow the previous link to read the article in a separate window) and then consider answers to the questions below.

You may also like to read the articles Young, gifted and not for profit and Time for a new kind of capitalism?

Question 1

Define the term 'social entrepreneurship'.

Question 2

Many people argue that social issues are not 'the business of business'. Discuss the validity of this approach.

Question 3

"A new breed of compassionate capitalists are beginning to stamp their mark on the world as 'change-agents' for society." Explain what is meant by this statement.

Question 4

Analyse how the objectives of a social entrepreneur will differ from those of other entrepreneurs.