Week 4: Interactive Activity 4.1. Content Introduction

Reading

Required

Chapter 3.  Social Responsibility and Ethics in Strategic Management

Textbook: Wheelen, T. L., Hunger, D., Hoffman, A. N., & Bamford, C. E. (2014). Concepts in strategic management and business policy (14th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: 9780133126129 (print), 9780133126433 (e-text)

Recommended

Mitra, N. (2021). Impact of strategic management, corporate social responsibility on firm performance in the post mandate period: evidence from India. International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 6(3), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40991-020-00052-4  Retrieved from https://jcsr.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40991-020-00052-4.pdf

Wheelen, T. L., Hunger, D., Hoffman, A. N., & Bamford, C. E. (2014). Concepts in strategic management and business policy (14th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: 9780133126129 (print), 9780133126433 (e-text)

4.3. Test your knowledge (Max 100 words for every question)

Question 1

Discuss how a development in a corporationànatural and societal environments can affect the corporation through its task environment.

Question 2

Compare and contrast trend extrapolation with the writing of scenarios as forecasting techniques.